EVRI LIMITED
Formerly trading as Hermes, the private company operates a national British parcel delivery and courier network and is part of the DHL group following a recent merger.
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Cash
£41M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£293M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
8,540
Average over period
Profit before tax
£176M
Period ending 2025-03-01
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-01
| Metric | Trend | 2023-02-25 | 2024-03-02 | 2025-03-01 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,464,000,000 | £1,686,002,000 | £1,852,889,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £155,534,000 | £188,094,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £51,000,000 | £118,659,000 | £176,220,000 | — | |
| Net profit | — | £85,302,000 | £134,507,000 | — | |
| Cash | — | £151,053,000 | £41,401,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | £263,817,000 | £292,668,000 | — | |
| Equity | £177,285,000 | £263,817,000 | £292,668,000 | — | |
| Average employees | — | 8,259 | 8,540 | — | |
| Wages | — | £231,965,000 | £249,246,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £1,164,000 | £2,245,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-02-25 | 2024-03-02 | 2025-03-01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 9.2% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 5.1% | 7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 71.7% | 70.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.25x | 1.37x | |
| Interest cover | — | 3.88x | 4.36x |
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
- EVRI LIMITED 2024-05-15 → present
- HERMES PARCELNET LIMITED 2009-04-29 → 2024-05-15
- PARCELNET LIMITED 2000-06-07 → 2009-04-29
- PARCELNET LOGISTICS LIMITED 1999-12-22 → 2000-06-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the Group's liquidity and cash flow forecasts and the receipt of a letter of support, the Directors have concluded that the Group has adequate resources to continue to remain a going concern for the foreseeable future and have therefore adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- EVRI LIMITED · parent
- Evri European Logistics Limited
- Evri General Service (UK) Limited
- Evri Parcelnet Limited
- Parcelnet Limited
- Evri Netherlands B.V.
- Evri Logistics Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd
Significant events
- “On 14 May 2025, we announced an agreement that would see the merging of the DHL eCommerce UK business with Evri. Following CMA approval, the merger was completed on 1 October 2025.”
- “May 2025 also saw us complete a deal to acquire Coll-8, which supercharges Evri's international capability for cross border parcels into the Republic of Ireland and the wider EU.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Hugo William | Secretary | 2014-02-01 | — | — |
| DE LANGE, Martijn | Director | 2015-07-20 | Feb 1978 | Dutch |
| RICHARDSON, Alan | Director | 2018-07-30 | Feb 1977 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREW, Ian | Secretary | 2000-01-10 | 2014-02-01 |
| SWEENEY, Martin Nicholas | Secretary | 1999-12-22 | 2000-01-10 |
| BLACKWOOD, Walter Murray | Director | 2000-01-10 | 2003-05-31 |
| DERI, Robert George | Director | 2000-01-10 | 2000-03-20 |
| EDSON, Robert Ian | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2018-02-15 |
| GILLIES, James | Director | 2000-01-10 | 2001-05-04 |
| HANCOX, Michael John | Director | 2006-04-03 | 2008-08-31 |
| HAWKER, Michael Leslie | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2005-09-07 |
| MARTIN, Hugo William | Director | 2018-02-15 | 2020-02-10 |
| PEARMUND, John Jeremy | Director | 2000-01-10 | 2001-05-01 |
| PILZ, Donald Reiner, Herr | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2017-11-02 |
| SCHNEIDER, Hanjo | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2016-03-01 |
| WALKER, Carole Maxine | Director | 2003-06-02 | 2019-06-30 |
| WEST, Christopher | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2008-12-05 |
| FIELDBORNE LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1999-12-22 | 2000-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concert Newco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-15 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-05-15 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-03 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-15 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-05-15 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-03 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.