Eddie Stobart: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Eddie Stobart Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is EDDIE STOBART GROUP LIMITED. In the year to December 2025 Eddie Stobart Limited reported turnover of £543m.
- Registered name
- EDDIE STOBART LIMITED
- Company number
- 00995045
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 23 November 1970
- Registered office area
- Warrington
- Industry code on the register
- 49410: Transportation and storage
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 7 October 2026
What does Eddie Stobart do?
Eddie Stobart is a logistics company that moves goods by road for UK businesses, running a large truck fleet from distribution sites across the country, alongside some warehousing. Almost all of its revenue comes from transport services. Eddie Stobart Limited is part of Culina Group, the UK logistics arm of the German Müller dairy group.
In brief: road haulage and logistics · UK truck fleet · part of Culina Group · Müller-owned
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 20 October 2026. Official website: eddiestobart.com.
Who owns Eddie Stobart?
The Companies House register records EDDIE STOBART GROUP LIMITED as the person with significant control of Eddie Stobart Limited, company number 00995045. EDDIE STOBART GROUP LIMITED is itself company number 03047957.
That places Eddie Stobart Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Eddie Stobart?
The Companies House register lists 4 current officers for Eddie Stobart Limited.
All 4 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Liam James McElroy | 13 March 2025 |
| Fabian Koehler | 15 March 2025 |
| Stephen Martin Taylor | 30 April 2025 |
| Thierry Patrick Held | 12 June 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Eddie Stobart file?
Eddie Stobart Limited reported turnover of £543m in the year to December 2025. That was down 2.4% on £557m the year before.
It reported 3,498 employees. The year before it reported 3,642.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £25m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £0.9m the year before.
Staff costs came to £187m. That is an average of £53,000 a head.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £543m | £557m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£25m (filed) | -£0.9m (filed) |
| Employees | 3,498 | 3,642 |
| Staff costs | £187m | £186m |
| Average staff cost per head | £53,000 | £51,000 |
| Bank and cash | n/d | £8m |
| Net assets | £20m | £37m |
| Interest paid | £13m | |
| Interest received | £1.1m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
Are there any charges against Eddie Stobart?
Eddie Stobart Limited has registered 46 charges at Companies House, of which 6 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
Eddie Stobart files as Eddie Stobart Limited, whose person with significant control is EDDIE STOBART GROUP LIMITED, with turnover of £543m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Eddie Stobart
What does Eddie Stobart do?
Eddie Stobart is a logistics company that moves goods by road for UK businesses, running a large truck fleet from distribution sites across the country, alongside some warehousing. Almost all of its revenue comes from transport services. Eddie Stobart Limited is part of Culina Group, the UK logistics arm of the German Müller dairy group.
Who owns Eddie Stobart?
The Companies House register records EDDIE STOBART GROUP LIMITED as the person with significant control of Eddie Stobart Limited.
How much does Eddie Stobart make?
Eddie Stobart Limited reported turnover of £543m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £25m.
How many people work at Eddie Stobart?
Eddie Stobart Limited reported 3,498 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Eddie Stobart?
The Companies House register lists 4 current officers for Eddie Stobart Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Eddie Stobart Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 00995045, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Eddie Stobart: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 20 October 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/eddie-stobart/. Figures from Companies House filings for EDDIE STOBART LIMITED (00995045).
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