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Dfds Seaways PLC

Plan and book a DFDS cruise or ferry crossing across our European network. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 45 years old · 667th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1980s

Company number01554521
StatusActive
Incorporated02/04/1981
Accounts last made up to31/12/2025
Next accounts due30/06/2027
Accounts typeFULL

Registered office

NORDIC HOUSE WESTERN ACCESS ROAD, IMMINGHAM DOCK, IMMINGHAM, NORTH EAST LINC, DN40 2LZ

Online

Website www.dfds.com/en/passenger-ferries

News and announcements on their own site

Social accounts X, Facebook, Instagram

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Filing history

This company has 241 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 11/07/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 17/04/2026.

Filings: officer changes45
Filings: accounts21
Filings: confirmation statements10
Filings: annual returns8
Filings: resolutions5
Filings: name changes3

The most recent filings

Director's details changed 21/09/2026
Director appointed 21/09/2026
Change to a person with significant control 17/09/2026
Director resigned 26/08/2026
Accounts, full 11/07/2026
Secretary resigned 19/05/2026
Secretary appointed 19/05/2026
Director appointed 27/04/2026
Director resigned 23/04/2026
Confirmation statement 17/04/2026

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Who runs it

The register lists 5 current officers and 27 who have resigned.

Jonathan Stephen Worrall Secretaryappointed 19/05/2026
Karen Dyrskjot Boesen Directorappointed 17/04/2026
Andrew Geoffrey Byrne Directorappointed 08/01/2018
Jonathan Lowden Directorappointed 18/01/2023
Hans Helmuth Von Lüttichau Directorappointed 21/09/2026

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 1 current entry.

Dfds A/S
Owns 75% to 100% of the shares; Holds 75% to 100% of the voting rights; Can appoint and remove directors
since 07/02/2017

Charges

No charges are registered against this company.

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

  • 52101 - Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities
  • 52220 - Service activities incidental to water transportation
  • 70100 - Activities of head offices

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Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 667th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1980s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)