DB CARGO (UK) LIMITED, DN4 5PN : Companies House Number 02938988

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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: 2026-12-31
Financial year end: 31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2025-11-18
Next due by: 2026-12-02

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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

Deborah Anne HARDY Director

Appointed 2021-02-16

MRS HELEN LOUISE YOUNG Secretary

Appointed 2016-10-01

MR HANS-GEORG WERNER Director

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Appointed 2016-10-01

MR Andrea ROSSI Director

Appointed 2013-12-01

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Group structure 3 subsidiaries

Controlled by DB CARGO (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

LOCOMOTIVE 6667 LIMITED
DB CARGO INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED Dissolved
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.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5959775 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Political donations 5

£40,700 in registered political donations since 2005.

Labour Party

£3,000 2007-10-19 Cash
Labour Party

£15,000 2007-10-05 Cash
Conservative and Unionist Party

£7,500 2007-04-16 Cash

Showing the 3 most recent of 5.

Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, 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

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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 19 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.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Survival rates for every incorporation year →

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	—

Showing 20 of 167.

For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).