CLARKSON OVERSEAS SHIPBROKING 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
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
-43.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£66M
+89.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CLARKSON OVERSEAS SHIPBROKING LIMITED 1999-09-03 → present
- CLARKSON OVERSEAS HOLDINGS LIMITED 1997-06-19 → 1999-09-03
- VENTURE SECURITIES LIMITED 1966-01-13 → 1997-06-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £34,629,000 | £66,725,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £35,082,000 | £66,363,000 | |
| Net profit | £34,447,000 | £65,913,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,366,000 | £5,279,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,366,000 | £5,279,000 | |
| Equity | £9,366,000 | £5,279,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 369.7% | 1264.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.27x | 0.00x |
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 financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company has received a commitment from Clarkson PLC that no Clarkson PLC Group entities will seek repayment due on intercompany balances at 31 December 2024 or any amounts advanced to the Company for at least the next twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements, unless the Company has sufficient resources to repay the balance.”
Group structure
- CLARKSON OVERSEAS SHIPBROKING LIMITED · parent
- Clarksons Denmark ApS 100%
- Clarksons Deutschland GmbH 100%
- Clarksons Hong Kong Limited 100%
- Clarkson Morocco S.A.R.L 100%
- Clarksons Netherlands B.V. 100%
- Clarkson Shipping Services India Private Limited 100%
- Clarksons Singapore Pte. Limited 100%
- Clarksons Sweden AB 100%
- Clarksons Switzerland SA 100%
- Clarksons FZCO 100%
- Clarkson Hellas Ltd. 100%
- Clarksons Japan K.K. 100%
- Clarksons Korea Limited 100%
- Clarksons Martankers, S.L.U. 100%
- Clarksons South Africa (Pty) Limited 100%
- Clarksons USA Inc. 100%
- Afromar Properties (Pty) Limited 100%
- Clarksons EAST LLC 100%
- Clarkson Port Services Holdings LLC 100%
- Clarksons Shipping Services (Tianjin) Co., Ltd 100%
- Clarksons Shipbroking (Shanghai) Co., Limited 100%
- Clarkson Shipping Agency S.A.E. 100%
- Clarkson Shipping Services Acquisition (USA), LLC 100%
- Clarksons Shipping Services USA LLC 100%
- Gibb Group LLC 60%
Significant events
- “On 31 March 2025, Clarksons USA Inc; a wholly owned subsidiary, acquired Euro-America Shipping & Trade, Inc ("EAST"), a Washington, DC based ship brokerage firm. The acquisition consisted of an initial cash payment of $3.0m, with further deferred consideration of up to $5.0m payable.”
- “On 14 May 2024, Clarksons Platou Commodities USA LLC was dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLETCHER, Rachel Elizabeth | Secretary | 2025-10-01 | — | — |
| CAHILL, Michael John Christopher | Director | 2019-12-13 | Feb 1962 | British |
| CASE, Andrew Leigh | Director | 2008-11-01 | Oct 1966 | British |
| WITTS, Andrew John | Director | 2024-03-14 | Oct 1984 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABREHART, Deborah | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| BUCKSEY, Nicholas Richard | Secretary | 2013-03-31 | 2013-12-09 |
| 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 Louise | Secretary | 2018-04-09 | 2020-11-30 |
| WARD, Robert Dennis | Secretary | 2005-03-31 | 2005-06-01 |
| WATSON, Penny | Secretary | 2013-12-09 | 2017-12-21 |
| FULFORD SMITH, Richard John | Director | 1997-07-23 | 2008-10-31 |
| MCCOY, Hugh O Neill | Director | — | 1998-02-09 |
| WAALER, Claus | Director | 1997-07-23 | 2000-03-31 |
| WARD, Robert Dennis | Director | — | 2006-12-29 |
| WESTON, Gary Douglas | Director | 1997-07-23 | 2004-04-30 |
| WOYDA, Jeffrey David | Director | 2007-01-09 | 2024-03-14 |
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 142 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-26 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2021-12-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-12-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-26 | 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 | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-43.6%
£9,366,000 £5,279,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+92.7%
£34,629,000 £66,725,000
-
Profit before tax
+89.2%
£35,082,000 £66,363,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers