ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£46K
+34.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£461K
+101.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£36M
+1,224,115.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE (EUROPE) LIMITED 2003-06-02 → present
- DART-ML LIMITED 2003-02-20 → 2003-06-02
- ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE (U.K.) LTD. 1988-07-01 → 2003-02-20
- DART-ML LIMITED 1983-10-28 → 1988-07-01
- GEMSHIP LIMITED 1983-06-13 → 1983-10-28
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,965 | £36,297,999 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,965 | £36,297,999 | |
| Net profit | £2,965 | £36,297,999 | |
| Cash | £34,099 | £45,960 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£35,836,916 | £461,082 | |
| Net assets | -£35,836,916 | £461,082 | |
| Equity | -£35,836,916 | £461,082 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | 7872.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.00x | 4.64x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“For the year ended 31 December 2024 the Company generated a profit of $48,966,000 (2023: $4,000), with net current assets of $622,000 (2023: net current liabilities $48,344,000) and net assets of $622,000 (2023: net liabilities $48,344,000). The directors prepared statements on a going concern basis as intermediate parent OOCL (Assets) Holdings Inc. confirmed financial support for at least 12 months, ensuring debts can be paid and operations continue. Directors expect adequate resources and liquidity.”
Group structure
- ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE (EUROPE) LIMITED · parent
- Manchester Liners (Transport) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP will resign as auditors, following an audit tender process. New auditors are in the process of being appointed, subject to shareholder approval by written resolutions in lieu of an Extraordinary General Meeting.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OOCL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-06-11 | — | — |
| BANHAM, Mark Richard | Director | 2021-03-15 | Jul 1966 | British |
| O'GALLIGAN, Derek Stuart | Director | 2018-12-01 | Oct 1966 | Irish |
| PAN, Zhigang | Director | 2025-05-30 | Jan 1974 | Chinese |
| XIAO, Junguang | Director | 2021-03-15 | Feb 1971 | Chinese |
| YE, Jianping | Director | 2020-01-01 | Nov 1963 | Chinese |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRISON, William Stuart | Secretary | 1997-01-14 | 2001-06-11 |
| RUSSELL, Howard Neil | Secretary | — | 1997-01-13 |
| CHANG, Tsann Rong | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2001-06-11 |
| CHOW, Yju Wah | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2001-06-11 |
| FUNG, Kit Man | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2008-06-01 |
| HEW, Leong Ming | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2018-12-01 |
| HSIA, John Welfen | Director | — | 1993-12-16 |
| HUNI, Bernard Pierre Henri | Director | 1994-02-22 | 1997-06-03 |
| IP, Peter Kong-Kan | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| KO, Kan Ching | Director | — | 1997-11-18 |
| LAM, Tuen Pei Pius | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2020-01-01 |
| LEE, Chee Fun | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2020-01-01 |
| MOK, Paul Yun Lee | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2016-05-01 |
| MORRISON, William Stuart | Director | 1995-05-01 | 1998-10-01 |
| POON, Jim | Director | 1994-10-01 | 2000-09-30 |
| QI, Zheng | Director | 2022-06-16 | 2025-05-30 |
| TING, Cheng Lung Moustapha | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2001-06-11 |
| TING, Moustapha Cheung Lung | Director | — | 1994-10-01 |
| TSUN, William Ming Yao | Director | — | 1994-06-15 |
| WANG, Ching Yu Ted | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2006-01-01 |
| WATSON, David Hamilton | Director | 1997-11-18 | 1998-10-01 |
| WATSON, David Hamilton | Director | — | 1994-02-22 |
| WONG, Henry Kong Tsun | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2009-11-01 |
| YAO, Erxin | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2021-03-15 |
| ZHANG, Mingwen | Director | 2021-03-15 | 2022-06-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenwake Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+34.8%
£34,099 £45,960
-
Net assets
+101.3%
-£35,836,916 £461,082
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+1,224,115.8%
£2,965 £36,297,999
-
Profit before tax
+1,224,115.8%
£2,965 £36,297,999
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers