FEDEX EXPRESS UK TRANSPORTATION LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† FEDEX EXPRESS UK TRANSPORTATION LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 49410Where the company stands among the 56,545 active companies whose first SIC code is 49410 (Freight transport by road).
- TURNERS (SOHAM) HOLDINGS LIMITED£638.4m
- GXO LOGISTICS UK LIMITED£470.7m
- EVRI LIMITED£292.7m
- FEDEX EXPRESS UK TRANSPORTATION LIMITED£285.5m
- BULKHAUL LIMITED£276.5m
- H.W. COATES LIMITED£248.7m
- DPDGROUP UK LTD£214m
- MARITIME GROUP LIMITED£185.6m
- GIST LIMITED£171.4m
- DAVIES TURNER HOLDINGS PLC£132.9m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 56,545. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: FEDEX EXPRESS UK TRANSPORTATION LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
FEDEX EXPRESS UK TRANSPORTATION LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01628530. It was incorporated on 13 Apr 1982. Its status is active. The registered office is in Atherstone (CV9). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is freight transport by road (49410).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 May 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £539,547,000. Profit for the year was £18,240,000. Net assets were £285,478,000, up 6.5% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £11,478,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 56,545 active companies whose first SIC code is 49410: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 1,339 that publish turnover (median £83,192). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £3,868). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £9,527). It is older than 98% of them (median age 4.2 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as a supplier in 13 public contract award notices from 12 public sector buyers since 2010. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £127.8m. Its most frequent buyer is Home Office (2 contracts). 2 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, paper and paperboard, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 32 days to pay suppliers, and 21% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 2.4% higher than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 2 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 28 Feb 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 29 Dec 2026.
Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
| 2023/24 † | 2024/25 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 566,015,000 | 539,547,000 |
| Profit for the year | 22,249,000 | 18,240,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 9,222,000 | 11,478,000 |
| Total assets | 485,036,000 | — |
| Total liabilities | 99,382,000 | 102,698,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 268,075,000 | 285,478,000 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Public contracts
13 contractsFEDEX EXPRESS UK TRANSPORTATION LIMITED is named as a supplier in 13 public contract award notices from 12 public sector buyers since 2010. The 7 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £127.8m. 2 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.
- Home Office
- 2 contracts · £89m
- DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS
- 1 contract · £37.1m
- Department For Education
- 1 contract · £1.5m
- COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY
- 1 contract · £140k
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- 1 contract · £28.8k
- Provision of a Cheque and Postal Order Courier Service‡Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency · £28,842 · runs until Apr 2031
- 000977 - Third Party LogisticsYorkshire Purchasing Organisation · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £28,000,000 in total · runs until Dec 2026
- GB-Swansea: PS/19/47 Provision of a secure cheque courier‡Driver and Vehicle Licencing agency · £11,836
- Passport Secure Delivery (UK) ServicesHome Office · £77,000,000
- Hard Copy Records StorageValuation Office Agency
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- Records Storage and Related ServicesDepartment For Education · £1,500,000
- The Cataloguing of Census Records - AWARD‡Office for National Statistics
- Off Site File StorageCOMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY · £140,000
- YPO - 000700 Courier Services‡YPO · shared by 15 suppliers, up to £100,000,000 in total
- Contract for the Provision of Courier Services for Blood and Blood Products‡Nhs Blood and Transplant
- Dedicated Courier Network‡DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS · £37,149,944
- Postal Goods and Services‡Crown Commercial Service
- Haulage of Seized Goods, Vehicles and Repatriation of Offenders‡Home Office · £12,000,000
From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 32 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 21%
- Standard payment terms
- 0–60 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 50%
- 31 to 60 days 46%
- After 60 days 4%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 30 Nov 2025
- 32
- 49%
- 23%
- 31 May 2025
- 34
- 47%
- 19%
- 30 Nov 2024
- 34
- 49%
- 10%
- 31 May 2024
- 29
- 71%
- 8%
- 30 Nov 2023
- 27
- 71%
- 9%
- 31 May 2023
- 24
- 79%
- 10%
- 30 Nov 2022
- 19
- 87%
- 14%
- Median hourly pay
- women 2.4% higher
- Mean hourly pay
- women 0.8% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 39.2% lower
- Employer size
- 5000 to 19,999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 1.5% lower
- women 2.5% lower
- 2023/24
- women 3.4% lower
- women 1.3% lower
- 2022/23
- women 5.2% lower
- women 1.9% lower
- 2021/22
- women 7.6% lower
- women 7.4% lower
- 2020/21
- women 6.4% lower
- women 2.2% lower
- 2019/20
- women 7.1% lower
- women 3.8% lower
- 2018/19
- women 8.8% lower
- women 6.1% lower
- 2017/18
- women 8.6% lower
- women 4.5% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, paper and paperboard, machinery, electrical equipment and woven clothing.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, perfumery and cosmetics and plastics.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
7 events- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £539.5m, net assets £285.5m
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £566m, net assets £268.1m
- Fedex Express Uk Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Tnt Transport Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
- Name changed to FEDEX EXPRESS UK TRANSPORTATION LIMITEDPreviously TNT UK LIMITED
- Tnt Transport Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.