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PORT OF FELIXSTOWE LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 02590042
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1991-03-08
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 50200
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have considered all relevant factors within the going concern period including whether there could be a change in control.”
Subsidiaries
- The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company · 99.9% held · England and Wales · Port operation
- PPRP Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Investment holding
- Felixstowe Port Container Services Limited · 51% held · England and Wales · Repair and storage of containers and refrigerated container monitoring
- Walton Estates Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Port of Felixstowe Pension Trustee Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Pension trustee
- Port of Felixstowe Trustee Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Trustee
Significant events
- “The financial year saw a 31.1% increase in profit, rising from £58.5 million in 2023 to £76.7 million in 2024, driven by double-digit growth in container volumes and increased activity in rail and Roll-on Roll-off operations.”
- “During the year, the company invested £26.4 million in tangible fixed assets compared to £33.5 million in 2023, focusing on automated equipment.”
- “Cash generated from continuing operations increased 17.0%, from £131.5 million in 2023 to £153.9 million in 2024”
- “The group contributes to net-zero carbon emission targets of both its UK and global parent groups under three core pillars of sustainable development: Our Environment, Our People and Our Business. The company, as part of the HPUK group, has a target of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2035.”
- “The ongoing Ukraine conflict gave rise to the imposition of sanctions against Russia. The company is only marginally and indirectly affected by UK shipping sanctions with most of its shipping volume arising on the Asia - Europe routes.”
- “The company continues to pursue opportunities arising from Freeport East with one of the three sites within the Port of Felixstowe. These include facilitation of zero carbon energy generation, contributing to the Government objectives of stimulating innovation, high technology skills and economic development.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
8 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULLETT, Simon Richard | Secretary | 2010-03-01 | — | — |
| CHENG, Clemence Chun Fun | Director | 2000-12-31 | Dec 1958 | British |
| IP, Sing Chi | Director | 2014-01-01 | Aug 1953 | Chinese |
| LAWRENCE, Andrew Steven | Director | 2019-12-02 | Jan 1973 | British |
| MULLETT, Simon Richard | Director | 2019-12-02 | Jul 1964 | British |
| SALBAING, Christian Nicolas Roger | Director | 2019-12-02 | Jan 1950 | French |
| SHIH, Edith | Director | 2019-12-02 | Jan 1952 | British |
| SIXT, Frank John | Director | 2016-09-21 | Nov 1951 | Canadian |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHATFIELD, Melanie Jane | Secretary | 2001-10-04 | 2008-08-11 |
| CHEUNG, Man Ki | Secretary | 2008-08-12 | 2010-02-28 |
| LEESE, Andrew Stephen | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2001-10-04 |
| RUSSELL, Howard Neil | Secretary | 1991-03-22 | 1991-08-16 |
| SAVAGE, Thomas Leonard | Secretary | — | 1992-12-21 |
| SMART, Elaine Anne Joyce | Secretary | 1992-12-21 | 1992-12-21 |
| SMART, Elaine Anne Joyce | Secretary | — | 1998-06-30 |
| WEARMOUTH, Colin Crichton | Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 1998-10-01 |
| ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-08-16 | 1991-12-19 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-03-08 | 1991-03-22 |
| BARR, Douglas Neil | Director | 1991-12-19 | 2001-06-30 |
| BENNETT, Peter James | Director | 1999-04-26 | 1999-06-30 |
| BENNETT, Peter James | Director | 1991-12-19 | 1999-03-31 |
| BROUGH, Simon Timothy | Director | 1991-08-16 | 1994-06-10 |
| BRYAN, Paul, Sir | Director | 1991-09-12 | 1994-06-10 |
| CHOW, Susan Mo Fong | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2016-08-01 |
| DAVIS, John Michael | Director | 1991-12-19 | 1995-06-08 |
| DERWENT, Robin Evelyn Leo, The Right Honourable Lord | Director | 1991-08-16 | 2008-01-01 |
| FOK, Canning Kin Ning | Director | — | 2004-05-27 |
| GLEDHILL, David Lloyd | Director | 2009-07-13 | 2013-06-24 |
| GRAY, George Christopher | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2002-03-08 |
| HARRINGTON, Derek James | Director | 1991-03-22 | 2000-12-31 |
| KEATES, David Edward John | Director | 1997-03-31 | 1999-04-30 |
| LAI, Dominic Kai Ming | Director | 2004-05-27 | 2019-12-02 |
| LEWIS, Francis Christopher | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2021-12-31 |
| LEWIS, Francis Christopher | Director | 2004-08-31 | 2009-07-13 |
| LI, Victor Tzar Kuoi | Director | 1991-08-16 | 1991-12-19 |
| MAGNUS, George Colin | Director | 1991-12-19 | 2005-11-01 |
| MCGEE, Neil Douglas | Director | 1995-05-01 | 1997-10-31 |
| MEREDITH, John Edward | Director | — | 2010-03-15 |
| MORTON, Peter | Director | 2002-03-11 | 2004-08-31 |
| MURRAY, Simon | Director | 1991-08-16 | 1993-08-31 |
| PARKER, Michael John | Director | 1991-03-22 | 1991-08-16 |
| PEARSON, Richard Clive | Director | — | 2007-06-30 |
| ROBINSON, Frank William | Director | 1991-03-22 | 1991-08-16 |
| SAVAGE, Thomas Leonard | Director | 1991-12-19 | 1993-12-31 |
| SHIH, Edith | Director | 1997-10-31 | 2019-12-02 |
| SHURNIAK, William | Director | 1991-08-16 | 1998-01-01 |
| SIXT, Frank John | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2004-05-27 |
| TSIEN, James Steed | Director | 1999-04-26 | 2014-01-01 |
| TUNG, Chi Hwa (Aka Chee Hwa) | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| WRANGHAM, Peter John | Director | 1992-12-21 | 2000-01-20 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-03-08 | 1991-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchison Ports (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-09-05 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2022-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2021-09-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2021-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-12-21 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2020-12-10 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2020-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-01-09 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2020-01-09 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2020-01-09 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
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