DFDS LOGISTICS CONTRACTS LIMITED
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Cash
£29k
-98.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.9m
-2.1% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
-100% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
At the statement of Financial Position date the company has net assets of GBP 2,863,000, at the time of signing these financial statements, the directors and shareholders of the company have made the decision to liquidate the company and transfer the assets into another of the Group's companies. As a result, the directors do not consider the company a going concern and have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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 | £4,542,000 | £4,478,000 | £0 | -100% | |
| Operating profit | £115,000 | £188,000 | £0 | -100% | |
| Profit before tax | £176,000 | £280,000 | £0 | -100% | |
| Net profit | £145,000 | £220,000 | £0 | -100% | |
| Cash | £1,921,000 | £2,359,000 | £29,000 | -98.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,721,000 | £2,923,000 | £2,863,000 | -2.1% | |
| Net assets | £2,721,000 | £2,923,000 | £2,863,000 | -2.1% | |
| Equity | £2,721,000 | £2,923,000 | £2,863,000 | -2.1% | |
| Average employees | 51 | 55 | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,703,000 | £1,690,000 | £0 | -100% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2.5% | 4.2% | — | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 4.9% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 6.4% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.2% | 36.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.62x | 2.60x | — |
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 CONTRACTS LIMITED 2010-08-26 → present
- NORFOLKLINE CONTRACTS LIMITED 2003-09-11 → 2010-08-26
- DOCKSPEED LIMITED 1985-07-16 → 2003-09-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“At the statement of Financial Position date the company has net assets of GBP 2,863,000, at the time of signing these financial statements, the directors and shareholders of the company have made the decision to liquidate the company and transfer the assets into another of the Group's companies. As a result, the directors do not consider the company a going concern and have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “All trade was transferred to DFDS Logistics Ltd on 1 January 2025, the deferred tax asset also transferred to DFDS Logistics Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEEK, Andrew | Secretary | 2020-12-03 | — | — |
| BELL, Allan James Macintyre | Director | 2022-01-19 | Feb 1978 | British |
| COLEMAN, John | Director | 2022-04-07 | Mar 1981 | Irish |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITZGERALD, Graham Patrick | Secretary | 2012-10-01 | 2015-01-01 |
| INGLESTON, Andrew | Secretary | — | 1998-08-04 |
| JENSEN, Per Lund | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| SPENCER, David John | Secretary | 1998-08-04 | 2012-10-01 |
| GREEN, Edward James | Director | 1998-08-04 | 2022-12-31 |
| INGLESTON, Andrew | Director | — | 1999-08-06 |
| INGLESTON, Stuart | Director | — | 1998-08-04 |
| MACAULAY, Stephen William | Director | 2004-06-07 | 2022-04-07 |
| PRICE, Charles John Killen | Director | 1999-11-22 | 2003-02-27 |
| SORENSEN, Jorgen Boye | Director | 1998-08-04 | 2001-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dfds Logistics Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-06-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-09 | OC | miscellaneous | Court order | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-16 | 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.