MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-09 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+513.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£42M
+14.2% vs 2023
Employees
783
Average over period
Profit before tax
£7M
-8.5% vs 2023
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 | £282,349,000 | £294,215,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,259,000 | £7,623,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,561,000 | £6,916,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,684,000 | £5,285,000 | |
| Cash | £448,000 | £2,750,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £51,088,000 | £54,276,000 | |
| Net assets | £37,133,000 | £42,418,000 | |
| Equity | £37,133,000 | £42,418,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 783 | |
| Wages | £32,305,000 | £38,377,000 |
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 | 2.9% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.2% | 14.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.3% | 65.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 11.34x | 9.74x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 31 July 2026. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing their financial statements.”
Group structure
- MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Anglia Container Services Limited 100%
- Maritime Haulage Limited (formerly ACS Reefer Services Limited) 100%
Significant events
- “The first quarter of 2024 saw the initial impacts of the Red Sea situation, with MSC ships not transiting the Suez Canal and redirecting via the Cape, thereby reducing the inbound cargo due to the longer transit time. The conflict in the Red Sea at the end of 2023, placed significant challenge onto the global supply chain, closing off a major trade route.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOOLNOUGH, David Anthony | Secretary | 2019-10-25 | — | — |
| BURKE, Jonathan James | Director | 2017-12-21 | Dec 1971 | British |
| COLLINS, Michael | Director | 2017-12-21 | Jan 1975 | British |
| EVERITT, Daniel Charles | Director | 2002-08-01 | Dec 1967 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Lawrence Christopher Frederick | Director | 1999-02-26 | Dec 1951 | British |
| RUSZCZYNSKI, Marcin Andrzej | Director | 2020-06-30 | Apr 1975 | Polish |
| WOOLNOUGH, David Anthony | Director | 2019-10-25 | Nov 1972 | British |
| ZANCHI, Luca | Director | 2020-12-07 | Jun 1984 | Italian |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GORDON, Anne Maria | Secretary | 2006-07-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| VOULSTAKER, Bruce | Secretary | — | 2006-06-30 |
| APONTE, Maurizio | Director | 2008-10-18 | 2019-04-30 |
| BOURQUIN, Elvio Battista | Director | 1999-02-26 | 2020-06-30 |
| CHAMBERS, Michael John | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| DAVIES, Adam Michael | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2008-10-31 |
| DAVIES, Roy Joseph | Director | 2003-09-26 | 2006-07-15 |
| DAVIES, Roy Joseph | Director | — | 2003-04-30 |
| GARN, Charles William | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2003-10-28 |
| GORDON, Anne Maria | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| HART, Richard Jack | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| PETCHEY, David Charles, Mr. | Director | — | 2009-03-31 |
| VOULSTAKER, Bruce | Director | — | 2006-06-30 |
| WILDEN, Kelvin James | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2017-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gianluigi Aponte | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-04 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+4.2%
£282,349,000 £294,215,000
-
Cash
+513.8%
£448,000 £2,750,000
-
Net assets
+14.2%
£37,133,000 £42,418,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-7.7%
£8,259,000 £7,623,000
-
Profit before tax
-8.5%
£7,561,000 £6,916,000
-
Wages
+18.8%
£32,305,000 £38,377,000
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