PORT OF SHEERNESS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-02 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+28.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+4.9% vs 2024
Employees
195
+6.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£28M
-27% 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 | £70,000,000 | £63,900,000 | |
| Operating profit | £36,100,000 | £24,200,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £38,500,000 | £28,100,000 | |
| Net profit | £37,500,000 | £26,400,000 | |
| Cash | £4,200,000 | £5,400,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £126,400,000 | £125,800,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,300,000 | £19,200,000 | |
| Equity | £18,300,000 | £19,200,000 | |
| Average employees | 183 | 195 | |
| Wages | £10,200,000 | £10,100,000 |
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 | 51.6% | 37.9% | |
| Net margin | 53.6% | 41.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.6% | 19.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.7% | 92.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.79x | |
| Interest cover | 10.03x | 7.12x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- PORT OF SHEERNESS LIMITED · parent
- Seaforth Power Limited 100%
- Seaforth Stevedoring Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2025, the Board approved the acquisition of Leeside Shipping Limited, a small freight forwarding business in Cork that provides services to BG Freight Line BV as well as other companies looking to import or export via the Port of Cork. The acquisition is complementary to the existing Shipping segment business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHAN, Farook Akhtar | Secretary | 2017-09-22 | — | — |
| CLARK, Jason Lee | Director | 2024-01-08 | Feb 1972 | British |
| VERITIERO, Claudio | Director | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, Anthony Charles | Secretary | 1992-11-30 | 1994-09-10 |
| BOWLEY, William John | Secretary | 1994-09-19 | 2009-07-31 |
| MARRISON GILL, Caroline Ruth | Secretary | 2009-07-31 | 2020-04-08 |
| MIDDLETON, Keith Sidney | Secretary | — | 1992-11-30 |
| ALLISON, Thomas Eardley | Director | 2008-05-16 | 2020-08-17 |
| BARR, Alan Andrew | Director | 2008-05-16 | 2011-05-09 |
| BAXTER, Stephen Roy | Director | 2008-05-16 | 2010-06-24 |
| BROWN, Leslie Walter | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| CHARNOCK, Ian Graeme Lloyd | Director | 2011-11-30 | 2022-04-01 |
| CLIFF, Bernard | Director | 1994-04-13 | 1996-11-29 |
| CRAMPTON, Desmond | Director | — | 1993-01-26 |
| FINDLAY, Alastair Ian | Director | 1999-12-03 | 2005-12-31 |
| FURLONG, Percival Trevor | Director | 1997-01-24 | 2000-04-12 |
| GILHAM, Philippa Tina | Director | — | 1994-05-06 |
| GOBBI, Stephen Mark, Captain | Director | 2008-05-16 | 2012-11-09 |
| GREEN, David Simon | Director | 2005-09-22 | 2008-05-31 |
| HODGSON, Gary Edward | Director | 2012-11-09 | 2018-09-26 |
| JONES, Peter Anthony | Director | 2000-04-12 | 2006-03-31 |
| KAVANAGH, Paul | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2012-06-14 |
| MCINTYRE, Lewis William | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-01-08 |
| MCLAREN, Ian | Director | 2022-05-30 | 2023-06-19 |
| MIDDLETON, Keith Sidney | Director | — | 1992-11-30 |
| PARKINSON, Gary | Director | 2012-06-14 | 2016-11-18 |
| SCOTT, Peter Anthony | Director | 2005-09-22 | 2009-04-01 |
| UNDERWOOD, Steven Keith | Director | 2010-06-24 | 2020-08-04 |
| VINCENT, Peter Victor | Director | — | 1994-04-13 |
| WHARTON, Kenneth John | Director | 1994-04-13 | 2008-05-30 |
| WHITTAKER, John | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2020-08-04 |
| WHITWORTH, Mark | Director | 2010-11-03 | 2022-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medway Ports Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-8.7%
£70,000,000 £63,900,000
-
Cash
+28.6%
£4,200,000 £5,400,000
-
Net assets
+4.9%
£18,300,000 £19,200,000
-
Employees
+6.6%
183 195
-
Operating profit
-33%
£36,100,000 £24,200,000
-
Profit before tax
-27%
£38,500,000 £28,100,000
-
Wages
-1%
£10,200,000 £10,100,000
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