INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES (UK) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-16 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-33.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£696K
-37.9% vs 2023
Employees
414
-7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-391.6% 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 | £17,667,000 | £15,393,000 | |
| Operating profit | £446,000 | -£761,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £429,000 | -£1,251,000 | |
| Net profit | £428,000 | -£878,000 | |
| Cash | £5,183,000 | £3,441,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,137,000 | £1,390,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,121,000 | £696,000 | |
| Equity | £1,121,000 | £696,000 | |
| Average employees | 445 | 414 | |
| Wages | £12,048,000 | £10,961,000 |
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 | 2.5% | -4.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | -5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.9% | -54.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.54x | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | 0.08x | -1.30x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Directors have not prepared individual cash flow forecasts for the Company and have instead considered the Group going concern assessment performed at the EndeavourCo TopCo Limited Group level, because the Company does not contribute material cashflows to the Group, but instead supports the operations of the Group. The Directors of EndeavourCo TopCo Limited have prepared cash flow forecasts and a going concern assessment for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicates that, in both the base case and severe but plausible downsides, the Company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due through funding from its intermediate parent company, Beagle Midco Limited. Beagle Midco Limited has indicated its intention to continue to make available such funds as are needed by the Company for the period covered by the forecasts. As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that that support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the Balance Sheet date, the company entered into a lease agreement for new office premises. The lease commenced in February 2025 and has an initial term of 10 years. The company recognised a £1.2m of right-of-use asset and a £1.2m lease liability at the commencement of the lease.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARMSTORF, Benjamin | Director | 2022-11-09 | Feb 1976 | German |
| HOGG, Andrew Paul | Director | 2024-04-15 | Dec 1986 | British |
| WALKER, Michael Omar | Director | 2023-11-30 | Sep 1985 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELANEY, Adrian Michael | Secretary | — | 1995-12-29 |
| DONALDSON, William Allan | Secretary | 1995-12-29 | 1997-05-31 |
| MAHABEER, Beenadevi | Secretary | 2017-09-25 | 2022-02-11 |
| MOE, Eric Karl | Secretary | 2013-10-15 | 2017-09-25 |
| READ, Eric Peter | Secretary | — | 1993-05-24 |
| TODD, Bernard Clinton | Secretary | 1997-06-01 | 2002-11-05 |
| TORY, Simon Edward John | Secretary | 2002-11-05 | 2013-10-15 |
| BOG, Graham Taylor | Director | — | 2001-04-27 |
| CARPENTER, Gary Boyd | Director | 2002-03-31 | 2006-09-29 |
| CHAMPION, Amanda Jayne | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2016-07-04 |
| CROOKALL, Christopher Guy | Director | 2022-03-16 | 2024-02-13 |
| DE CLERCK, Tom | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2019-02-04 |
| DEVINE, James Patrick | Director | 1992-11-02 | 1995-08-31 |
| DONALDSON, William Allan | Director | 1996-12-01 | 1997-05-31 |
| HENRIKS, Kenneth, Mr. | Director | 2019-02-04 | 2022-04-08 |
| HOLLETT, John Stewart | Director | 1995-09-20 | 1996-12-01 |
| HORROCKS, John | Director | 2006-09-07 | 2012-12-21 |
| HYLDAGER, Claus | Director | 2002-04-10 | 2015-08-04 |
| HYLDAGER, Claus | Director | 1997-10-13 | 2000-08-31 |
| LUNN, Rodney Charles | Director | 1993-12-08 | 1996-12-01 |
| MAHABEER, Beenadevi | Director | 2017-09-25 | 2017-10-16 |
| MOE, Eric Karl | Director | 2013-05-24 | 2017-09-29 |
| MORSE, Charles Michael | Director | 1992-11-02 | 1993-12-08 |
| MORSE, Simon Arthur Davidson | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2017-07-03 |
| OLSEN, Frank Georg Opsahl, Mr. | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2022-11-24 |
| READ, Eric Peter | Director | — | 1993-05-24 |
| SCHUMANN, Hans Axel | Director | 2000-11-11 | 2002-03-31 |
| STUDER, Keith Ronald | Director | — | 1992-08-11 |
| TODD, Bernard Clinton | Director | 1996-12-01 | 2015-08-27 |
| WHITESIDE, Christopher Mark | Director | 2015-08-27 | 2017-03-01 |
| WOLSTENHOLME, Neil Edward | Director | 1996-12-01 | 2000-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iss Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 216 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-12.9%
£17,667,000 £15,393,000
-
Cash
-33.6%
£5,183,000 £3,441,000
-
Net assets
-37.9%
£1,121,000 £696,000
-
Employees
-7%
445 414
-
Operating profit
-270.6%
£446,000 -£761,000
-
Profit before tax
-391.6%
£429,000 -£1,251,000
-
Wages
-9%
£12,048,000 £10,961,000
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