DFDS SEAWAYS NEWCASTLE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-14
Watchouts
Cash
£354K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£403K
+4.7% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£14K
-56.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
At the time of signing these Financial statements, the directors and shareholders have made the decision to liquidate the company in the near future and transfer the assets into another of the Group's companies. As a result, the directors do not consider the company a going concem and have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concem.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- DFDS SEAWAYS NEWCASTLE LIMITED 2010-08-31 → present
- DFDS SEAWAYS LIMITED 1999-01-05 → 2010-08-31
- SCANDINAVIAN SEAWAYS LIMITED 1996-01-02 → 1999-01-05
- DFDS LIMITED 1987-04-21 → 1996-01-02
- D.F.D.S. (U.K.) LIMITED 1970-11-23 → 1987-04-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £31,723 | -£2,575 | |
| Profit before tax | £31,723 | £13,690 | |
| Net profit | £23,792 | £18,199 | |
| Cash | — | £354,081 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £385,291 | £403,490 | |
| Equity | £385,291 | £403,490 | |
| 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 94.45x | 118.95x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“At the time of signing these Financial statements, the directors and shareholders have made the decision to liquidate the company in the near future and transfer the assets into another of the Group's companies. As a result, the directors do not consider the company a going concem and have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concem.”
Significant events
- “After the signing of these financial statements in March 2026, it is intended that the share capital of the company will be substantially reduced (to a low level), then a dividend will be paid oul of the distributable reserves to its parent company. Once the relevant steps have been completed, it is intended that the company will be struck off before the next filing of financial statements is required for 31st March 2026”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEEK, Andrew | Secretary | 2020-01-31 | — | — |
| CARLSEN, Torben | Director | 2019-04-30 | Mar 1965 | Danish |
| HERMANN, Filip Werne | Director | 2025-12-12 | Mar 1980 | Danish |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONNOLLY, Declan Sean | Secretary | — | 1998-02-12 |
| COWIE, Alexander Hendry Stuart | Secretary | 2002-02-06 | 2004-04-27 |
| CRUMMIE, John Patrick | Secretary | 2001-12-10 | 2002-02-06 |
| JENSEN, Per Lund | Secretary | 2004-04-27 | 2020-01-31 |
| JENSEN, Per Lund | Secretary | 1998-02-12 | 2000-03-31 |
| THORNELOE, Christopher John | Secretary | 2000-11-20 | 2001-12-10 |
| WILDE, Alistair Peter | Secretary | 2000-03-31 | 2000-11-20 |
| AKERMAN, Peter Gordon | Director | 2018-02-19 | 2025-12-12 |
| BACH, Niels | Director | — | 1996-01-01 |
| CONNOLLY, Declan Sean | Director | — | 1996-01-01 |
| CRUMMIE, John Patrick | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2013-01-31 |
| DAVIS, James Gresham | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| EASTLAKE, Matthew Edward | Director | 2001-11-30 | 2005-11-23 |
| FOSTER, Max | Director | 2013-01-31 | 2017-09-13 |
| FRIE, Ole | Director | 1995-01-11 | 1996-01-01 |
| JENSEN, Carsten Grone | Director | 2008-01-02 | 2016-06-30 |
| JENSEN, Per Lund | Director | 2010-03-23 | 2010-05-13 |
| JENSEN, Per Lund | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2009-05-15 |
| JENSEN, Per Lund | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2008-06-27 |
| JESPERSEN, Soren | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2008-01-02 |
| JOHANNESEN, Thor | Director | 2002-02-06 | 2004-06-01 |
| MERRILD, Christian | Director | 1995-01-11 | 1996-01-01 |
| MOOS, Kasper | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2018-02-20 |
| NIELSEN, Jens Skibsted | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2014-05-31 |
| OLSEN, Sven Pihl | Director | 2002-02-06 | 2003-10-31 |
| PEDERSEN, Ebbe Soren Kohler | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2007-02-19 |
| PEDERSEN, Ebbe Soren Kohler | Director | — | 1996-01-01 |
| PENISTONE, Ian Frank | Director | 2010-03-23 | 2010-05-13 |
| PESCOTT, John Mcgregor | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2005-02-28 |
| POTTER, Richard Sean | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2009-05-15 |
| SMEDEGAARD, Niels | Director | 2007-02-19 | 2019-04-30 |
| THORBJORNSSON, Bo Lennart | Director | 1995-01-11 | 2001-11-30 |
| WELDON, Elizabeth | Director | 2010-03-23 | 2010-05-13 |
| WELDON, Elizabeth | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2009-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dfds Seaways (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-10 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-06-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-09 | OC | miscellaneous | Court order | |
| 2022-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-14 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+4.7%
£385,291 £403,490
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Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-108.1%
£31,723 -£2,575
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Profit before tax
-56.8%
£31,723 £13,690
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