P&O NORTH SEA FERRIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-24 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£98K
+4.3% vs 2023
Net assets
-£98M
-9.4% vs 2023
Employees
154
+5.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£9M
-378% 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 | £27,271,000 | £23,756,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,948,000 | -£7,959,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,863,000 | -£8,905,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,871,000 | -£8,907,000 | |
| Cash | £94,000 | £98,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£82,075,000 | -£86,040,000 | |
| Net assets | -£89,999,000 | -£98,436,000 | |
| Equity | -£89,999,000 | -£98,436,000 | |
| Average employees | 146 | 154 | |
| Wages | £3,530,000 | £3,882,000 |
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 | -7.1% | -33.5% | |
| Net margin | -6.9% | -37.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | 9.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.61x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | -1.78x | -4.19x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Just Audit & Assurance Ltd
- 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 Company forms part of the P&O Ferries Division Holdings Group ("Intermediate Parent Company Group"), the level at which financial risks are managed for the Company.”
Group structure
- P&O NORTH SEA FERRIES LIMITED · parent
- P&O North Sea Ferries BV 100%
- North Sea Ferries Belgium NV 100%
Significant events
- “Following several years of disruption, with the Covid 19 pandemic and other challenges, 2024 was another year of transformation and recovery...”
- “The Company share a number of the Intermediate Parent Company Group's resources and inter-company transactions are key to the Company's ability to generate revenues and/or settle costs through its principal activity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KACHELO, Anoushka Rafia | Secretary | 2024-12-31 | — | — |
| MOOS, Kasper | Director | 2025-10-20 | Mar 1976 | Danish |
| PATEL, Tushar | Director | 2025-08-28 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUGARD, Ellice | Secretary | 2019-10-14 | 2020-11-01 |
| KITCHIN, Susan Frances | Secretary | 2004-11-11 | 2019-10-11 |
| LANGFORD, John Graham | Secretary | 2003-09-30 | 2004-01-11 |
| MITCHELL, Amelia | Secretary | 2020-11-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| SCOTT, Sandra | Secretary | 2004-01-11 | 2004-11-11 |
| WOOD, Jeremy | Secretary | — | 2003-09-30 |
| BAILEY, Christopher Bryan | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2022-05-23 |
| BELL, Janette Susan | Director | 2012-05-15 | 2020-08-10 |
| CAIRNS, Terence Charles | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2009-07-01 |
| COTTON, Lesley Anne | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Charles Howard | Director | 1993-06-01 | 2002-08-15 |
| DAELMAN, Ronald Frans Marie | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2011-04-11 |
| DEEBLE, Helen | Director | 2002-08-15 | 2017-12-31 |
| DUNLOP, Graeme Dermott Stuart | Director | — | 2002-08-15 |
| FORD, Peter John | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| GARNER, John Phillip | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2019-01-14 |
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Peter Douglas Gerald | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| HOWARTH, Karl | Director | 2007-02-26 | 2022-03-31 |
| JOHNSON, Simon Richard | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2011-04-11 |
| LAMING, Christopher John | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2011-04-11 |
| LOUGH, Robert Bartholomew | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2003-04-08 |
| MACKENZIE, Susan Mary | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2018-05-09 |
| MOWATT, Clive Andrew | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2009-03-31 |
| NARAYAN, Prasad | Director | 2022-08-03 | 2025-04-10 |
| O'DWYER, Michael Charles | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2010-11-30 |
| OAKLEY, Tina Mary | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2010-09-24 |
| ODINIUS, Andre | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-10-07 |
| PETERS, Russel Denis | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| PETERS, Russell Dennis | Director | 2002-08-15 | 2006-04-30 |
| RATCLIFFE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2007-02-02 |
| REEVES, Andrew | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2010-09-08 |
| RIDLEY, Michael John | Director | 2002-08-15 | 2004-12-17 |
| RUNGE, Thorsten | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| STEER, John | Director | 2025-04-10 | 2025-10-20 |
| STRETCH, David | Director | 2020-08-10 | 2021-11-23 |
| VAN DEN BOR, Johannes | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| VAN DEN BRANDHOF, Peter Alexander | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2002-08-15 |
| VAN DER STAM, Edwin Alexander | Director | 2002-08-15 | 2005-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 232 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
-12.9%
£27,271,000 £23,756,000
-
Cash
+4.3%
£94,000 £98,000
-
Net assets
-9.4%
-£89,999,000 -£98,436,000
-
Employees
+5.5%
146 154
-
Operating profit
-308.6%
-£1,948,000 -£7,959,000
-
Profit before tax
-378%
-£1,863,000 -£8,905,000
-
Wages
+10%
£3,530,000 £3,882,000
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