GLOBAL FREIGHT SOLUTIONS LTD.
Company number 04144492 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Global Freight Solutions Ltd presents a strong credit profile with net assets of £22.99M, improving EBITDA margins (8.1%), and healthy cash of £6.08M. The February 2024 acquisition by ILG/Yusen Logistics provides valuable parent company backing, and the business demonstrated operational resilience by growing revenue and margins despite losing the £4.8M Wilko contract. The company is approved on standard terms, with monitoring focused on client concentration and the nature of parent company support arrangements.
Shareholders' funds
£27,134,432
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
What it does
The principal activities of the Company are the provision of technology, carrier management and logistics services.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-01-19
- Employees
- 134 (2026 accounts · was 112 in 2025)
- Registered office
- C/O Irwin Mitchell Llp Riverside East, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, S3 8DT
- Postcode
- S3 8DT
- Capital
- 60 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-19
- Next due by
- 2027-02-02
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
- 51102 Non-scheduled passenger air transport
- 52219 Other service activities incidental to land transportation, not elsewhere classified
Officers 6 current · 23 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS GROUP LIMITED — since 2026-07-31
Controlled by GLOBAL FREIGHT SOLUTIONS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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THE FULFILLING STATION LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| NORMAN ALEXANDER & CO, 5TH FLOOR GROSVENOR GARDENS, HOUSE 35-37 GROSVENOR GARDENS, LONDON, W1W 0BS | 2011-02-24 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 769 similar companies in S
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (134 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2001.
No.1 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Sheffield →
Competitors Sheffield
This company ranks 1 among freight transport by road in Sheffield.
The class of 2001
44%
of the 517 companies in this sector incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 53% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2019-06-20
- Price paid, where recorded
- £29,760
- Where
- West Sussex
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSX409867 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2019-06-20 | £29,760 |
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