DSV ROAD LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£46M
+23.2% vs 2024
Employees
860
+13.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£12M
-6% 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 | £205,304,000 | £209,249,000 | £228,598,000 | +9.2% | |
| Operating profit | £16,034,000 | £14,546,000 | £7,308,000 | -49.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £13,507,000 | £12,701,000 | £11,933,000 | -6% | |
| Net profit | £10,292,000 | £11,117,000 | £8,485,000 | -23.7% | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £1,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £92,446,000 | £75,516,000 | £79,494,000 | +5.3% | |
| Net assets | £46,192,000 | £37,291,000 | £45,938,000 | +23.2% | |
| Equity | £46,192,000 | £37,291,000 | £45,938,000 | +23.2% | |
| Average employees | 775 | 760 | 860 | +13.2% | |
| Wages | £29,265,000 | £27,000,000 | £33,989,000 | +25.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £566,000 | £703,000 | — | — |
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 | 7.8% | 7.0% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 5.3% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.3% | 19.3% | 9.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.3% | 70.0% | 67.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 0.95x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | 2.81x | 2.66x | 1.36x |
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
- DSV ROAD LIMITED 2007-01-09 → present
- DFDS TRANSPORT LIMITED 1999-12-17 → 2007-01-09
- CROWNBARN LIMITED 1999-12-13 → 1999-12-17
- CROWNBARN LIMITED 1999-11-10 → 1999-12-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through an intercompany funding facility in place with the ultimate parent undertaking. Directors have received a letter of financial support from DSV A/S, undertaking it will remain in place for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DSV ROAD LIMITED · parent
- DFDS Transport Ltd. 100%
Significant events
- “DSV A/S acquired DB Schenker from Deutsche Bahn, including a UK subsidiary, Schenker Limited, in a transaction completed on 30 April 2025. On 1 September 2025, DSV Road Limited acquired the Road trade business of Schenker Limited satisfied in cash.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATTS, Nichola Claire | Secretary | 2026-02-14 | — | — |
| EJSING, Brian Skovgaard | Director | 2024-10-24 | Sep 1966 | Danish |
| MALMQVIST, Magnus Nils | Director | 2025-06-09 | Apr 1973 | Swedish |
| SCHWEIGHOFER, Helmut Franz | Director | 2025-06-23 | Jan 1969 | Austrian |
| THYGESEN, Jesper Krupa | Director | 2025-06-09 | Nov 1978 | Danish |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONCKE, Larsen Jan | Secretary | 2025-05-15 | 2026-02-14 |
| RIDSDALE, Gary Maurice | Secretary | 2004-09-24 | 2025-05-15 |
| WILDE, Alistair Peter | Secretary | 1999-11-10 | 2004-09-24 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-11-10 | 1999-11-10 |
| ANDERSEN, Jens Bjorn | Director | 2002-12-16 | 2017-06-20 |
| BURNHAM, Hugh Bernard | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2002-04-02 |
| CLARKE, Denise Vicky | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2013-11-01 |
| DICKIE, John Keatley | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2003-07-31 |
| FAICHNIE, Robert Russell | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2003-05-31 |
| FOWLER, Andrew James | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2010-07-02 |
| FRIE, Ole | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2000-11-20 |
| FUSSELL, Charles James | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2003-05-31 |
| HANSEN, Jesper Kenneth | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2025-06-12 |
| HANSEN, Johannes Peter Hoetberg | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2008-09-05 |
| HEDDERWICK, James | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2002-10-21 |
| HOLMSTRUP, Kasper | Director | 2024-10-24 | 2025-09-01 |
| LARSEN, Kurt Kokhauge | Director | 2000-11-20 | 2008-09-05 |
| LUND, Jens Hesselberg | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2024-10-24 |
| MORRISON, John Bryce | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2001-04-02 |
| NIELSEN, Jens Peter Pindstrup | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2009-04-29 |
| NIELSEN, Jens Skibsted | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2002-12-16 |
| OLESEN, Rene Falch | Director | 1999-11-10 | 2013-11-01 |
| RASMUSSEN, Ulrik Egmose | Director | 2008-01-02 | 2009-10-30 |
| RIDSDALE, Gary Maurice | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2013-11-01 |
| SCHMIDT, Soren | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2025-06-12 |
| TIMMIS, Karl Christopher | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2013-11-01 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-11-10 | 1999-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dsv Road Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-11-04 | Active |
| Dsv A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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