ARROW XL LIMITED
Company number 04358875 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Arrow XL Limited is a specialist UK player in the two-person and bulky-goods logistics segment, operating with group backing and warehousing capabilities that place it above the typical road-freight operator in terms of scale and strategic positioning. The company faces the familiar industry pressures of thin margins, labour shortages, and urban environmental regulation, but its niche delivery model and integrated structure give it a defensible competitive position. Its success will depend on managing retail contract concentration and continuing to invest in technology during a period of uneven consumer demand.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-01-23
- Registered office
- Martland Mill Lane, Wigan, United Kingdom, WN5 0LZ
- Postcode
- WN5 0LZ
- Capital
- 5,000,001 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-23
- Next due by
- 2027-02-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
- 52103 Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities
- 52219 Other service activities incidental to land transportation, not elsewhere classified
- 52290 Other transportation support activities
Officers 1 current · 19 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by LOGISTICS GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2929066 (Tier 3), registered since 2011.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
7.73%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.arrowxl.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| YODEL XL LIMITED | 2013-03-21 |
| CREDIT AND DATA MARKETING SERVICES LIMITED | 2010-12-03 |
| LITTLEWOODS2 LIMITED | 2002-02-22 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2ND FLOOR ATLANTIC PAVILION, ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL, L3 4AE | 2017-02-27 |
| FIRST FLOOR SKYWAYS HOUSE, SPEKE ROAD, SPEKE, LIVERPOOL, L70 1AB | 2014-06-27 |
| 100 OLD HALL STREET, LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE L70 1AB | 2006-01-30 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 352 similar companies in WN, trading since 2002
The class of 2002
37%
of the 1,042 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2020-08-11
- Where
- Greater London (1), Worcestershire (1), Greater Manchester (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL512867 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2020-08-11 | — |
| WR189028 | Worcestershire | Leasehold | 2019-10-29 | — |
| MAN327794 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2018-12-05 | — |
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