Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
DIRECT EXPRESS PARCELS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Nelson Gilmour Smith & Co., 47 Cadzow Street, Hamilton ML3 6ED
- Classification (SIC)
- Packaging activities (82.92 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 03/07/2026View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31
- 05/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Sheena Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2016-11-01
- 04/02/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Graeme Mcintyre as a person with significant control on 2016-11-01
- 24/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-18 with no updates
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What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
- Whether this company files on time, and how often its record changes.
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
02/12/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 18/11/2025Due 02/12/2026
- Next statement date
- 18/11/2026
- Last statement dated
- 18/11/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures DIRECT EXPRESS PARCELS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£1.19M2025
4.52%vs 20242024: £1.14M
Total Assets
£2.45M2025
17.80%vs 20242024: £2.08M
Cash in Bank
£968.72K2025
9.10%vs 20242024: £887.94K
Total Liabilities
£1.03M2025
20.64%vs 20242024: £852.01K
Employees
472025
-1vs 20242024: 48
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 17.80% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for DIRECT EXPRESS PARCELS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through DIRECT EXPRESS PARCELS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +7.7% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | -1 |
| 2024 | 48 | +1 |
| 2023 | 47 | 0 |
| 2022 | 47 | -5 |
| 2021 | 52 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 52 in 2021 to 47 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
- Company potential
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Officers
3Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary | 18/11/2005–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 18/11/2005–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 18/11/2005–Present | 4 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 4 | |
| 06/04/2016–01/11/2016 | 4 | |
| 01/11/2016–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 10
- Since 07/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 4
- +2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 03/07/2026
- 3 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 03/07/2026
- Officer changes (2)Latest 05/02/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 24/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 03/07/2026View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31
- 05/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Sheena Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2016-11-01
- 04/02/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Graeme Mcintyre as a person with significant control on 2016-11-01
- 24/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-18 with no updates
- 17/06/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 25/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-11-18 with no updates
- 22/07/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 27/11/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-11-18 with no updates
- 27/09/2023View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-12-31
- 07/12/2022View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-11-18 with no updates
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About DIRECT EXPRESS PARCELS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
DIRECT EXPRESS PARCELS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Nelson Gilmour Smith & Co., 47 Cadzow Street, Hamilton ML3 6ED. Companies House classifies its business as Packaging activities. It has been on the register for 20 years 10 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £1.19M and 47 employees.
DIRECT EXPRESS PARCELS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records DIRECT EXPRESS PARCELS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Packaging activities (82.92 - SIC 2007).
DIRECT EXPRESS PARCELS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 18/11/2005.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £1.19M, total assets of £2.45M, cash in bank of £968.72K and total liabilities of £1.03M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 03/07/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31, 3 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 02/12/2026.
Companies House lists 3 officers and 3 people with significant control (2 current).