H. CLARKSON & COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-26 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£177M
+49.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£63M
+24.6% vs 2023
Employees
401
+7.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£26M
+46.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £167,600,000 | £166,100,000 | |
| Operating profit | £13,900,000 | £19,400,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £17,500,000 | £25,700,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,100,000 | £15,300,000 | |
| Cash | £118,500,000 | £176,700,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £50,800,000 | £63,300,000 | |
| Net assets | £50,800,000 | £63,300,000 | |
| Equity | £50,800,000 | £63,300,000 | |
| Average employees | 374 | 401 | |
| Wages | £107,600,000 | £104,100,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 9.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.4% | 30.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 6.95x | 8.08x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and have reasonable expectation that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future being at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and meet its obligations as they fall due.”
Group structure
- H. CLARKSON & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- LevelSeas Limited 100%
- Clarkson Holdings Limited 100%
- Clarkson Dry Cargo Limited 100%
- Clarkson Tankers Limited 100%
- Clarkson Sale and Purchase Limited 100%
- Clarkson Shipbrokers Limited 100%
- Shipvalue.net Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
27 active · 73 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLETCHER, Rachel Elizabeth | Secretary | 2025-10-01 | — | — |
| BECKER, Thomas William | Director | 2006-10-26 | Feb 1975 | British |
| BRYNTESON, Julian David | Director | 2006-11-29 | Nov 1967 | British |
| CAHILL, Michael John Christopher | Director | 2001-05-30 | Feb 1962 | British |
| CASE, Andrew Leigh | Director | 2006-11-29 | Oct 1966 | British |
| CHATTRABHUTI, Simon | Director | 2011-11-22 | Aug 1975 | British |
| CONWAY, Liam Richard | Director | 2025-04-17 | Apr 1978 | British |
| FURZE, Andrew | Director | 2004-02-11 | Aug 1968 | British |
| GOODRICH, Steven | Director | 2014-09-16 | Jul 1970 | British |
| HARTLESS, Robert Anthony | Director | 2010-05-04 | May 1974 | British |
| JONES, Simon Boycott | Director | 2013-09-17 | Jan 1973 | British |
| LANE, Alasdair Giles Rickwood | Director | 2001-07-25 | Apr 1963 | British |
| LEPPER, Darren Paul | Director | 2011-08-02 | Dec 1966 | British |
| LINDSEY, Mark | Director | 2006-10-25 | Jun 1967 | British |
| MCKINLAY, Robert | Director | 2016-07-12 | Jul 1985 | British |
| MCNALLY, James William | Director | 2013-12-03 | Nov 1980 | British |
| MIKHNO, Dmytro | Director | 2006-03-01 | May 1966 | British |
| MURRAY, Colin Bertram | Director | 2001-01-31 | Aug 1966 | British |
| NAIR, Sidharth | Director | 2013-12-03 | Apr 1983 | British |
| NEALE, Matthew Charles Edward | Director | 2001-01-31 | Nov 1972 | British |
| PREECE, Guy James | Director | 2002-02-06 | Aug 1967 | British |
| ROGERS, James Edward John | Director | 2002-07-31 | Mar 1958 | British |
| SEWELL, Gareth | Director | 2013-03-19 | Jan 1979 | British |
| WEBBER, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2008-05-08 | Oct 1971 | British |
| WILSHER, Henry Edward Nicholas | Director | 2014-09-16 | Dec 1977 | British |
| WOYDA, Jeffrey David | Director | 2006-11-01 | Mar 1962 | British |
| YANG, Yi | Director | 2007-01-31 | Oct 1977 | Chinese |
Show 73 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABREHART, Deborah | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| BUCKSEY, Nicholas Richard | Secretary | 2013-03-31 | 2013-12-02 |
| CAHILL, Michael John Christopher | Secretary | 2017-12-21 | 2018-04-09 |
| DEASEY, Stephen Gregory | Secretary | 2005-06-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| FAIRLEY, Martin Charles | Secretary | — | 1998-05-31 |
| GILBERT, David Hugh | Secretary | 1998-06-01 | 2003-05-31 |
| MCEVOY, Terence | Secretary | 2003-06-01 | 2005-03-31 |
| SPENCER, Rachel | Secretary | 2018-04-09 | 2020-11-30 |
| WARD, Robert Dennis | Secretary | 2005-03-31 | 2005-06-01 |
| WATSON, Penny | Secretary | 2013-12-02 | 2017-12-21 |
| ALLEN, Sean Brendan | Director | 2016-07-12 | 2018-04-05 |
| ANDERSSON, Pia Ingela Marianne | Director | 1997-01-29 | 2004-06-10 |
| AUCKLAND, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2013-06-11 | 2022-11-07 |
| BADOWSKI, Samuel James | Director | 2006-02-08 | 2007-10-11 |
| BAGGER, Jan | Director | 2006-10-25 | 2016-07-15 |
| BAGGIO, Thomas Gaetano | Director | 2005-05-04 | 2018-06-30 |
| BAINBRIDGE, Keith Wilson | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2009-08-21 |
| BALL, Michael George | Director | 1993-12-21 | 2002-05-14 |
| BALLA, Esam Abdel Latif Ahned | Director | 2006-10-25 | 2009-10-05 |
| BARRACLOUGH, Timothy Martin | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2022-08-23 |
| BECKWITH, John Barnaby | Director | 2012-09-11 | 2018-08-31 |
| BIRLEY, Michael Anthony Langton | Director | 1995-11-29 | 2001-01-31 |
| BLAND, Ian Mckean | Director | 2006-02-08 | 2006-04-30 |
| BRINKHORST, Hans | Director | 2008-05-08 | 2021-11-29 |
| BROAD, Peter Ian | Director | 2013-12-03 | 2022-04-30 |
| BROKE SMITH, Toby William | Director | 1996-01-31 | 2006-02-28 |
| BROUGH, David Anthony Wyn | Director | — | 2006-05-22 |
| BUCKLEY, Warwick Dudley Granville | Director | — | 1993-12-21 |
| BYRNE, John Patrick | Director | 2006-10-25 | 2010-05-31 |
| CAMERON, Michael John Paul | Director | 1994-09-28 | 2013-09-19 |
| CAMPBELL, Guy Mcgregor | Director | 2007-06-06 | 2013-05-22 |
| CATER, Paul Richard | Director | 2003-02-05 | 2009-03-13 |
| CHERRETT, David Kenneth | Director | 2002-02-06 | 2003-01-31 |
| CLARK, Robert John | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| COLEMAN, Richard Henry | Director | 1992-12-16 | 2017-02-20 |
| COLLINS, David Nicholas Earl | Director | 2000-01-26 | 2017-03-31 |
| COLLINS, Nicholas Peter | Director | — | 2014-12-16 |
| COULTER, Richard Sean Middleton | Director | 2006-02-08 | 2022-08-10 |
| CRIDLAND, Colin | Director | 2008-08-04 | 2017-02-02 |
| CURRY, Patrick John | Director | 2002-02-06 | 2020-03-31 |
| DANCY, David Royston | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2018-02-16 |
| DENTICE, Massimo Francesco | Director | 2006-10-29 | 2025-04-30 |
| DOLL, Frederic Robert | Director | 1998-07-29 | 1999-10-31 |
| DUMA, Mustafa Andre | Director | 2000-01-26 | 2013-10-10 |
| ELPHICK, Robert Neil | Director | 1994-09-28 | 2007-01-12 |
| EMMOTT, Stephen Duncan | Director | 1994-09-28 | 2022-11-29 |
| FAIRLEY, Martin Charles | Director | — | 1998-05-31 |
| FINN, Andrew John | Director | 2008-05-08 | 2013-05-17 |
| FUBINI, Robert Harry Claude | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| FULFORD SMITH, Richard John | Director | 1992-10-28 | 2008-06-09 |
| GALE, Richard Blamey | Director | 2004-02-11 | 2006-04-10 |
| GALLOWAY, Amanda | Director | 2016-07-12 | 2018-03-29 |
| GEDDES, Alexander Mackenzie | Director | 2006-08-09 | 2010-06-03 |
| GILL, Neil Duncan Greatorex | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| GOODALL, Betina Frolund | Director | 2006-10-25 | 2022-07-20 |
| GOODALL, Mark William | Director | 2006-10-25 | 2022-08-31 |
| GRAY, Alexander James | Director | 1996-01-31 | 2023-05-23 |
| GREEN, Jamie Francis | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2025-04-09 |
| GREEN, Jonathan David | Director | 2011-05-24 | 2025-04-09 |
| GRIMWADE, Michael Giles | Director | 1999-01-27 | 2017-08-31 |
| GROVES, Nigel Ranulph | Director | 2002-09-04 | 2006-02-22 |
| HARDCASTLE, David Charles | Director | 2000-09-27 | 2004-02-27 |
| HARDING, Philip | Director | 2013-12-03 | 2025-04-01 |
| HARNESS, Graeme Michael | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2014-03-17 |
| HARRIS, Alan Ronald | Director | — | 1995-04-05 |
| HATFIELD, Alun | Director | 2013-12-03 | 2016-08-15 |
| HAYNS, Ronald William | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| HEMMINGA, Remco | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2022-11-11 |
| HORNE, David Peter | Director | — | 2008-09-29 |
| HORNSETH, Geir Sevald | Director | 2004-02-11 | 2010-11-15 |
| HUXLEY, Timothy Scott | Director | — | 2006-05-31 |
| INSOLE, David Paul | Director | 1998-01-28 | 2019-07-12 |
| JARVIS, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2000-09-27 | 2004-04-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkson Shipbroking Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 648 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-10 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-02 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-25 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-29 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-0.9%
£167,600,000 £166,100,000
-
Cash
+49.1%
£118,500,000 £176,700,000
-
Net assets
+24.6%
£50,800,000 £63,300,000
-
Employees
+7.2%
374 401
-
Operating profit
+39.6%
£13,900,000 £19,400,000
-
Profit before tax
+46.9%
£17,500,000 £25,700,000
-
Wages
-3.3%
£107,600,000 £104,100,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers