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DS Smith Logistics Limited

Freight transport by road

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 27

  1. Neil Julian Miller 2016-2022 Director View profile
  2. William Beverley Hicks 2016-2025 Director View profile
  3. Jeffrey Cantine Jones 2015-2016 Director View profile
  4. Colin Stuart Mcintyre 2015-2022 Director View profile
  5. Paul Jonathan Brown 2014-2015 Director View profile
  6. Adrian Ross Thomas Marsh 2013-2015 Director View profile
  7. David John Matthews 2013-2014 Director View profile
  8. Michael Henry Hartman 2013-2013 Director View profile
  9. Stefano Rossi 2013-2014 Director View profile
  10. Miles William Roberts 2010-2013 Director View profile
  11. Christopher Robert Rosser 2010-2014 Director View profile
  12. Stephen William Dryden 2008-2013 Director View profile
  13. William Mark Faure Walker 2005-2010 Director View profile
  14. Gavin Mathew Morris 2003-2008 Director View profile
  15. Anthony David Thorne 2001-2010 Director View profile
  16. Carolyn Tracy Cattermole 2000-2011 Director View profile
  17. Jeremy Richard Trevethick 2000-2005 Director View profile
  18. Donald William Coates 2000-2006 Director View profile
  19. David Frank Buttfield 1995-2003 Director View profile
  20. John Stuart Russell 1995-2000 Director View profile
  21. John Peter Williams 2002 Director View profile
  22. Michael Thomas Heskin 2001 Director View profile
  23. Ogilvie Alexander Stratton 2001 Director View profile
  24. Kafayat Bisola Oluyinka 2025-2026 Secretary View profile
  25. Zillah Wendy Stone 2018-2025 Secretary View profile
  26. Anne Steele 2001-2018 Secretary View profile
  27. Alan John Richardson 1995-2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Freight transport by road; Other service activities incidental to land transportation, n.e.c.
Incorporated
23/02/1959
Registered office
London
Previous names
A.A.Griggs and Company Limited (until 01/06/2011)

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. DS Smith Logistics Limited is controlled by DS Smith Paper Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. DS Smith Paper Limited is controlled by DS Smith Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 50-75% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. DS Smith Holdings Limited is controlled by DS Smith Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. DS Smith Limited is controlled by International Paper UK Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-02-05 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by International Paper UK Holdings Limited.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

2.3y median 2.3y
average tenure
4.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
2
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 12Business services 4Finance 2Manufacturing 2Utilities 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00621604
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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