DB CARGO (UK) LIMITED
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Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1994-06-09
- Registered office
- Lakeside Business Park, Carolina Way, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 5PN
- Postcode
- DN4 5PN
- Capital
- 24 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-18
- Next due by
- 2026-12-02
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49200 Freight rail transport
- 68100 Buying and selling of own real estate
- 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 42 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by DB CARGO (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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DB CARGO INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED Dissolved
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DB CARGO SERVICES LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) — 6 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
15.4%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- dbcargo.co.uk
We are the UK's largest rail freight company, offering our customers safe, sustainable, and innovative rail logistics solutions.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DB SCHENKER RAIL (UK) LIMITED | 2016-03-01 |
| ENGLISH WELSH & SCOTTISH RAILWAY LIMITED | 2008-12-18 |
| TRANSRAIL FREIGHT LIMITED | 1996-10-14 |
| TRAINLOAD FREIGHT WEST LIMITED | 1994-07-22 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| MCBEATH HOUSE, 310 GOSWELL ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 7LW | 2008-07-02 |
| MCBEATH HOUSE, 310 GOSWELL ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 7LL | 1998-12-04 |
| 165 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, EC4V 4DD | 1996-06-25 |
| EUSTON HOUSE, 24 EVERSHOLT STREET, LONDON, NW1 1DZ | 1996-03-19 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 20 similar companies in DN, trading since 1994
The class of 1994
47%
of the 28,890 companies incorporated in 1994 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.
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Property in England & Wales 167 titles
- Freehold
- 18
- Leasehold
- 149
- Most recent registration
- 2025-10-13
- Where
- Greater London (21), Derbyshire (9), West Midlands (7)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGL642099 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-10-13 | — |
| SF707381 | Stoke-On-Trent | Leasehold | 2025-06-16 | — |
| SF702999 | Stoke-On-Trent | Leasehold | 2024-12-11 | — |
| CYM875908 | Newport | Leasehold | 2023-09-21 | — |
| SY880920 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2021-10-19 | — |
| CB430854 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2018-03-05 | — |
| TGL452980 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2016-07-29 | — |
| AGL359823 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2015-11-12 | — |
| AGL359824 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2015-11-12 | — |
| AGL359825 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2015-11-12 | — |
| BL139686 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2015-09-02 | — |
| BL140507 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2015-09-02 | — |
| TGL404273 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2014-07-29 | — |
| SL224326 | Wrekin | Leasehold | 2013-10-29 | — |
| SL224327 | Wrekin | Leasehold | 2013-10-29 | — |
| SL224328 | Wrekin | Leasehold | 2013-10-29 | — |
| SL224080 | Wrekin | Leasehold | 2013-10-11 | — |
| SL223538 | Wrekin | Leasehold | 2013-09-03 | — |
| BK451399 | Slough | Leasehold | 2012-09-05 | — |
| NGL914400 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2010-11-18 | — |
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