CEVA GROUND LOGISTICS UK LIMITED
Get an alert when CEVA GROUND LOGISTICS UK LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
£77m
+66.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£65m
+9.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
286
-28% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.9m
-78.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £125,115,000 | £125,207,000 | £90,800,000 | -27.5% | |
| Operating profit | £23,172,000 | £20,523,000 | £3,804,000 | -81.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £23,758,000 | £22,498,000 | £4,855,000 | -78.4% | |
| Net profit | £25,049,000 | £22,889,000 | £5,437,000 | -76.2% | |
| Cash | £27,847,000 | £46,541,000 | £77,443,000 | +66.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £46,015,000 | £71,243,000 | £104,346,000 | +46.5% | |
| Net assets | £36,519,000 | £59,408,000 | £64,845,000 | +9.2% | |
| Equity | £36,519,000 | £59,408,000 | £64,845,000 | +9.2% | |
| Average employees | 431 | 397 | 286 | -28% | |
| Wages | £15,906,000 | £15,793,000 | £12,743,000 | -19.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £314,000 | £55,000 | £0 | -100% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £25,000 | £1,000 | £0 | -100% | |
| Highest paid director | £185,000 | £55,000 | £0 | -100% |
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 | 18.5% | 16.4% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 20.0% | 18.3% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 50.4% | 28.8% | 3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.8% | 37.4% | 54.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.81x | 3.39x | 2.59x | |
| Interest cover | 50.16x | 43.85x | 1.73x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CEVA GROUND LOGISTICS UK LIMITED 2024-06-03 → present
- GEFCO U.K. LIMITED 1981-02-10 → 2024-06-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CEVA GROUND LOGISTICS UK LIMITED · parent
- CEVA Air and Ocean India Private Limited 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FARR, Paul Andrew | Director | 2023-05-01 | Mar 1976 | British |
| WEAVER, Michael Philip | Director | 2025-07-01 | Aug 1979 | British |
| WOODMANSEE, Oliver Dennis | Director | 2024-05-01 | Jul 1976 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAUVIN, Michael | Secretary | — | 2000-07-14 |
| HANICHE, Michel | Secretary | 2012-07-05 | 2017-12-01 |
| MCDONALD, Gregg | Secretary | 2008-12-01 | 2012-07-05 |
| MURDEN, Kevin | Secretary | 2017-12-01 | 2018-11-05 |
| VOGEL, Guy Gordon | Secretary | 2000-07-14 | 2008-12-01 |
| JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2009-02-02 |
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-02-02 | 2022-03-28 |
| BAJDDI, Moulay Youssef | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| BENGUIGUI, Olivier | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| BRANDEJS, Lukas | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-06-20 |
| CAHINGT, Marc Maurice | Director | 2016-01-31 | 2017-03-08 |
| CARRE, Thomas Marie | Director | 2011-09-22 | 2020-06-24 |
| CHACON, Cedric Sebastien Franck | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| COLIN, Stephane | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2011-09-22 |
| CONSTANS, Bruno | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-06-20 |
| COSSE, Phillipe | Director | 2001-02-21 | 2016-01-31 |
| DEFLINE, Louis | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2002-07-15 |
| ERHARDT, Frank Michael | Director | 2022-01-12 | 2022-12-31 |
| FARGEOT, Sylviane | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2006-06-01 |
| GAUTHIER, Jacques | Director | 2001-02-26 | 2003-07-01 |
| JACKSON, Arthur Beverley | Director | — | 1994-03-25 |
| JENKINS, Huw Russell | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2025-08-01 |
| LE BADEZET, Marina | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-06-20 |
| LEGER, Jean Claude Francois Henri | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2001-02-21 |
| LILLEY, Rosalyn Avril | Director | 1994-03-25 | 2000-10-31 |
| LORRAIN, Pierre Jean Marie | Director | 2017-03-10 | 2022-01-12 |
| MORDOVCHENKO, Helen | Director | 2020-06-24 | 2022-07-01 |
| POUCHELON, Patrick | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2009-06-30 |
| POUCHELON, Patrick | Director | 1997-08-31 | 2001-02-26 |
| PROVOST, Dominic | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| RENAUDON, Claude | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| REQUILLART, Gilles | Director | — | 1997-08-31 |
| ROGER, Sebastien Raymond | Director | 2020-06-24 | 2021-04-01 |
| SEBAIKHI, Frederic Robert Joseph | Director | 2020-06-24 | 2023-06-20 |
| TISSIER, Olivier Andre Claude | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2020-06-24 |
| VECSERA, Zsolt | Director | 2019-10-07 | 2020-12-31 |
| VIGNON, Alain Jacques | Director | 2009-09-22 | 2009-09-23 |
| VOGEL, Guy Gordon | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2003-07-01 |
| WALTON, Christopher Gareth | Director | 2023-03-03 | 2023-06-20 |
| ZBYLUT, Christian | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2008-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cma Cgm S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-04-06 | Active |
| Jsc Russian Railways | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.