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SOUTHAMPTON ISLE OF WIGHT AND SOUTH OF ENGLAND ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 00002404
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1861-09-10
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 50100
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Njord Partners has confirmed that they will provide, or procure the provision of, such financial support as is necessary for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. This confirmation has been executed as a deed.”
Subsidiaries
- Red Funnel (Pension Trustees) Limited · 100% held · Southampton, Hampshire
- Isle of Wight Holidays Limited · 100% held · Southampton, Hampshire
- Steam Coffee Company Limited · 100% held · Southampton, Hampshire
- Hythe and Southampton Ferry Company Limited · 100% held · Southampton, Hampshire
Significant events
- “In the prior year, the Group acquired the Hythe and Southampton Ferry Company Limited, which provides ferry services between Southampton and Hythe, trading as 'Hythe Ferry'.”
- “disposal of Red Jet 4 was undertaken in 2024”
- “Group entered into a partnership with Artemis Technologies for a brand new 150 seat, zero emission electric passenger ferry which will join the Hi-speed fleet in 2026.”
- “On 29 September 2025, an offer by a company controlled by Njord Partners was accepted to purchase the entire share capital of the Company's intermediate holding company, Red Funnel Limited, from the previous owners, Red Funnel Holdings Limited. A Sale and Purchase Agreement ("SPA") was executed for the transaction. The SPA transaction is subject to National Security and Investment Act ("NSIA") approval and will fully complete once NSIA approval is received.”
- “On 29 September 2025, Red Funnel Limited agreed a comprehensive waiver of certain requirements under the loan arrangements. On the same date, and under each relevant loan, the lender has agreed not to take any action against the Company or the Group until at least the end of October 2026.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
6 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Neil | Director | 2026-01-05 | May 1968 | British |
| COLLINS, Frances Charlotte | Director | 2018-06-21 | Jan 1977 | British |
| DURSTON, Thomas John Angus | Director | 2025-12-08 | May 1994 | British |
| HUDSON, Lee Richard | Director | 2010-12-15 | May 1980 | British |
| MCLEAN, Oscar John Sinclair | Director | 2025-12-08 | Aug 2000 | British |
| REED, Deborah Louise | Director | 2018-10-30 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICHOLSON, Hazel Mary Sarah | Secretary | — | 1998-11-27 |
| SHEARD, John Paul | Secretary | 2000-11-30 | 2008-04-04 |
| WINSON, Avril Helen Winifred | Secretary | 1998-11-28 | 2000-11-30 |
| ANDERSON, Shirley Ann | Director | 2010-12-15 | 2017-12-15 |
| BARNETSON, Graham | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2023-11-10 |
| BLAND, Christopher Donald Jack | Director | — | 2001-01-18 |
| BRADBURY, Kenton Edward | Director | 2010-12-15 | 2014-01-20 |
| BRADLEY, Charles Stuart | Director | — | 2000-11-30 |
| CAMPBELL, Michael Francis | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2020-01-24 |
| CARTER, Arthur Murray | Director | 2010-12-15 | 2018-11-15 |
| COOPER, James Nigel Shelley | Director | 2008-08-15 | 2012-12-20 |
| CURETON, Nigel | Director | 2001-01-17 | 2001-06-26 |
| DAYEMBAYEV, Dauren | Director | 2023-09-28 | 2024-02-28 |
| DELLACHA, Maria Georgina | Director | 2016-10-20 | 2017-07-07 |
| DOCHERTY, Thomas James | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2008-08-08 |
| FULFORD, James Simon Richard | Director | 2009-02-02 | 2012-12-31 |
| GEORGE, Kevin Alan | Director | 2014-03-20 | 2021-07-07 |
| GLASS, Olive Helen | Director | 2001-01-17 | 2004-08-31 |
| GREEN, Jonathan Mark Moorhouse | Director | 2010-12-15 | 2018-11-15 |
| HAZELWOOD, Charles John Gore | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2024-02-28 |
| HELMORE, Max David Charles | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2015-06-26 |
| HETHERINGTON, Colin Crawford | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2008-01-31 |
| INCH, John Wallace | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2018-10-30 |
| KENT, Andrew Stewart | Director | — | 2000-11-30 |
| LAKES, Leanna Mary | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2025-03-01 |
| MILES, Graham John | Director | — | 2005-07-31 |
| NELSON, Stephen Keith James | Director | 2013-05-24 | 2017-07-07 |
| ORANGE, Charles William | Director | — | 1999-11-15 |
| RIDGWAY, Stephen Blakeney | Director | 2021-07-07 | 2025-12-08 |
| SCHUMACHER, Bernd | Director | 2015-06-26 | 2016-08-17 |
| SCOTT, Richard Antony Cargill | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2009-10-16 |
| SIBLEY, Christopher Frank, Mr. | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2021-03-06 |
| SIMS, Polina | Director | 2020-11-26 | 2023-09-28 |
| SLAWSON, James Mark | Director | 2014-10-03 | 2019-08-31 |
| VALE, Aaron Zachariah | Director | 2020-01-24 | 2020-11-10 |
| WHYTE, Alistair Morrison | Director | — | 2005-05-27 |
| WILSON, Edward Arthur | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2024-02-28 |
| WINTER, Paul Richard | Director | 2010-03-05 | 2019-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Funnel Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-31 | Ceased 2018-01-31 |
| Red Funnel Group (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-31 | Ceased 2018-01-31 |
| Falcon Acquisitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-31 | Active |
| Red Funnel Ferries Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 459 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-10 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-01-10 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-04-12 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-04-12 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-04-12 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-12-30 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current shortened |
| 2024-10-01 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company previous shortened |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-03-13 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-03-13 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
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