DHL Supply Chain Limited
Registered name: DHL SUPPLY CHAIN LIMITED
Part of Dhl Supply Chain International Holdings B.V. groupDHL Supply Chain Limited made £3bn revenue and £37.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
DHL Supply Chain Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £3bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £37.2m profit. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.1bn | £3.1bn | £3bn |
| Cost of sales | −£180m | −£128m | −£101m |
| Operating profit | £37.1m | £32.3m | £40.4m |
| Profit before tax | £44m | £36.8m | £46.5m |
| Profit after tax | £25m | £30.3m | £37.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £25m | £30.3m | £37.2m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 1% | 1.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.2% | ▼4.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲21.3% | ▲22.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dhl Supply Chain International Holdings B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Exel Limited75–100%
- Exel Investments Limited75–100%
- DHL Supply Chain Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (8)
- DHL Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DHL Supply Chain International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Digihaul LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSC Healthcare Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Exel Logistics Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Exel Overseas LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Exel UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McGregor Cory LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- DHL GBS (UK) LimitedRev. £42.7m · Profit £1.7m
- DHL Global Match (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Exel Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £37.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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