SOUTHAMPTON CARGO HANDLING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-06 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£757K
+22% vs 2023
Net assets
£773K
+32.6% vs 2023
Employees
440
+13.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£190K
+164.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SOUTHAMPTON CARGO HANDLING LIMITED 2004-11-19 → present
- SOUTHAMPTON CARGO HANDLING PLC 1990-03-22 → 2004-11-19
- TABMONEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1989-11-03 → 1990-03-22
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 | £14,772,331 | £10,973,753 | |
| Operating profit | -£279,801 | £229,876 | |
| Profit before tax | -£294,716 | £190,102 | |
| Net profit | -£294,716 | £190,102 | |
| Cash | £620,810 | £757,281 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £582,699 | £772,801 | |
| Net assets | £582,699 | £772,801 | |
| Equity | £582,699 | £772,801 | |
| Average employees | 387 | 440 | |
| Wages | £6,070,332 | £7,377,703 |
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 | -1.9% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | -2.0% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -48.0% | 29.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | -18.76x | 5.41x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have monitored year to date performance against budget in 2025 and have performed additional reforecasts to the end of 2026. The Group is expected to remain in a strong financial position over the forecast period. Details of going concern considerations are set out in note 2.1, the conclusion of which is that the directors are confident of being able to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements and have therefore concluded that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SOUTHAMPTON CARGO HANDLING LIMITED · parent
- Cruise and Passenger Services Limited 100%
- Pathfinder Personnel Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There are no events after the statement of financial position date that require disclosure in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, Stephen William | Director | 2009-01-05 | Dec 1952 | British |
| HULME, Kevin Mark | Director | 2010-02-15 | Apr 1955 | British |
| MARDLE, James Christopher | Director | 2025-10-28 | May 1978 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Huw Llewelyn Francis | Director | 2019-02-12 | Nov 1958 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUFTY, Richard Leslie | Secretary | 1994-01-16 | 2004-02-29 |
| EDWARDS, Kenneth Royston | Secretary | — | 1994-01-16 |
| GILL, Brett Richard Joseph | Secretary | 2006-03-03 | 2007-05-17 |
| GILL, Brett Richard Joseph | Secretary | 2004-03-04 | 2004-05-19 |
| RAMSTEDT, Christopher John | Secretary | 2004-05-19 | 2006-03-03 |
| RAWLES, Louis John | Secretary | 2009-05-31 | 2014-07-01 |
| TIZZARD, Sally Ann | Secretary | 2007-08-01 | 2009-05-31 |
| BACK, Keith Harry | Director | 2004-03-25 | 2010-02-05 |
| BURGESS, Richard William | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| BURKE, Derek John, Councillor | Director | 1995-01-31 | 1997-02-05 |
| BURNET, Stuart Harvey | Director | 1995-01-31 | 2001-02-06 |
| DAVIS, Lee | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2025-11-30 |
| DIGHE, Ian Robert | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2016-02-29 |
| DOBLE, Peter William, Captain | Director | — | 1996-09-30 |
| DUFTY, Richard Leslie | Director | 1994-10-26 | 2004-02-29 |
| EDWARDS, Kenneth Royston | Director | — | 1994-01-16 |
| GALE, Victor John | Director | 1999-02-10 | 2009-01-05 |
| GILL, Brett Richard Joseph | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2007-10-17 |
| HARRISON, David William | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| HENLEY, Peter John | Director | 1994-10-26 | 1995-11-30 |
| MCDONALD, Anthony | Director | 2007-10-17 | 2011-06-30 |
| MCKAY, Davina | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2016-09-14 |
| MCNULTY, Michael John | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| MITCHELL, Brian William | Director | 1997-02-06 | 2001-02-06 |
| MORRISON, Ian | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| NIDDRIE, Robert Charles | Director | 1993-04-01 | 1998-08-31 |
| NODDINGS, William Dennis | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| NOYCE, Anthony Michael | Director | 2005-01-26 | 2009-01-05 |
| POOLE, Peter Kenneth | Director | 2001-02-06 | 2011-12-07 |
| POOLE, Peter Kenneth | Director | 1995-01-31 | 1999-02-09 |
| RAMSTEDT, Christopher John | Director | 2004-05-19 | 2006-03-03 |
| RAWLES, Louis John | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2019-02-12 |
| RUSSELL-TAYLOR, Dudley Brian | Director | — | 1994-09-16 |
| SPANNER, Kenneth John | Director | 2001-02-06 | 2005-01-11 |
| WARE, William George | Director | 1996-09-01 | 2002-01-31 |
| WEBB, Roger John | Director | 2002-11-28 | 2008-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen William Burgess | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 230 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-07-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-07-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-02 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2023-12-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 3
- 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
-25.7%
£14,772,331 £10,973,753
-
Cash
+22%
£620,810 £757,281
-
Net assets
+32.6%
£582,699 £772,801
-
Employees
+13.7%
387 440
-
Operating profit
+182.2%
-£279,801 £229,876
-
Profit before tax
+164.5%
-£294,716 £190,102
-
Wages
+21.5%
£6,070,332 £7,377,703
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