NORTH STAR SOUTH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£337K
-71.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
-19.2% vs 2023
Employees
38
-2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
+10% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-12-02
- NORTH STAR SOUTH LIMITED 2024-12-02 → present
- BOSTON PUTFORD OFFSHORE SAFETY LIMITED 2001-11-15 → 2024-12-02
- PUTFORD ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1948-06-23 → 2001-11-15
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 | £33,436,000 | £34,925,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,624,000 | -£1,353,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,668,000 | -£2,402,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,668,000 | -£2,406,000 | |
| Cash | £1,168,000 | £337,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,027,000 | £25,885,000 | |
| Net assets | £12,527,000 | £10,121,000 | |
| Equity | £12,527,000 | £10,121,000 | |
| Average employees | 39 | 38 | |
| Wages | £1,354,000 | £1,387,000 |
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 | -4.9% | -3.9% | |
| Net margin | -8.0% | -6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.8% | -5.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.3% | 65.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 2.63x | |
| Interest cover | -1.56x | -1.29x |
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
- Anderson Anderson & Brown Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Post year end, the Company has disposed of two ERRV vessels Putford Viking and Putford Achates.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2022-10-04 | — | — |
| DOBBIE, Fraser Robert | Director | 2024-10-30 | Nov 1986 | British |
| LANG, Joanna Marion | Director | 2026-01-30 | Sep 1978 | British |
| TALMO, Gitte Gard | Director | 2024-12-02 | Jul 1972 | Danish |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAIS, Steven Morton | Secretary | 2002-08-27 | 2019-10-31 |
| CATCHPOLE, George Alfred | Secretary | — | 1994-01-01 |
| WATSON, Pauline Gillian | Secretary | 1994-01-01 | 2002-08-27 |
| WILKINSON, Thomas Paul | Secretary | 2019-11-18 | 2019-12-02 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-12-02 | 2022-10-04 |
| BINDING, Stuart Alan | Director | 2010-01-05 | 2021-06-01 |
| CAMBURN, Clyde Martin | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| CATCHPOLE, Audrey Edith Mary | Director | — | 1993-11-04 |
| CATCHPOLE, George Alfred | Director | — | 2000-04-19 |
| CATCHPOLE, Helen Mary | Director | — | 1993-11-04 |
| CATCHPOLE, Muriel Olive | Director | — | 1993-01-15 |
| CATCHPOLE, Peter Frederick | Director | — | 2000-04-19 |
| CATCHPOLE, Richard George | Director | 1992-08-24 | 2000-04-19 |
| CATCHPOLE, Robert Frederick | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2026-02-16 |
| CATCHPOLE, Robert Frederick | Director | 1992-08-24 | 2000-04-19 |
| COWAN, John Keith | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2010-01-05 |
| COWAN, John Keith | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-04-19 |
| GELLERT, John Matthew | Director | 2000-04-19 | 2002-07-05 |
| GORDON, Matthew James | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2025-02-13 |
| GRAN, Alice Nathalie | Director | 2000-04-19 | 2010-03-15 |
| HASHIM, Doreen | Director | — | 1993-11-04 |
| HASHIM, John Randolph | Director | — | 2000-04-19 |
| HASHIM, Paul Randolph | Director | — | 2000-04-19 |
| HASHIM, Simon John | Director | — | 2002-07-05 |
| JONES, Wil | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2022-01-28 |
| LENTHALL, Rodney Desmonde Morgan | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2004-04-21 |
| LOWRY, Steven | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2022-01-28 |
| O'HARA, Neil | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2022-01-28 |
| PALMER, Norwood Ian | Director | 1993-11-20 | 2003-02-12 |
| RAINEY, Dorothy | Director | — | 2000-04-19 |
| RAINEY, Luke Wakefield | Director | — | 1993-11-04 |
| RAINEY, Victoria Louisa | Director | — | 1993-11-04 |
| RYAN, Richard James | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2012-07-09 |
| STANGROOM, David John | Director | — | 1993-11-04 |
| WATSON, Pauline Gillian | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2000-04-19 |
| WILLIS, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2022-05-31 |
| WILLIS, Paul Jonathan | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2000-04-19 |
| WORDIE, Peter Jeffrey | Director | 1993-11-30 | 1997-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Star Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-02-26 | Active |
| Seacor Capital (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 362 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-02 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-28 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-28 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-09 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-09 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-09 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-09 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-09 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-09 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-09 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-09 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+4.5%
£33,436,000 £34,925,000
-
Cash
-71.1%
£1,168,000 £337,000
-
Net assets
-19.2%
£12,527,000 £10,121,000
-
Employees
-2.6%
39 38
-
Operating profit
+16.7%
-£1,624,000 -£1,353,000
-
Profit before tax
+10%
-£2,668,000 -£2,402,000
-
Wages
+2.4%
£1,354,000 £1,387,000
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