GOSPORT FERRY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-16 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£692K
-20.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+32.6% vs 2024
Employees
26
-7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£826K
+8.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,177,000 | £4,280,000 | |
| Operating profit | £980,000 | £1,042,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £761,000 | £826,000 | |
| Net profit | £830,000 | £608,000 | |
| Cash | £868,000 | £692,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,715,000 | £7,225,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,863,000 | £2,471,000 | |
| Equity | £1,863,000 | £2,471,000 | |
| Average employees | 28 | 26 | |
| Wages | £1,134,000 | £1,108,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 23.5% | 24.3% | |
| Net margin | 19.9% | 14.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.6% | 14.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.23x | 2.66x | |
| Interest cover | 4.47x | 4.82x |
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 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Gareth | Secretary | 2026-02-28 | — | — |
| BROWN, Adam James | Director | 2019-06-01 | Jun 1979 | British |
| COLLINS, Sean Charles | Director | 2026-02-28 | Jul 1968 | British |
| HATHER, Liam Paul Jon | Director | 2026-02-28 | Jul 1984 | British |
| THEOBALD, Philip David | Director | 2024-09-13 | Mar 1985 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 1993-12-01 | 1994-12-31 |
| BELL, Murray Lewis | Secretary | 1997-10-29 | 1999-10-31 |
| BROWN, Adam James | Secretary | 2019-06-01 | 2026-02-28 |
| FOSTER, John Laurence | Secretary | 2006-11-15 | 2012-09-28 |
| IVINS, James Browell | Secretary | 2007-03-27 | 2011-02-28 |
| KNIGHTLEY, Anthony Maurice | Secretary | 2005-04-04 | 2006-03-31 |
| MACMILLAN, John Eric | Secretary | 1999-10-31 | 2005-04-04 |
| SMITH, David Robert | Secretary | 1995-01-01 | 1996-12-31 |
| WATERS, Christine Maria | Secretary | 2011-03-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| WATERS, Christine Maria | Secretary | 2007-10-10 | 2007-10-10 |
| WEST, Michael David | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2006-11-15 |
| BELL, Murray Lewis | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1998-09-01 |
| BOUGOURD, Martyn Herbert | Director | — | 1994-07-08 |
| BRYANT, Paul Robert, Captain | Director | 2006-02-07 | 2006-07-14 |
| CLARKE, Jeremy Luke | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2016-11-04 |
| EDWARDS, Anthony Hugh | Director | 1994-10-26 | 1995-07-28 |
| EDWARDS, Keith David Williams | Director | 2010-12-06 | 2015-10-31 |
| FOSTER, John Laurence | Director | 2005-02-02 | 2022-04-22 |
| FULLER, Paul John | Director | 2007-03-27 | 2010-12-31 |
| GUYMER, Eric Norman Lawrence | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| HARPER, Malcolm George, Councillor Commander | Director | 1998-07-01 | 1999-12-31 |
| IVINS, James Browell | Director | 2007-03-27 | 2011-02-28 |
| KILLINGLEY, Michael Sedley | Director | 2013-09-06 | 2015-04-13 |
| KNIGHTLEY, Anthony Maurice | Director | 2004-12-17 | 2006-03-31 |
| LANE, Clive Anthony | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| MACMILLAN, John Eric | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2005-04-04 |
| MCGREAL, Bryan | Director | 2004-12-17 | 2005-02-02 |
| MUNRO, Stuart Ian | Director | 2023-05-23 | 2026-02-28 |
| PHILLIPS, Graham David | Director | 1995-08-21 | 2004-12-13 |
| POWELL, John Edward | Director | 1992-12-31 | 1994-07-08 |
| ROBERTS, Carl | Director | 2006-02-07 | 2007-03-30 |
| SAVILLE, Duncan Paul | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1995-07-28 |
| SHAW, Ian Dudley | Director | — | 1994-07-08 |
| SMITH, David Robert | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1997-10-29 |
| SMITH, David Robert | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1993-12-01 |
| SOLEN, Christopher John | Director | 1994-07-15 | 1999-10-31 |
| WATERS, Christine Maria | Director | 2007-10-10 | 2019-05-31 |
| WEST, Michael David | Director | 2006-02-07 | 2006-11-15 |
| WITHINSHAW, Charles Richard Pinhey | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2004-12-13 |
| WRIGHT, Michael Reginald | Director | — | 2005-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-22 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+2.5%
£4,177,000 £4,280,000
-
Cash
-20.3%
£868,000 £692,000
-
Net assets
+32.6%
£1,863,000 £2,471,000
-
Employees
-7.1%
28 26
-
Operating profit
+6.3%
£980,000 £1,042,000
-
Profit before tax
+8.5%
£761,000 £826,000
-
Wages
-2.3%
£1,134,000 £1,108,000
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