DHL AIR (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£244M
EUR 280,637,000
+13.9% vs 2023
Employees
823
+14.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£32M
EUR 36,278,000
+93.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £647,939,821 | £890,365,249 | |
| Operating profit | £64,750,848 | £90,786,155 | |
| Profit before tax | £16,287,503 | £31,548,830 | |
| Net profit | £18,719,019 | £26,289,243 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,021,346,204 | £1,163,356,814 | |
| Net assets | £214,242,108 | £244,053,396 | |
| Equity | £214,242,108 | £243,834,246 | |
| Average employees | 718 | 823 | |
| Wages | £64,189,060 | £90,424,385 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £353,074 | £384,381 |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.870 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+37.4%
£647,939,821 £890,365,249
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+13.9%
£214,242,108 £244,053,396
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Employees
+14.6%
718 823
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Operating profit
+40.2%
£64,750,848 £90,786,155
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Profit before tax
+93.7%
£16,287,503 £31,548,830
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Wages
+40.9%
£64,189,060 £90,424,385
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.3% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.1% | 87.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.31x | 0.43x | |
| Interest cover | 1.31x | 1.47x |
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 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-05-30
- DHL AIR (UK) LIMITED 2024-05-30 → present
- DHL AIR LIMITED 1989-05-16 → 2024-05-30
- ELAN AIR LIMITED 1983-11-08 → 1989-05-16
- SEND IT FAST LIMITED 1982-10-11 → 1983-11-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of letter of support from DPDHL and their assessment of the company's financial position and resources as supported by a net profit of €30.2m and net assets of €280.6m for the 2024 financial year, the directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks. Therefore the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, thus continuing to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACBETH, Malcolm David | Director | 2022-12-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
| MACKLE, Thomas | Director | 2018-02-05 | Aug 1963 | British |
| PEDRI, Daniel Bruno | Director | 2024-05-09 | Feb 1957 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUYNAN, Stephen | Secretary | 1995-04-05 | 1998-04-30 |
| LI, Jane | Secretary | 2015-11-04 | 2018-12-31 |
| MUNSON, Anne Patricia | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2005-02-03 |
| STOKES, Peter Edward | Secretary | — | 1995-04-05 |
| WAGLAND, Karen Ann | Secretary | 1998-03-31 | 2004-03-31 |
| EXEL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-12-15 | 2015-11-04 |
| ORBITAL SECRETAIRES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-03-10 | 2014-12-15 |
| ALEXANDROFF, Olivier | Director | 2014-09-19 | 2021-11-05 |
| BISHOP, Paul | Director | 2009-05-26 | 2018-09-30 |
| CAPSTICK, John Dacre | Director | — | 1994-06-14 |
| CATE, David Robert | Director | — | 1998-11-18 |
| CRUIKSHANKS, Geoffrey David | Director | 2000-11-27 | 2009-05-26 |
| FERGUSON, Neil Ivie Lamont | Director | — | 2001-11-15 |
| GRAHAM, Charles Stewart | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2009-05-26 |
| GREGORY, Steven John | Director | 1995-04-05 | 1998-03-31 |
| GRIEVSON, Thomas Lloyd | Director | 1997-04-11 | 1998-06-04 |
| GUYNAN, Stephen | Director | 1993-11-15 | 1998-04-30 |
| HARWOOD, Michael John | Director | 1993-05-01 | 1993-11-05 |
| HAYERS, Robert Michael | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2009-05-26 |
| HUGHES, Roy | Director | 2013-05-31 | 2024-05-09 |
| JOHNSTON, Richard James | Director | — | 1993-04-19 |
| JONES, Trefor Glynn | Director | 2000-11-27 | 2009-05-26 |
| KEHR, Geoffrey | Director | 2009-05-26 | 2022-12-01 |
| MACTAGGART, John Wallace | Director | 1997-04-11 | 1998-06-04 |
| MARSH, Ian Westwood, Canon | Director | 1995-04-05 | 1996-05-31 |
| NORD, Terrance Frederick | Director | 2000-11-27 | 2007-07-01 |
| OLAFSON, Gordon | Director | — | 2013-06-28 |
| PEDRI, Daniel Bruno | Director | 2009-05-26 | 2011-05-20 |
| PEDRI, Daniel Bruno | Director | 1998-11-18 | 2001-11-15 |
| PRADELA, Adam | Director | 2009-10-07 | 2014-09-19 |
| TIMSON, Michael Percy | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Gordon Howat | Director | 1994-06-14 | 1996-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ldc (Dantc) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2024-05-09 | Active |
| Deutsche Post Ag | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Dhl Distribution Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 268 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-04 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-04 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-02-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.