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Company description
DB CARGO (UK) LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 9 June 1994; registered for 32 years; registered office reported in DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 49200 · Freight rail transport, with 3 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 1 procurement record, 1 waste registration. 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.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- DB CARGO (UK) LIMITED
- Company number
- 02938988
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 43 total · 0 outstanding · 43 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
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
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
18 November 2025Next statement due
2 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 24.2%
- Mean bonus gap
- 7.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 38.9%
- Men receiving bonus
- 12.3%
- Women in top quartile
- 7.4%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 6.6%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 7.6%
- Women in lower quartile
- 16.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499923.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499925.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499924.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499929.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499925.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499927.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499929.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499925.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 30 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 32 days
- Longest standard term
- 66 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No retention clauses reported
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £54,115,880
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £0
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £4,542,111
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £19,922,303
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 5.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 66 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with payments
- Not supplied
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
The company follows a policy whereby supplier payment terms are agreed prior to entering into any contracts or transactions. These payment terms are upheld based on the timely and accurate submission of invoices. The standard payment terms are the end of the month following the month of the date of invoice.
- Other payment-term information
The majority of suppliers are on our standard payment terms. However, there are instances where different payment terms are agreed with suppliers.
The number of invoices paid outside of the agreed payment terms of 33% is calculated based on the invoice date, in line with our standard payment terms. Where invoices are not received in a timely fashion this can result in payment outside of the standard payment terms. Late receipt of invoices from suppliers contributed 15% to the number of invoices paid outside of agreed terms in the period.
The remaining 17% of these invoices will include invoices which have been through a dispute resolution process.
Where accurate invoices are received in a timely manner, we endeavour to pay within the agreed terms - Dispute resolution process
The company has robust processes and controls in place that must be followed. The aim is to deal with suppliers in a fair and consistent manner, with the objective of making timely payments. When disputes arise, the company aims to resolve these with speed and efficiency so that both parties can come to a resolution and payment be made accordingly.
Disputes are resolved by the procurement department or the relevant contract manager within the business. Request for credits or back up documentation is requested at source. Accounts Payable will follow up with procurement/contract managers to push for a speedy resolution. Once resolved, the disputed items and credits are put on to the first available payment run.
If a dispute cannot be resolved following the above process, this would then be escalated to the CFO who would seek a resolution.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 49.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 49.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay26.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay51.0% outside terms
- 66.0 average days to pay42.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay68.0% outside terms
- 52.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
DB CARGO (UK) LIMITED
LEI 5299004WAES5548A1V57 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 9 June 1994
- Initial LEI registration
- 23 October 2013
- LEI last updated
- 10 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 23 October 2026
- Managing LOU
- 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28
- Legal address
- Lakeside Business Park, Carolina Way, Doncaster, GB-DNC, DN4 5PN, GB
- Headquarters address
- Lakeside Business Park, Carolina Way, Doncaster, GB-DNC, DN4 5PN, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 5299004WAES5548A1V57 to LEI 52990063S23N13HU4E98
- Initial registration
- 26 September 2018
- Last updated
- 10 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 23 October 2026
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00+01:00; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2018-09-10T00:00:00+02:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD; Start: 2025-03-05T00:00:00+01:00; Type: DOCUMENT_FILING_PERIOD
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 5299004WAES5548A1V57 to LEI 52990063S23N13HU4E98
- Initial registration
- 18 September 2017
- Last updated
- 10 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 23 October 2026
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00+01:00; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-09-13T00:00:00+02:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD; Start: 2025-03-05T00:00:00+01:00; Type: DOCUMENT_FILING_PERIOD
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
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06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- DB CARGO (UK) LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 3 February 2026
- Sectors
- Transportation, logistics, and storage
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
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 17 June 2026
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07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
DB Cargo (UK) Limited
Registration Z5959775
- Registered from
- 30 October 2001
- Current end date
- 29 October 2026
- Trading names
- EWS
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Db Cargo (Uk) Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 3116322
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
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11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
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13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
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14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Buying and selling of own real estate
Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
1 procurement process linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
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16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-09-30 → 2026-12-31
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: DB SCHENKER RAIL (UK) LIMITED
- Company name
Previous name: ENGLISH WELSH & SCOTTISH RAILWAY LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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