EUROPEAN WATERWAYS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-06 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-23

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£8M

-0.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£3M

+33.8% vs 2023

Employees

-4% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£3M

-31.6% vs 2023

Net assets

4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

EUROPEAN WATERWAYS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	£14,122,916	£15,036,108
Operating profit	—	—	£678,012	£261,965
Profit before tax	—	£2,098,136	£4,299,222	£2,939,477
Net profit	—	£1,778,128	£4,088,114	£2,804,608
Cash	£6,483,791	£9,192,310	£7,973,200	£7,907,612
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,122,773	£3,238,265	£2,320,208	£3,089,918
Net assets	£1,889,063	£3,200,291	£2,288,405	£3,063,013
Equity	£1,889,063	£3,200,291	£2,288,405	£3,063,013
Average employees	12	25	25	24
Wages	—	£562,208	£670,692	£719,328

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	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	4.8%	1.7%
Net margin	—	—	28.9%	18.7%
Return on capital employed	—	—	29.2%	8.5%
Current ratio	—	—	1.22x	1.21x
Interest cover	—	—	31.03x	12.79x

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: Rouse Audit LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

EUROPEAN WATERWAYS LIMITED · parent
1. Belle Epoque Charters Limited 100% · England & Wales
2. Flot Home SARL 100% · France
3. GoBarging Limited 100% · England & Wales
4. EW Services SASU 100% · France

Significant events

“In December 2024, a new vessel Shannon Princess was acquired in Ireland representing a further new country of operation for the company.”
“Due to the various acquisitions, the percentage of passengers carried on the company's owned boats has risen to approximately 85% in 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 2 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WOOD-DOW, Terence John Shore	Secretary	—	—	British
BANKS, Derek Graham	Director	—	Mar 1953	British
WOOD-DOW, Terence John Shore	Director	—	Jun 1955	British

Show 2 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BANKS, William Robert	Secretary	—	2007-10-30
BANKS, William Robert	Director	—	2007-10-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
European Waterways Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 113 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-03-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2023-03-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2022-07-05	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-04-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2021-05-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-09-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2020-04-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-08-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2019-04-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2018-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2018-04-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2017-08-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2017-07-04	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

+6.5%

£14,122,916 £15,036,108
Cash

-0.8%

£7,973,200 £7,907,612
Net assets

+33.8%

£2,288,405 £3,063,013
Employees

-4%

25 24
Operating profit

-61.4%

£678,012 £261,965
Profit before tax

-31.6%

£4,299,222 £2,939,477
Wages

+7.3%

£670,692 £719,328

highest in 3 filed years

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

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