WILHELMSEN SHIPS SERVICE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£212K
+11.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-17.7% vs 2023
Employees
43
+7.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£993K
+37.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WILHELMSEN SHIPS SERVICE LIMITED 2008-01-15 → present
- UNITOR UK LIMITED 1994-12-23 → 2008-01-15
- S.G. DOBSON LIMITED 1966-03-23 → 1994-12-23
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 | £12,697,000 | £13,923,000 | |
| Operating profit | £705,000 | £977,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £720,000 | £993,000 | |
| Net profit | £340,000 | £695,000 | |
| Cash | £190,000 | £212,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,749,000 | £1,481,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,438,000 | £1,184,000 | |
| Equity | £1,438,000 | £1,184,000 | |
| Average employees | 40 | 43 | |
| Wages | £3,163,000 | £3,523,000 |
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 | 5.6% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.3% | 66.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.77x | 1.70x |
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
- James Cowper Kreston Auditors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has undertaken a review of its going concern status by reference to its financial position including the current net assets, the cash position, and expected future trading performance. We have concluded it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis as we believe that the Company is capable of meeting its obligations as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “There are no subsequent events affecting the company that require adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRICHTON, Niall James | Director | 2021-07-01 | Jun 1970 | British |
| NEEGAARD, Andreas Skancke | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1994 | Norwegian |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKKEBO, Leon | Secretary | 1993-06-02 | 1994-01-10 |
| DOBSON, Kenneth | Secretary | — | 1993-06-02 |
| MILLAR, Andrew Bruce | Secretary | 2004-04-01 | 2004-10-06 |
| EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-10-06 | 2016-04-04 |
| EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1993-12-31 | 2004-06-16 |
| BAKKEBO, Leon | Director | 1995-01-13 | 1996-05-16 |
| BJØRNVOLD, Jon Terje | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| BORKENHAGEN, Terje | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2015-02-01 |
| BRYDOEY, Ketil | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2017-07-01 |
| DOBSON, Bryan | Director | — | 1993-06-02 |
| DOBSON, Kenneth | Director | — | 1993-06-02 |
| DOBSON, Mary | Director | — | 1993-06-02 |
| DUTTON, Karen | Director | — | 1993-06-02 |
| EVANS, Michael | Director | 1993-06-02 | 1994-08-31 |
| FONTAROSA, Frederic | Director | 2017-11-15 | 2020-04-01 |
| HATTON, Colin | Director | 1997-05-20 | 1999-03-08 |
| HUGHES, Rachel Diana | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2021-07-01 |
| JOHNSEN, Steinar Hennum | Director | 1993-06-02 | 1998-05-15 |
| JOSEFSEN, Inger-Lise | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2017-11-15 |
| LEVINSEN, Torben | Director | 1996-05-16 | 1997-07-30 |
| MATHER, Adrian Philip, Dr | Director | 1999-06-07 | 2002-03-14 |
| MYRVAG, Ove | Director | 2003-12-16 | 2011-09-30 |
| NYGAARD, Terje | Director | 1998-05-15 | 1999-06-07 |
| POWER, John | Director | 1994-09-01 | 1997-05-20 |
| ROBERTS, David | Director | — | 1995-01-13 |
| ROINE, Ole Martin | Director | 2002-03-14 | 2003-12-16 |
| SCHIRRMACHER, Axel | Director | 2002-03-14 | 2003-12-16 |
| STRAND, Thorstein | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2015-04-20 |
| TANDY, David John | Director | 2003-12-16 | 2011-08-31 |
| UDNESS, Oyvind | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2002-03-14 |
| WEBSTER, Terence | Director | — | 1995-01-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding Asa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors | 2018-02-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-28 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-28 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-20 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2021-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+9.7%
£12,697,000 £13,923,000
-
Cash
+11.6%
£190,000 £212,000
-
Net assets
-17.7%
£1,438,000 £1,184,000
-
Employees
+7.5%
40 43
-
Operating profit
+38.6%
£705,000 £977,000
-
Profit before tax
+37.9%
£720,000 £993,000
-
Wages
+11.4%
£3,163,000 £3,523,000
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