RHENUS HOME DELIVERY LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£25m
-46.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
81
-35.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£8.3m
-22.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The company's ability to meet its obligations as they fall due is dependent on the continued financial support of its parent undertaking and the wider Rhenus Group.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £19,551,128 | £18,280,809 | £16,819,363 | -8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£4,093,520 | -£5,755,916 | -£7,027,973 | -22.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£4,752,428 | -£6,744,099 | -£8,258,229 | -22.5% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£3,507,545 | -£7,335,834 | -£7,955,599 | -8.4% | |
| Cash | £321,230 | £105,332 | £101,756 | £239 | £250,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,263,031 | -£1,871,804 | -£5,450,111 | -£1,940,291 | -£9,733,086 | -£17,638,345 | -81.2% | |
| Net assets | -£3,744,944 | -£4,357,231 | -£6,189,707 | -£9,697,252 | -£17,033,086 | -£24,988,685 | -46.7% | |
| Equity | — | — | -£6,189,707 | -£9,697,252 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 48 | 53 | 100 | 126 | 126 | 81 | -35.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £5,571,432 | £5,533,177 | £4,041,930 | -27% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £176,600 | £266,925 | £0 | -100% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £1,838 | £2,300 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | — | £202,503 | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -20.9% | -31.5% | -41.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -17.9% | -40.1% | -47.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 230.0% | 211.8% | 161.3% | 171.7% | 273.3% | 519.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.62x | 0.34x | 0.17x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -6.21x | -5.82x | -5.68x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- RHENUS HOME DELIVERY LIMITED 2017-01-24 → present
- RHENUS NETWORK 4 HOME DELIVERY LIMITED 2016-11-08 → 2017-01-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The company's ability to meet its obligations as they fall due is dependent on the continued financial support of its parent undertaking and the wider Rhenus Group.”
Significant events
- “During 2025, management undertook a major restructuring programme including relocating its remaining warehouse facility to a Rhenus Group company site, further rationalising its third party partner network.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DODSWORTH, Gary Milford | Director | 2026-05-13 | Oct 1967 | British |
| HOLLINGTON, Gary Allan | Director | 2022-03-18 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNERLEY, Richard | Secretary | 2016-11-08 | 2021-09-30 |
| BALL, Luke James | Director | 2021-11-22 | 2024-10-17 |
| BARROW, Graham Atcheson | Director | 2024-11-14 | 2026-04-10 |
| BRAUNE, Carsten | Director | 2016-11-08 | 2020-07-30 |
| KENNERLEY, Richard | Director | 2017-03-06 | 2021-09-30 |
| RILEY, Vincent Kevin | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2024-10-17 |
| ROTTMANN, Nicolas | Director | 2016-11-08 | 2020-06-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhenus Beteiligungen International Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-11-08 | Ceased 2023-01-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-02-07 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-02-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.