HELLMANN WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13m
-8.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
246
-10.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.9m
-37.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £110,477,000 | £110,152,000 | £94,003,000 | -14.7% | |
| Operating profit | £3,021,000 | £3,232,000 | £2,253,000 | -30.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,948,000 | £4,668,000 | £2,926,000 | -37.3% | |
| Net profit | £10,649,000 | £4,668,000 | £826,000 | -82.3% | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,767,000 | £22,767,000 | £17,038,000 | -25.2% | |
| Net assets | £18,640,000 | £14,581,000 | £13,339,000 | -8.5% | |
| Equity | £18,640,000 | £14,581,000 | £13,339,000 | -8.5% | |
| Average employees | 290 | 274 | 246 | -10.2% | |
| Wages | £12,519,000 | £12,402,000 | £11,627,000 | -6.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £642,000 | £542,000 | £561,000 | +3.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £118,000 | £65,000 | £31,000 | -52.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £270,000 | £265,000 | £266,000 | +0.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 4.2% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 14.2% | 13.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.9% | 65.2% | 54.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.12x | 1.80x | 2.31x | |
| Interest cover | 5.09x | 5.55x | 6.93x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- HELLMANN WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS LIMITED 1999-07-01 → present
- HELLMANN INTERNATIONAL FORWARDERS LIMITED 1989-01-17 → 1999-07-01
- HELLMANN MITCHELL COTTS LIMITED 1988-02-26 → 1989-01-17
- MITCHELL COTTS INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT LIMITED 1986-07-01 → 1988-02-26
- MITCHELL COTTS FREIGHT (U.K.) LIMITED 1982-03-19 → 1986-07-01
- BRUDA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1973-04-13 → 1982-03-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident in continuing to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “At 31 December 2025, one of the Company's banks have given a guarantee in favour of HMRC for the amount of £250,000 (2024: £250,000) and one of its insurers had guaranteed the sum of £3.2m (2024: £3.2m) to cover liabilities arising on the Company's import/export activities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCH, David Paul | Secretary | 2020-09-28 | — | — |
| COSTELLO, Lee Ramon | Director | 2023-05-15 | Jan 1969 | British |
| LYNCH, David Paul | Director | 2020-09-28 | Sep 1964 | British |
| RANGACHARI, Parthasarathy | Director | 2026-03-09 | Oct 1982 | Indian |
| WEHNER, Martin | Director | 2026-04-07 | Apr 1976 | German |
| ZALESKI, Piotr | Director | 2026-03-09 | May 1979 | German |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLETSO, Bryan Edward | Secretary | 2003-09-30 | 2010-09-30 |
| COPPER, Ian Duncan | Secretary | — | 2003-09-30 |
| GRACE, Nigel | Secretary | 2011-12-21 | 2020-09-28 |
| LUCAS, Julia Catherine | Secretary | 2010-09-30 | 2011-12-21 |
| BAKER, Janet | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2000-11-17 |
| BURGER, Juergen Paul Josef | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2016-12-09 |
| COCHRANE, Peter | Director | 1997-09-07 | 2002-10-31 |
| CONNOR, Andrew | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| COPPER, Ian Duncan | Director | 1995-04-13 | 2003-09-30 |
| DAVIS, Andrew Neil | Director | — | 2003-08-08 |
| DONALDSON, Iain Christopher | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2023-11-15 |
| EDGE, Tony Victor | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| FELLMANN, Markus | Director | 2020-09-28 | 2025-12-31 |
| FOSTER, Thomas Robb Ronald | Director | — | 1995-04-13 |
| FRANKUM, David Ronald | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2003-08-07 |
| FUHLENDORF, Carsten | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2018-04-18 |
| GOLDSBROUGH, Paul | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2003-10-31 |
| HELLMANN, Jost | Director | — | 2018-12-31 |
| HELLMANN, Klaus Walter Charles | Director | — | 2009-05-01 |
| HULMANN, Herbert | Director | — | 1992-03-16 |
| JENNINGS, Adrian Mark | Director | 2015-04-28 | 2016-05-31 |
| LOHMEIER, Andreas | Director | 2003-10-31 | 2009-08-31 |
| MAGNOR, Matthias Simon Emil | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2021-03-10 |
| MARRIOTT, Matthew Stephen | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2015-01-30 |
| MEYER, Martin | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2009-09-30 |
| NEEDLEY, Melvyn John | Director | — | 2000-02-29 |
| OVERETT, Douglas William | Director | 2003-11-19 | 2005-10-31 |
| RAPHAEL, Jodi Leanne | Director | 2018-04-18 | 2019-04-03 |
| SULSTON, Andrew George | Director | 2018-04-18 | 2023-12-31 |
| TARNOWSKI, Jens | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
| WARNER, Keith John | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2008-12-31 |
| WIMMER, Stefan | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2015-05-31 |
| WYATT, Alan Henry | Director | — | 2003-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hif Holdings (U.K.) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 316 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-23 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-23 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.