Private Limited Company

DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY LIMITED

ActiveCompany 02052677United Kingdom
Bulk record snapshot1 NOV 2026Source details →

Registered office

5 ENDEAVOUR SQUARE, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, E20 1JN
Incorporated4 September 1986
Company age40 years

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Company description

BritDB description

DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 4 September 1986; registered for 40 years; registered office reported in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 49311 · Urban and suburban passenger railway transportation by underground, metro and similar systems.

This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 2 trade marks, 2 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.

Prepared from public dataChecked 6 November 2026 · 10 profile sources connected
How this description is built →
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01 Company overview

Identity and registration

Snapshot 1 November 2026
Official name
DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY LIMITED
Company number
02052677
Company type
Private Limited Company
Status
Active
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Dissolution date
Not supplied
Accounts category
AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY
Mortgage charges
0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
Limited partnership members
0 general · 0 limited
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A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.

02 Filing dates

Accounts and statements

Companies House
AccountsBulk record

Last accounts made up to

31 March 2025

Next accounts due

31 December 2026
Confirmation statementBulk record

Last statement made up to

6 June 2026

Next statement due

20 June 2027
Filing source and official link →

BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.

03 Supplier payments

Payment practices and performance

Period to 30 September 2026
Average time to pay22.0 days
Paid within 30 days91.0%
Paid after 60 days1.0%
Not paid within terms19.0%
Reporting period
1 April 2026 – 30 September 2026
Filed
23 October 2026
Shortest standard term
8 days
Longest standard term
30 days
E-invoicing offered
Yes
Supply-chain finance
Not offered
Payment codes
No
Construction retentions
Reported as used
Complete reported payment fields
Policy regime
Regime-3
Financial period started
1 April 2026
Qualifying contracts
Yes
Payments made
Yes
Invoice value paid within 30 days
£173,490,019
Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
£2,487,887
Invoice value paid after 60 days
£705,559
Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
£12,830,356
Invoices paid in 31–60 days
8.0%
Invoices unpaid due to dispute
4.0%
Maximum contractual payment period
30 days
Supplier-list charging policy
No
Supplier-list charges made
No

Retention release

Partial release on completion with balance released when Defects Certificate is issued or upon completion of the Defects Liability Period

Retention release stages

50% on completion

50% after defects resolved

Retention in all contracts
No
Retention in standard terms
Yes
Retention threshold
Not supplied
Standard retention rate
3.0%
Retention compared with client
0.0%
Retention compared with payments
1.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
  1. Standard payment terms

    30 days

  2. Dispute resolution process

    Transport for London and its subsidiaries has enhanced its automatic communication with suppliers enabling them to be notified of any issues preventing an invoice from being processed for payment. Suppliers are notified in writing if there may be a delay in payment of invoices. Information on this process can be found at https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/suppliers-and-contractors/recieving-orders-and-getting-paid#on-this-page-3

Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
  1. 19.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
  2. 21.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
  3. 22.0 average days to pay23.0% outside terms
  4. 17.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
  5. 20.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
  6. 21.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
  7. 23.0 average days to pay23.0% outside terms
  8. 22.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
  9. 19.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
  10. 36.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
  11. 19.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
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04 Supply-chain transparency

Modern slavery statement

Statement year 2026
Organisation
DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY LIMITED
Group submission
Yes
Parent organisation
Transport for London
Statement period
1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Approved
23 September 2026
Sectors
Public sector
✓

Organisation structure

Covered in the statement

✓

Policies

Covered in the statement

✓

Risk assessment

Covered in the statement

✓

Due diligence

Covered in the statement

✓

Training

Covered in the statement

✓

Goals and KPIs

Covered in the statement

Full statement information supplied to the registry
Reported turnover band
Over £500 million
Years producing statements
More than 5 years
ILO indicators included
Not answered
Registry record updated
20 October 2026

Policies described

Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination

Training described

Your suppliers

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Civil society organisations Workers within your organisation Central or local government Businesses in your industry or sector

Grievance mechanisms

Through trade unions or other worker representative groups

Actions addressing ILO indicators

Financial remediation, including repayment of recruitment fees Supporting victims via NGO

Demonstrated progress

We will strengthen our HRDD processes by creating a new ethical sourcing action plan template, addressing gaps identified through Electronics Watch, deepen supply chain mapping. We will update our risk assessment in 2026/27 and adjust the key suppliers list by including more risk factors, e.g. MSAT scores and supply chain mapping data. We will repeat MSAT campaign, providing training/follow ups to suppliers scoring below 70% and track progress through KPIs on supplier engagement and performance.

Reported risks and mitigations

  • Risk: Human rights violations in zero emission bus supply chain in China, DRC, Hungary, Malaysia. Workers on production sites.
  • Area: Within your supply chains
  • Tier: Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
  • Group: Women Migrants Other vulnerable groups
  • Location: Congo (Democratic Republic) China Hungary Malaysia
  • Mitigation: TfL is a member of Electronics Watch, and works with the organisation to address the human and labour rights risks in the ICT supply chains. They managed to improve working hours in Hungary. and aid in resolving other cases. We intervene and use our leverage when there are indications that our suppliers are not using their own leverage to the extent they can and should to mitigate risks.
  • Risk: ICT supply chain risks in electronic supply chains in China, DRC, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Thailand. Workers manufacturing electronic hardware.
  • Location: Congo (Democratic Republic) China India Malaysia Thailand Taiwan
  • Mitigation: TfL is a member of Electronics Watch, and works with the organisation to address the human and labour rights risks in the ICT supply chains. Where risk are identified - Electronics Watch supports enforcement of our contract obligations. It worked to ensure good outcomes like a final assembly facility in India has no late payments of bonuses anymore and this did not recur. Also 158 Burmese Migrants were refunded for fees paid to secure their job. We use our leverage to aid this.
  • Risk: E-scooter batteries. Workers manufacturing in global supply chains with forced labour and labour rights risk.
  • Location: Taiwan
  • Mitigation: Similar to issues with E-Bikes in previous statement, when sending out tenders - bidders have to provide us with evidence of their risk assessment to demonstrate Employer Pays Principle. This is apart of contract requirements for winning bidders.
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05 Data protection

ICO fee-payer registration

Candidate match
Tier 2 · public authority

Docklands Light Railway Limited

Registration ZA937007

Registered from
10 March 2021
Current end date
9 March 2027
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TM UK trade marks

Exact owner-name matches

2 records
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06 Ownership and control

People with significant control

Snapshot 31 October 2026
Current records2
Ceased records0
PSC source and official link →
Legal personCurrent

Transport For London

  • Has significant influence or control
Legal authority
England And Wales
Legal form
Statutory Corporation Established Under The Greater London Act 1999
Notified
6 April 2016
Corporate entityCurrent

Transport Trading Limited

  • Owns 75% or more of shares
  • Controls 75% or more of voting rights
  • Can appoint or remove directors
Country registered
England And Wales
Legal authority
United Kingdom (England And Wales)
Legal form
Limited By Shares
Place registered
United Kingdom (England And Wales) Companies House
Registration number
03914810
Notified
6 April 2016
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07 Charity register

Charity Commission links

Snapshot 4 November 2026
CCEW

No exact company-number link in this snapshot

The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.

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08 Northern Ireland charity register

CCNI exact company links

Snapshot 4 November 2026
CCNI

No unambiguous company-number link found

The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.

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09 Sanctions screening

UK Sanctions List

Report 3 November 2026
UKSL

No exact business-registration-number link found

The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.

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10 Public procurement

Find a Tender links

Snapshot 4 November 2026
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11 Environmental register

Environment Agency waste registrations

Snapshot 4 November 2026
EA

No exact company-number registration linked

The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.

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12 Nature of business

Standard Industrial Classification

SIC 2007

13 Connected public record

Checks beyond the company register

Partial coverage
CCEW

Charity Commission

0 exact company-number links.

Checked
CCNI

Northern Ireland charities

0 unambiguous company-number links.

Checked
FTS

Public contracts

2 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.

Checked
EA

Waste register

0 exact company-number registrations.

Checked
GZ

Corporate notices

The Gazette is not yet connected.

Not checked
UKSL

UK Sanctions List

No exact business-registration-number link in this report.

Checked
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14 Record timeline

Dates in the bulk record

3 events
  1. Confirmation statement

    Latest confirmation statement made up to this date

  2. Accounts

    Latest accounts made up to this date

  3. Incorporation

    Company incorporated

15 Provenance

Sources for this profile

10 sources

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