TIDEWATER SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-07 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£703K
-55.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£2M
+0.8% vs 2023
Employees
2
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14K
+114% first positive since 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TIDEWATER SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED 2012-11-30 → present
- FAIRWAY PERSONNEL SERVICES LIMITED 1994-12-13 → 2012-11-30
- OFFSHORE SUPPLY ASSOCIAITON LIMITED 1968-07-08 → 1994-12-13
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £61,000 | — | -£101,000 | £14,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £62,000 | — | -£100,000 | £14,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £62,000 | — | -£101,000 | £14,000 | |
| Cash | — | £812,000 | — | £1,582,000 | £703,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£1,865,000 | — | -£1,959,000 | -£1,943,000 | |
| Net assets | — | -£1,865,000 | — | -£1,959,000 | -£1,943,000 | |
| Equity | -£1,909,000 | -£1,865,000 | -£1,865,000 | -£1,959,000 | -£1,943,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | |
| 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 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | -3.3% | — | 5.2% | -0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 106.7% | 104.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.94x | 0.96x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having made due and careful enquiry, are of the opinion that the company has adequate working capital to execute its operations over the next 12 months. The directors, therefore, have made an informed judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-06-22 | — | — |
| GEDDES, Ewan Mcintosh | Director | 2019-06-30 | Jul 1969 | British |
| KNEEN, Quintin Venable | Director | 2018-11-15 | Oct 1965 | American |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMBRE, Clay | Secretary | 2007-04-01 | 2017-07-07 |
| DONNELLY, James Harkness | Secretary | 2001-06-20 | 2006-05-31 |
| GOLDBLATT, Michael Lee | Secretary | 1997-05-16 | 2007-06-12 |
| HARKNESS, James Alan | Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2003-11-05 |
| HART, Richard | Secretary | 1997-10-23 | 2001-06-20 |
| LABORDE, Cliffe Floyd | Secretary | 1997-05-16 | 2007-06-29 |
| MACKENZIE, Donald Sween | Secretary | 1997-05-16 | 1999-06-01 |
| WALLS, Kenneth Charles | Secretary | 1991-06-03 | 1997-05-16 |
| BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-05-18 | 2011-06-22 |
| DAVIDSON CHALMERS (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-01-08 | 2004-04-30 |
| BARTON, Derek John | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| CURRENCE, Richard Morrison | Director | 1997-05-16 | 2001-06-20 |
| DICK, Stephen Wallace | Director | 1997-05-16 | 2011-06-30 |
| DONNELLY, James Harkness | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2002-12-13 |
| FANNING, Quinn Paul | Director | 2008-12-31 | 2018-11-14 |
| HAMILTON, John Alexander | Director | 1992-08-10 | 1997-05-16 |
| HARPER, David | Director | 1995-04-06 | 1996-07-31 |
| HART, Richard | Director | 2004-08-12 | 2016-12-14 |
| HART, Richard | Director | 2000-02-28 | 2001-06-20 |
| JAYNES III, Porter Kennedy | Director | 2002-12-13 | 2004-08-13 |
| LENTHALL, Rodney Desmonde Morgan | Director | — | 1994-12-30 |
| LOUSTEAU, Joseph Keith | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| O'MALLEY, William Charles | Director | 1997-05-16 | 2002-03-31 |
| PHILIP, Graham Martin | Director | — | 1996-11-05 |
| PLATT, Jeffrey Michael | Director | 2012-08-07 | 2018-10-01 |
| RICKETTS, John Anthony | Director | 1995-04-06 | 1997-05-16 |
| ROURKE, James Lindsay | Director | 1997-10-23 | 2000-02-28 |
| RYND, John Tormey | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2019-09-03 |
| TAMBLYN, Ken Chaffin | Director | 1997-05-16 | 2000-08-31 |
| TAYLOR, Dean Edward | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2012-08-07 |
| WALKER, Davor | Director | 2016-12-14 | 2019-07-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-55.6%
£1,582,000 £703,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+0.8%
-£1,959,000 -£1,943,000
-
Employees
0%
2 2
-
Operating profit
+113.9%
-£101,000 £14,000
first positive since 2023
-
Profit before tax
+114%
-£100,000 £14,000
first positive since 2023
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