DEN HARTOGH DRY BULK LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-20 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-06
Watchouts
Cash
491,000
-74.7% vs 2023
Net assets
16,785,000
+29% vs 2023
Employees
105
-11.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
5,130,000
+29.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £77,383,000 | £76,425,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,557,000 | £3,754,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,967,000 | £5,130,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,946,000 | £4,086,000 | |
| Cash | £1,937,000 | £491,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,328,000 | £32,266,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,012,000 | £16,785,000 | |
| Equity | £13,012,000 | £16,785,000 | |
| Average employees | 119 | 105 | |
| Wages | £6,043,000 | £5,764,000 |
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 | 5.9% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.5% | 11.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | 10.31x | 8.20x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the balance sheet and likely future cash flows at the date of approving these financial statements. The directors note that the business has net current assets of €9.6m (2023: €0.3m). The Company is supported through loans from the parent company. The directors have received written confirmation from Den Hartogh Holding BV that the loan facilities will continue to be available for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements and that the parent company will continue to provide support. The directors consider the parent company to have the ability to provide any support. After making enquiries, the directors believe that any foreseeable debts can be met for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DEN HARTOGH DRY BULK LOGISTICS LIMITED · parent
- Den Hartogh Dry Bulk Finland OY 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 January 2024, the Company disposed of its entire holding of 10,000,000 ordinary shares in Den Hartogh Dry Bulk Logistics Pte. Ltd., a trading company incorporated in Singapore.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN HARTOGH, Klaas Pieter | Director | 2016-03-10 | Dec 1965 | Dutch |
| VISSER, Jeroen Waller | Director | 2025-12-31 | Aug 1971 | Dutch |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAY, Brian Warner Lang | Secretary | — | 1993-09-30 |
| ORVIS, Peter | Secretary | 1993-10-01 | 2014-04-11 |
| ANDERSON, Paul | Director | 2001-03-08 | 2006-06-12 |
| ANDERSON, Paul Napier | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| CARLISLE, Timothy Julian | Director | 2001-03-14 | 2007-09-30 |
| CARLISLE, Timothy Julian | Director | 1995-06-26 | 2000-12-31 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Scott Thomas | Director | 2008-06-18 | 2016-03-10 |
| DARVILL, Alan Christopher | Director | — | 1994-04-25 |
| DUDDING, Sheron | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2000-12-31 |
| GILL, Robin Anthony | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2000-12-31 |
| HAWORTH, Bryan Butler | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2004-05-28 |
| KULLBERG, Louis Frans Jacob | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2016-03-10 |
| LIGHTFOOT, Paul Anthony | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2007-02-23 |
| LIGHTFOOT, Paul Anthony | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2000-12-31 |
| MARSHALL, John Neilson Adam | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2007-02-20 |
| MARSHALL, John Neilson Adam | Director | — | 2001-01-04 |
| MARTIN, Victor William | Director | — | 2001-01-04 |
| MASSIE, Peter Hopley | Director | — | 1994-04-25 |
| MAY, Brian Warner Lang | Director | — | 1994-04-25 |
| MOLENAAR, Roelof | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2001-06-20 |
| ORVIS, Peter | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2002-10-01 |
| PAAPE, Abraham Cornelius | Director | 2016-03-10 | 2025-12-31 |
| PEARCH, Nicholas Keith | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2005-05-31 |
| PRESCOTT, Anthony | Director | 2002-03-20 | 2007-02-28 |
| RICHARDS, Timothy John | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2004-05-28 |
| ROGERS, Leslie Philip | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2007-04-11 |
| STATON, Joseph Howard | Director | — | 2001-06-20 |
| THOMSON, William John | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2011-10-14 |
| VAN WISSEN, Jacobus Cornelis Jozef | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2013-10-31 |
| WILSON, Alan | Director | 2004-06-28 | 2008-03-31 |
| WISE, Keith | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2001-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jeroen Waller Visser | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-12-31 | Active |
| Mr Abraham Cornelis Paape | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Mr Klaas Pieter Den Hartogh | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-1.2%
£77,383,000 £76,425,000
-
Cash
-74.7%
£1,937,000 £491,000
-
Net assets
+29%
£13,012,000 £16,785,000
-
Employees
-11.8%
119 105
-
Operating profit
-17.6%
£4,557,000 £3,754,000
-
Profit before tax
+29.3%
£3,967,000 £5,130,000
-
Wages
-4.6%
£6,043,000 £5,764,000
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