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Company description
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 6 September 2013; registered for 12 years; registered office reported in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 64209 · Activities of other holding companies n.e.c..
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 3 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.
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
- INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED
- Company number
- 08680755
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 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
29 March 2026Next accounts due
28 December 2027Last statement made up to
2 June 2026Next statement due
16 June 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED
LEI 213800TCZZU84G8Z2M70 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 6 September 2013
- Initial LEI registration
- 13 December 2016
- LEI last updated
- 26 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 20 March 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PLC; ROYAL MAIL PLC/ROYAL MAIL LIMITED; INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC
- Legal address
- 185 FARRINGDON ROAD, LONDON, GB-LND, EC1A 1AA, GB
- Headquarters address
- 185 FARRINGDON ROAD, LONDON, GB-LND, EC1A 1AA, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
04 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 30 March 2025 – 29 March 2026
- Approved
- 26 June 2026
- Sectors
- Other
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
- 26 August 2026
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Your whole organisation Your front line staff Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Workers within your supply chain
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Other monitoring
GAN Integrity system for information about suppliers.
Demonstrated progress
Increase in the number of checks made. Target to further improve. Completion of training targets.
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Seasonal workers at peak times prevent a higher risk. People and the use of multiple identification documents
- Area: Within your own operations
- Group: Migrants
- Location: United Kingdom
- Mitigation: This is managed by using the same due diligence process for temporary as well as permanent resource.
- Risk: Vehicle washing services
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Tier 1 suppliers
- Group: Migrants Refugees
- Mitigation: stopped using pop up vehicle locations. provided advice to locations about the risks.
- Risk: Uniform manufacturing
- Location: India
- Mitigation: Provided key indicators to supplier and what our expectations are.
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
outbound and inbound specialist postal movements
Crown Commercial Service · ocds-b5fd17-76482838-4dbe-4f5d-a076-6214d7d554f3
- Supplier named in award
- ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED
- Award value
- £405,047
- Contract period
- 14 February 2022 – 23 January 2023
- Published
- 15 February 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-76482838-4dbe-4f5d-a076-6214d7d554f3-2023-02-15T12:42:49Z
Created in Error.
EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION · ocds-b5fd17-db26ebeb-4b8b-4abb-8887-ee67d66bed5d
- Supplier named in award
- Royal Mail
- Award value
- £1
- Contract period
- 1 December 2020 – 2 December 2020
- Published
- 3 December 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-db26ebeb-4b8b-4abb-8887-ee67d66bed5d-2020-12-03T11:24:54Z
NHS England: Delivery of COVID-19 posters for general practices and community pharmacies
NHS Improvements · ocds-b5fd17-af6a5330-7c84-4abb-b69f-f322327ada8c
- Supplier named in award
- Royal Mail
- Award value
- £72,772
- Contract period
- 20 April 2020 – 25 April 2020
- Published
- 29 September 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-af6a5330-7c84-4abb-b69f-f322327ada8c-2020-09-29T22:59:15+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Ep Distribution Services Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 15542876
- Notified
- 2 June 2025
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
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.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
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.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
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.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
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
13 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
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC
- Company name
Previous name: ROYAL MAIL PLC
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
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.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.