DB SYSTEL UK LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£329k
-27.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
39
-7.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£127k
+81.3% vs 2024
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
In preparation for the managed wind up of the company, a transfer of trade and assets to the fellow group company DB Cargo UK Limited was completed in March 2026. As a result, the financial statements have not been prepared on the going concern basis.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £5,497,000 | £4,833,000 | £5,029,000 | +4.1% | |
| Operating profit | £84,000 | -£666,000 | -£92,000 | +86.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £108,000 | -£678,000 | -£127,000 | +81.3% | |
| Net profit | £81,000 | -£1,006,000 | -£127,000 | +87.4% | |
| Cash | £751,000 | £0 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,462,000 | £456,000 | £329,000 | -27.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,462,000 | £456,000 | £329,000 | -27.9% | |
| Equity | £1,462,000 | £456,000 | £329,000 | -27.9% | |
| Average employees | 41 | 42 | 39 | -7.1% | |
| Wages | £1,839,000 | £2,197,000 | £2,025,000 | -7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £142,000 | £146,000 | £35,000 | -76% |
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 | 1.5% | -13.8% | -1.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | -20.8% | -2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | -146.1% | -28.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.4% | 60.0% | 66.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.95x | 1.51x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | — | -55.50x | -2.63x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“In preparation for the managed wind up of the company, a transfer of trade and assets to the fellow group company DB Cargo UK Limited was completed in March 2026. As a result, the financial statements have not been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In February 2026 the company sold a significant portion of its ongoing trade and assets to DB Cargo UK Limited, a company also part of the DB AG Group. Following this transfer of trade, it is the intention of the shareholders to wind down all remaining operations and ultimately liquidate the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RADECK, Christina | Director | 2025-04-02 | Dec 1983 | German |
| WENSKE, Kristina | Director | 2025-04-02 | Dec 1981 | German |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEYDEL, Malte | Director | 2013-07-04 | 2018-03-01 |
| KIESEWALTER, Jorg | Director | 2013-07-04 | 2019-05-01 |
| LAMBRECHT, Stephan | Director | 2013-07-04 | 2014-01-29 |
| LORENZ, Matthias | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| NEUGEBAUER, Helen Rhiannon | Director | 2024-11-01 | 2025-10-21 |
| SEBASTIAN, Andreas | Director | 2024-01-22 | 2025-04-02 |
| STEINACKER, Martha | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-10-30 |
| UNWIN, Darren | Director | 2014-01-29 | 2025-01-25 |
| VON UNGERN-STERNBERG, Christoph | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2021-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Db Systel Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-08-29 | Active |
| Db (Uk) Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.