WIGHTLINK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
Cash
£7M
-6.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£157M
+5.5% vs 2024
Employees
591
+1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£15M
-22.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WIGHTLINK LIMITED 1990-06-29 → present
- PASSRO(SHIPPING)CO.LIMITED 1972-06-23 → 1990-06-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £87,589,000 | £89,240,000 | |
| Operating profit | £19,052,000 | £15,005,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,003,000 | £14,729,000 | |
| Net profit | £14,981,000 | £11,153,000 | |
| Cash | £7,585,000 | £7,101,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £163,969,000 | £170,727,000 | |
| Net assets | £148,423,000 | £156,569,000 | |
| Equity | £148,423,000 | £156,569,000 | |
| Average employees | 580 | 591 | |
| Wages | £28,743,000 | £30,218,000 |
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 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.8% | 16.8% | |
| Net margin | 17.1% | 12.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.6% | 8.8% | |
| Current ratio | 5.29x | 5.34x | |
| Interest cover | 46.93x | 31.13x |
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
- S&W Partners Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After due consideration of the factors outlined above, the directors are satisfied that the Company will be able to operate within the available facilities and continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future, being a period no less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the period, the Company has invested in its Lymington to Yarmouth route by increasing the number of sailings.”
- “During the period, the Wightlink Group undertook a refinance of these facilities, with terms now ending in March 2030 and March 2037.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXLEY, Steven James | Secretary | 2025-08-20 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Daniel | Director | 2020-04-08 | May 1993 | British |
| BERG, Marcus Alarik | Director | 2022-09-30 | Jun 1989 | Finnish |
| COGLEY, Jason David | Director | 2020-04-08 | Jan 1972 | Australian,British |
| EXLEY, Steven James | Director | 2025-08-20 | Feb 1980 | British |
| JONES, David Edward | Director | 2023-11-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
| TAYLOR, Katy | Director | 2024-08-22 | Jul 1977 | British |
| WEGENER, Elena Giorgiana | Director | 2025-06-16 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPHRYES, Adam Salusbury | Secretary | 1995-11-01 | 2005-07-15 |
| MULVEY, Michael Peter | Secretary | 1995-05-30 | 1995-11-01 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Daniel John | Secretary | — | 1990-11-12 |
| PASCOE, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2005-07-15 | 2021-02-01 |
| WALKER, Peter Colin | Secretary | — | 1995-05-30 |
| WINTER, Paul Richard | Secretary | 2021-09-01 | 2025-08-20 |
| ABEL, Richard | Director | 2014-07-03 | 2015-02-13 |
| AIKEN, Michael Patrick | Director | 1995-05-30 | 2005-07-15 |
| AIKEN, Michael Patrick | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| BENSON, David Gillies | Director | 2009-07-20 | 2011-09-30 |
| BENSON, David Gillies | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| BOGG, Dyson Peter Kelly | Director | 2009-06-16 | 2010-11-03 |
| BROWN, Paul Campbell | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2014-07-01 |
| BURROWS, John Robert | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2016-11-23 |
| CARROLL, Richard William Stanley | Director | 2010-10-18 | 2013-10-15 |
| CARRUTHERS, Ian Alistair | Director | 2009-07-20 | 2011-09-30 |
| COPPER, Raffaella | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2015-02-13 |
| EDSALL, Simon James | Director | 2008-01-24 | 2009-07-20 |
| GREENFIELD, Keith Gordon | Director | 2016-11-23 | 2024-08-22 |
| GREGOR, Robert John | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2019-02-27 |
| HANNA, Holt William John | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2020-04-08 |
| HOGAN, Philip | Director | 2006-10-04 | 2007-09-25 |
| HUMPHRYES, Adam Salusbury | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2005-07-15 |
| KEW, Russell Martin | Director | 2009-09-23 | 2015-12-18 |
| LOWRY, Steven | Director | 2024-04-24 | 2025-06-16 |
| LOWRY, Steven | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2022-09-30 |
| MULVEY, Michael Peter | Director | 1995-05-30 | 1996-09-25 |
| O'HARA, Andrew Neil | Director | 2019-02-27 | 2024-04-24 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Daniel John | Director | — | 1995-05-30 |
| PARSONS, Gordon Ian Winston | Director | 2007-09-25 | 2015-02-13 |
| PASCOE, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2009-06-16 | 2021-02-01 |
| SAMMONS, Richard Douglas | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| SHERWOOD, Simon Michael Cross | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| STANLEY, Martin Stephen William | Director | 2005-07-15 | 2006-08-17 |
| STRACEY, Michael John Louis | Director | — | 1995-05-30 |
| TATHAM, Nigel John | Director | — | 1991-03-31 |
| WHITE, Philip Joseph | Director | 2005-07-15 | 2007-06-21 |
| WILLIAMS, Melvyn | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1995-05-31 |
| WILLSON, Andrew David | Director | 2005-10-27 | 2009-06-09 |
| WINTER, Paul Richard | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2025-08-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arca Shipping Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 622 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2025-03-29 vs 2024-03-30
-
Turnover
+1.9%
£87,589,000 £89,240,000
-
Cash
-6.4%
£7,585,000 £7,101,000
-
Net assets
+5.5%
£148,423,000 £156,569,000
-
Employees
+1.9%
580 591
-
Operating profit
-21.2%
£19,052,000 £15,005,000
-
Profit before tax
-22.5%
£19,003,000 £14,729,000
-
Wages
+5.1%
£28,743,000 £30,218,000
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