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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

  1. SOUTHAMPTON CARGO HANDLING LIMITED 2004-11-19 → present
  2. SOUTHAMPTON CARGO HANDLING PLC 1990-03-22 → 2004-11-19
  3. TABMONEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1989-11-03 → 1990-03-22

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 387440
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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -1.9%2.1%
Net margin -2.0%1.7%
Return on capital employed -48.0%29.7%
Current ratio 1.03x1.08x
Interest cover -18.76x5.41x

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

  1. SOUTHAMPTON CARGO HANDLING LIMITED · parent
    1. Cruise and Passenger Services Limited 100% · Stevedoring, terminal handling and related services
    2. Pathfinder Personnel Limited 100% · Agency, staffing and recruitment

Significant events

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 PDF
2025-11-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-11-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF
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 PDF
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 PDF
2023-01-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-12-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-12-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
3

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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

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

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