Company
Arvato SCM UK Limited
Arvato SCM UK Limited is an active UK company (number 05019402), incorporated 2004, with 3 current directors including Axel Mayer and Dennis Schmitz. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 17
- Andreas Barth 2022-2024 View profile
- Monique Benedicte Klein 2022-2023 View profile
- Tobias Uthmann 2021-2025 View profile
- Patrick Corbett 2019-2021 View profile
- Ian Montgomery 2019-2022 View profile
- Sebastian Verhoeven 2018-2022 View profile
- Adele Marie Smith 2018-2022 View profile
- Paul David Wilkinson 2017-2018 View profile
- Allan James Blakeley 2016-2017 View profile
- Stefan Glaeser 2014-2015 View profile
- Thorsten Winkelmann 2014-2018 View profile
- David Charles Royle 2008-2014 View profile
- Shirley Anne Martin 2004-2006 View profile
- Karen Waterfall 2019-2024 View profile
- Lianne Branton 2014-2019 View profile
- Karen Waterfall 2007-2014 View profile
- Trevor John Killner 2006-2007 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 19/01/2004
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.
- Bertelsmann UK Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Arvato SCM UK Limited
is controlled by Bertelsmann UK Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Bertelsmann UK Limited.
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Financials
- Net assets
- £1,915,976
- Total assets
- £25,406,016
- Cash
- £174
- Employees
- 500
- Turnover
- £97,662,458
- Profit/loss
- -£734,652
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
3 directors on the board
- Gary Stephen Spencer Director · appointed 2024
- Dennis Schmitz Director · appointed 2025
- Axel Mayer Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Dennis Schmitz Director · appointed 2025
- Axel Mayer Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Gary Stephen Spencer Director · appointed 2024
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.
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
- 05019402
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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