CLDN PORTS LONDON LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-07 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-23

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£102K

+1.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£14M

+14.1% vs 2023

Employees

183

-2.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

+20.6% highest in 6 filed years

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation

CLDN PORTS LONDON LIMITED 2022-04-04 → present
C.RO PORTS LONDON LIMITED 2011-12-01 → 2022-04-04
CDMR PURFLEET LIMITED 2004-10-13 → 2011-12-01
PURFLEET THAMES TERMINAL LIMITED 1991-02-15 → 2004-10-13
SWIFTMOOR LIMITED 1990-08-29 → 1991-02-15

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Industrials median

CLDN PORTS LONDON LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

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

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£25,942,778	£23,027,605	£27,046,506	£29,830,856	£30,209,262	£31,234,894
Operating profit	£247,298	-£536,417	£688,710	£1,568,891	£1,809,557	£1,998,610
Profit before tax	£541,974	-£437,365	£779,886	£1,570,583	£1,869,494	£2,254,049
Net profit	£435,258	-£323,262	£633,350	£1,315,507	£1,476,481	£1,694,945
Cash	£89,751	£563,225	£57,002	£33,331	£99,958	£101,799
Total assets less current liabilities	£18,958,538	£18,683,308	£9,235,788	£10,805,955	£12,633,584	£14,515,873
Net assets	£18,914,479	£18,591,217	£9,224,567	£10,540,074	£12,016,555	£13,711,500
Equity	—	—	—	—	£12,016,555	£13,711,500
Average employees	166	188	187	191	188	183
Wages	£5,543,095	£6,024,070	£6,121,314	£6,724,569	£7,405,704	£7,420,425

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	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	1.0%	-2.3%	2.5%	5.3%	6.0%	6.4%
Net margin	1.7%	-1.4%	2.3%	4.4%	4.9%	5.4%
Return on capital employed	1.3%	-2.9%	7.5%	14.5%	14.3%	13.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	28.4%	24.7%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	2.79x	3.42x
Interest cover	572.45x	—	—	—	—	99930.50x

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: Brebners
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Having made sufficient enquiries, and based upon the above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue operating in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

“A new roundabout and access for the terminal was completed in August 2024”
“The redevelopment of the former Esso Lubes site completed in Q1 2025”
“The Government formally began carrying out physical sanitary and phytosanitary inspections on imported consignments as of 30 April 2024”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 25 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CASTLE, Nigel	Director	2025-07-29	May 1962	British
DOVE-SEYMOUR, Benjamin David	Director	2018-06-06	Jun 1977	British
HAMMOND, Simon Mark	Director	2020-01-01	Mar 1961	British
MAES, Florent Sebastian	Director	2020-01-01	Dec 1983	Belgian
RUBENS, Joost Marc Edmond	Director	2018-12-20	Feb 1976	Belgian
VAN MALDEREN, Paul Jan	Director	2019-10-01	Nov 1971	Belgian
WALKER, Gary John	Director	2019-10-21	Jul 1965	British

Show 25 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
WADE, Stephanie Joy	Secretary	1994-09-15	2007-07-19
SECRETARY NOMINEES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	—	1994-09-15
BRUERS, Georges	Director	—	1994-12-15
CIGRANG, Camille Catherine Leon	Director	1999-11-01	2014-03-01
CIGRANG, Camille	Director	—	1998-04-07
CIGRANG, Christian Leon	Director	2001-02-15	2001-05-23
GRAY, Michael	Director	—	1998-04-07
HANSEN, Finn	Director	1996-03-25	1996-08-08
JADOT, Michel Rene	Director	2013-05-27	2017-08-01
LAS, Franciscus Johannes Antonius	Director	2013-05-27	2019-12-31
LAUWERS, Mieke Joke	Director	2014-01-01	2018-06-06
LEWIS, Michael David	Director	2011-07-01	2017-05-31
VAN BELLINGEN, Frank Luc Renaat	Director	2001-02-15	2001-05-23
VRANKEN, Jan	Director	1996-03-25	1998-04-07
WALKER, Gary John	Director	2000-08-01	2013-06-11
AUTOMOTIVE TRANSPORT CONSULTING LIMITED	Corporate Director	1994-12-15	1995-12-14
C.RO PORTS LIMITED	Corporate Director	1998-04-07	2019-10-21
CALLMINSTER LIMITED	Corporate Director	2004-05-19	2008-02-12
DEEP WHARF CONSULTING LIMITED	Corporate Director	2008-02-06	2010-07-01
DIVINELINE LIMITED	Corporate Director	1999-07-05	2004-09-24
EXREALM LIMITED	Corporate Director	2008-03-31	2010-07-01
EXREALM LIMITED	Corporate Director	2004-05-19	2005-04-26
MARITIME ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED	Corporate Director	2005-04-30	2009-03-31
TRANGO BVBA	Corporate Director	2009-03-06	2018-12-20
TRILITHON V O F	Corporate Director	2003-05-01	2009-09-24

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Purfleet Real Estate Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 211 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2022-04-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
2022-01-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-10	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-07-31	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-07-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-06-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-07-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-05-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-07-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-04-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-07-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-07-07	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-07-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-04-04	CERTNM	change-of-name	Certificate change of name company	PDF
2022-01-04	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2022-01-04	SH20	capital	Legacy
2022-01-04	CAP-SS	insolvency	Legacy
2022-01-04	SH19	capital	Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2021-06-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-06-17	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-06-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-10-13	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 0

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

+3.4%

£30,209,262 £31,234,894

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

+1.8%

£99,958 £101,799
Net assets

+14.1%

£12,016,555 £13,711,500
Employees

-2.7%

188 183
Operating profit

+10.4%

£1,809,557 £1,998,610

highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax

+20.6%

£1,869,494 £2,254,049

highest in 6 filed years
Wages

+0.2%

£7,405,704 £7,420,425

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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