DFDS LOGISTICS SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-10 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£7M
-6.5% vs 2023
Employees
800
+20.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£506K
-53.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £75,609,605 | £82,061,714 | |
| Operating profit | £577,333 | £605,447 | |
| Profit before tax | -£329,067 | -£506,171 | |
| Net profit | -£411,101 | -£568,241 | |
| Cash | — | £1,602 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,256,834 | £11,659,349 | |
| Net assets | £7,608,929 | £7,112,491 | |
| Equity | £7,608,929 | £7,112,491 | |
| Average employees | 666 | 800 | |
| Wages | £28,405,331 | £31,152,733 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £188,472 | £213,427 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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
-
Turnover
+8.5%
£75,609,605 £82,061,714
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-6.5%
£7,608,929 £7,112,491
-
Employees
+20.1%
666 800
-
Operating profit
+4.9%
£577,333 £605,447
-
Profit before tax
-53.8%
-£329,067 -£506,171
-
Wages
+9.7%
£28,405,331 £31,152,733
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 | 0.8% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.1% | 5.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.8% | 75.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.82x | 0.76x | |
| Interest cover | 0.54x | 0.54x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- DFDS LOGISTICS SERVICES LIMITED 2010-11-22 → present
- NORFOLKLINE TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED 2008-01-08 → 2010-11-22
- SCANROUTE TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED 1982-11-29 → 2008-01-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the company's financial position the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “No dividend should be issued for 2024, consistent with 2023.”
- “Restructure of the Cold and Dry business in England, consolidating the management team under one England to optimise business performance and align the corporate strategy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEEK, Andrew | Secretary | 2020-12-03 | — | — |
| BELL, Allan James Macintyre | Director | 2022-01-19 | Feb 1978 | British |
| O'DELL, Matthew | Director | 2014-12-01 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALZIEL, Stewart Ian | Secretary | 2000-08-14 | 2004-08-16 |
| FRITZELL, Peter | Secretary | 1996-04-30 | 2000-08-14 |
| HUNWICKE, Richard George | Secretary | — | 1996-04-30 |
| JENSEN, Per Lund | Secretary | 2011-05-18 | 2020-01-31 |
| SPENCER, David John | Secretary | 2004-08-16 | 2011-05-18 |
| ANTONSEN, Jens Ejner | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2014-12-01 |
| FRITZELL, Peter | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| GREEN, Edward James | Director | 2000-08-14 | 2022-12-31 |
| GUSTAFSSON, Gunnar | Director | — | 2000-08-14 |
| HUNWICKE, Richard George | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| JONASSEN, Klaus Westh | Director | 2014-05-30 | 2023-05-31 |
| OLAUSSON, Morgan | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2005-03-18 |
| POUSETTE, Ulf Michael | Director | 2010-08-31 | 2014-12-01 |
| SCHEYDE, Willem | Director | 2005-06-28 | 2010-08-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dfds A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-02-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-02-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.