# GKN Freight Services Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00056211](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00056211)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 23 Feb 1898
- **Registered office:** 2660 KINGS COURT, BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS PARK, BIRMINGHAM, B37 7YE
- **Nature of business:** [52290](/sic/52290) Other transportation support activities
- **Corporate group:** [Dowlais Group Limited](/group/104633) (84 companies)


## Previous names

- Ambrose Shardlow & Co Limited (until 30 Jan 1987)
- Fircone Limited (until 31 Dec 1979)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYNDS, George Samuel | director | 16 Jun 2025 |  |
| PAYNE, Christopher Peter | director | 19 Oct 2023 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gkn Industries Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 15 Oct 2021 |  |
| Gkn Enterprise Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 | 15 Oct 2021 |




## Owned by

GKN Freight Services Limited → [GKN Industries Limited](/company/00032262) → [Dowlais Group Limited](/company/14591224)





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