HARBOUR SHIPPING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-22 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+9.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+4.4% vs 2024
Employees
65
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-3.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,174,880 | £14,706,716 | |
| Operating profit | £1,237,986 | £1,167,421 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,551,007 | £1,490,441 | |
| Net profit | £1,162,946 | £1,109,295 | |
| Cash | £1,673,822 | £1,827,780 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,160,682 | £8,624,561 | |
| Net assets | £8,160,682 | £8,519,977 | |
| Equity | £8,160,682 | £8,519,977 | |
| Average employees | 66 | 65 | |
| Wages | £2,376,189 | £2,382,980 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.2% | 13.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.3% | 35.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.43x | 2.01x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have formed a judgement that as at the date of approving the financial statements, there are adequate resources to continue in existence for the foreseeable future, which under UK generally accepted accounting principles means at least 12 months from the date the financial statements are signed.”
Significant events
- “the move to the new offices, which was completed at the start of this calendar year, has been a success and locating all of the staff within the same building has certainly helped to improve efficiencies and communication across the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HODGKINSON, Alexander Robert Russell | Secretary | 2016-09-01 | — | — |
| BOWEN, George Edward | Director | 2025-12-03 | Dec 1990 | British |
| CALDWELL, Alistair James | Director | 2014-02-03 | Oct 1969 | British |
| CUMMINGS, Stephen Nigel | Director | 2004-10-01 | Nov 1960 | British |
| HODGKINSON, Alexander Robert Russell | Director | 2016-09-01 | Jun 1982 | British |
| JAMES, John Gwynne | Director | — | May 1946 | British |
| JAMES, Thomas Gwynne | Director | 2003-06-26 | Apr 1976 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDGELL, Richard John | Secretary | 1993-05-28 | 2016-09-01 |
| ROPER, Stephen Dawson | Secretary | — | 1993-05-28 |
| APPLEBEE, Stephen John | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2025-12-17 |
| CLARKE, Laurence Seymour | Director | 2012-07-20 | 2014-01-13 |
| DAWKINS, Paul | Director | — | 1993-07-28 |
| EDGELL, Richard John | Director | 1993-05-28 | 2017-11-28 |
| HOWELL, Clive Richard | Director | — | 2016-01-31 |
| ROPER, Stephen Dawson | Director | 1992-01-15 | 1993-05-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Cargo Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-3.1%
£15,174,880 £14,706,716
-
Cash
+9.2%
£1,673,822 £1,827,780
-
Net assets
+4.4%
£8,160,682 £8,519,977
-
Employees
-1.5%
66 65
-
Operating profit
-5.7%
£1,237,986 £1,167,421
-
Profit before tax
-3.9%
£1,551,007 £1,490,441
-
Wages
+0.3%
£2,376,189 £2,382,980
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