DHL Global Match (UK) Limited
Registered name: DHL GLOBAL MATCH (UK) LIMITED
Part of Dhl Supply Chain International Holdings B.V. groupDHL Global Match (UK) Limited made £30.1m revenue and £17k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
DHL Global Match (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £30.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £17k profit and 119 employees. The company is classified under “postal activities under universal service obligation” and is based in Hayes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Hayes
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54.8m | £34.7m | £30.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£49.4m | −£28.7m | −£24.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £6m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | −£2.2m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.3m | £1.4m | £17k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.3m | £1.4m | £17k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.3m | £1.4m | £17k |
| Employees (average) | 175 | 122 | 119 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −4.2% | 3.9% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 9.8% | 17.2% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £313k | £284k | £253k |
| Profit per employee | −£13k | £11.1k | £143 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼36.7% | ▼13.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼98.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼30.3% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £253k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £143
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now 119
- 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 Global Match (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- DHL GBS (UK) LimitedRev. £42.7m · Profit £1.7m
- DHL Supply Chain 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 2024 (profit £17k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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