E.A. GIBSON SHIPBROKERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-06 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£19M
+25.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-8.8% vs 2023
Employees
111
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£666K
-68.4% 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 | £39,480,000 | £34,374,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,268,000 | £468,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,108,000 | £666,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,602,000 | -£1,147,000 | |
| Cash | £14,901,000 | £18,758,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,280,000 | £7,141,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,124,000 | £3,762,000 | |
| Equity | £4,124,000 | £3,762,000 | |
| Average employees | 111 | 111 | |
| Wages | £29,182,000 | £28,495,000 |
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% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | -3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 52.0% | 6.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 2.72x | 2.67x |
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
- RSM UK 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.”
Group structure
- E.A. GIBSON SHIPBROKERS LIMITED · parent
- Gibson (Asia) Ltd. 100%
- Gibson Brokers Pte Ltd 100%
- E.A. Gibson Houston Inc. 100%
- Gibson Gas Limited 100%
- Gibson Shipbrokers Limited 100%
- E.A. Gibson Shipbrokers (India) Private Ltd 100%
- E.A. Gibson Shipbrokers DMCC 100%
Significant events
- “On the 14th July 2025, an agreement was entered into between the Company and RMK Maritime Limited for the trademark acquisition of RMK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNMAN, Julie Helen | Secretary | 2023-05-01 | — | — |
| BOLTON, Owen Charles | Director | 2015-10-21 | Jun 1984 | British |
| HARRISON, Roger David | Director | 2020-06-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| LI, Jin | Director | 2023-08-18 | Jul 1978 | Chinese |
| MATTHEWS, Richard Nicholas | Director | 2022-01-01 | Apr 1989 | British |
| PICKERING, Neil Andrew | Director | 2017-11-16 | Jan 1985 | British |
| THOMPSON, Christopher Lloyd | Director | 2024-03-01 | May 1974 | British |
| TRIGGS, David Leonard | Director | 2015-10-21 | Dec 1967 | British |
| WARD, Nicholas James | Director | 2011-01-04 | Sep 1968 | British |
| WOIDEMANN, Thomas | Director | 2026-01-05 | May 1974 | Danish |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOUGHTON, John Brian | Secretary | — | 1994-06-13 |
| BROOK, Graeme Howard Blythe | Secretary | 1994-06-13 | 2015-07-28 |
| WALKER, Allan Gordon | Secretary | 2015-07-28 | 2023-03-27 |
| ALLEN, Patrick Leigh | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2014-09-30 |
| BOUGHTON, John Brian | Director | — | 1994-09-30 |
| BROOK, Graeme Howard Blythe | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| BRYANT, Robert Edward | Director | 1998-08-03 | 2010-12-31 |
| CHRISTY, Steven Paul | Director | 2012-02-16 | 2013-12-31 |
| CLARK, Dennis Leslie | Director | 2001-07-31 | 2008-04-23 |
| DAW, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2015-10-21 | 2019-09-12 |
| DILLON, Liam Patrick | Director | 2014-10-30 | 2022-12-31 |
| DUNKS, Malcolm Peter | Director | — | 2005-07-31 |
| GILLAM, Terence Andrew | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2016-10-14 |
| GROVES, Peter Christopher | Director | 2012-02-16 | 2023-12-01 |
| HAGGER, Daniel Patrick | Director | 2015-10-21 | 2022-03-31 |
| HALE, Jonathan Corbyn | Director | 2004-07-22 | 2020-12-31 |
| HEBDEN, Clive | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| LILLEY, Peter Frederick | Director | — | 2007-12-31 |
| MARTIN, Brendan Thomas | Director | 1997-06-02 | 2007-03-31 |
| MILLER, Kenneth William | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2001-07-31 |
| POPHAM, Charles Edward Thomas | Director | 1992-05-26 | 2016-07-31 |
| PROCTOR, Dennis Lee | Director | 2008-04-23 | 2015-03-30 |
| PROUDFOOT, Daniel Sebastian | Director | 2012-02-16 | 2015-08-26 |
| RAYNER, Merrick James Forbes | Director | 2012-02-16 | 2016-06-10 |
| RICHARDSON, Nigel | Director | 1992-05-26 | 2021-12-31 |
| ROSE, Kevin Roy Timothy | Director | 1992-05-26 | 2008-12-31 |
| SHAWYER, Eric Francis | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| STAPLES, John Edward | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2005-04-14 |
| THOMPSON, John Anthony | Director | 1992-05-26 | 2005-08-31 |
| TOUGH, Raymond Murray | Director | 1998-08-03 | 2010-12-31 |
| VENTHAM, David James | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1999-03-22 |
| WAALER, Lars | Director | — | 1996-09-12 |
| WALKER, Allan Gordon | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2023-03-27 |
| WALKER, Simon Malcolm | Director | 2012-02-16 | 2021-12-17 |
| WHEELER, Henry Albert | Director | — | 1992-04-30 |
| WILSON, Colin Bruce | Director | — | 1996-02-13 |
| WOOD, Andrew | Director | 1998-08-03 | 2005-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ea Gibson Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 231 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-19 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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%
£39,480,000 £34,374,000
-
Cash
+25.9%
£14,901,000 £18,758,000
-
Net assets
-8.8%
£4,124,000 £3,762,000
-
Employees
0%
111 111
-
Operating profit
-85.7%
£3,268,000 £468,000
-
Profit before tax
-68.4%
£2,108,000 £666,000
-
Wages
-2.4%
£29,182,000 £28,495,000
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