IFS WORLDWIDE LTD.
Company number SC239586 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
IFS Worldwide operates as a specialized, asset-light freight forwarder leveraging its niche expertise on the Scotland-Italy corridor, a strategy that insulates it from generic large-scale competitors but exposes it to specific European trade frictions. However, the company's financials reveal a concerning erosion of its equity base over the last three years, shrinking from £194k to £120k, which significantly limits its resilience against sector-wide margin compression and client bad debt. While its operational model is standard for the industry, the thinning capital buffer requires careful working capital management to ensure long-term viability in a volatile freight market.
Shareholders' funds
£55,612
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-11-14
- Employees
- 11 (2025 accounts · was 12 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 4 Winchester Court, Denny, Stirlingshire, FK6 6QR
- Postcode
- FK6 6QR
- Capital
- 50 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2026-10-19
- Next due by
- 2027-11-02
Nature of business (SIC)
- 52290 Other transportation support activities
Officers 3 current · 5 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- ifsworldwide.uk
IFS Worldwide provide Freight Forwarding Services directly between Scotland and the rest of the World, including our specialist Italian Freight Services.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ITALIAN FREIGHT SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED | 2012-01-27 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BLOCK 3, UNIT 4 WINCHESTER COURT, WINCHESTER AVE. IND. ESTATE, DENNY, STIRLINGSHIRE, FK6 6QR | 2012-11-22 |
| BLOCK 3, UNIT 5 WINCHESTER COURT, WINCHESTER AVENUE INDUSTRIAL, ESTATE, DENNY FK6 6QR | 2005-01-14 |
| UNIT 1, WEST MAINS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, GRANGEMOUTH, STIRLINGSHIRE FK3 8YE | 2004-11-23 |
| FLAT 3/2, 8 MINGARRY STREET, GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE G20 8NT | 2003-02-26 |
| 78 MONTGOMERY STREET, EDINBURGH, LOTHIAN EH7 5JA | 2002-11-28 |
Among its peers
2nd largest employer
of 10 similar companies in FK, with 11 staff. 2nd oldest of its local peers.
Competitors Stirling
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4. TBW34 LTD
This company ranks 5 among other transportation support activities in Stirling.
The class of 2002
39%
of the 122,928 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.