BIRKENHEAD PORT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-03 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
+12.5% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£14M
+24.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BIRKENHEAD PORT LIMITED 1996-02-26 → present
- ULTRAFUN LIMITED 1994-10-21 → 1996-02-26
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 | £11,500,000 | £14,300,000 | |
| Operating profit | £11,400,000 | £14,200,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,400,000 | £14,200,000 | |
| Net profit | £11,400,000 | £14,200,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,600,000 | £1,800,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,600,000 | £1,800,000 | |
| Equity | £1,600,000 | £1,800,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 99.1% | 99.3% | |
| Net margin | 99.1% | 99.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 712.5% | 788.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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
“As referred to in note 3 to the financial statements, 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.”
Significant events
- “The directors proposed and paid interim dividends of £14.0m (2024: £11.5m).”
- “Grangemouth oil refinery stopped processing crude oil as it transitions to becoming an import terminal for finished fuels, which adversely affects the activity levels in Clydeport.”
- “From May 2025, the Group has a contract with a third party to provide a 24/7 Cyber Operations Centre service”
- “during the year ended 31 March 2025, the Group drew down £200.0m of private placement debt raised during the previous financial year with maturities ranging from 10 to 12 years, and raised a further £375.0m which funded during the year with maturities ranging from 10 to 15 years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 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 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLEY, William John | Secretary | 2001-01-12 | 2009-07-31 |
| CORNER, Stephen Donald | Secretary | 1996-01-16 | 2001-01-12 |
| KIDDLE, Jonathan Andrew | Secretary | 1994-11-07 | 1996-01-16 |
| MARRISON GILL, Caroline Ruth | Secretary | 2009-07-31 | 2020-04-08 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-10-21 | 1994-11-07 |
| ALLISON, Thomas Eardley | Director | 2005-09-22 | 2020-08-17 |
| BALL, Christopher Charles | Director | 1994-11-07 | 1996-01-16 |
| BARBER, Martin | Director | 1996-01-16 | 2001-01-12 |
| BARR, Alan Andrew | Director | 2008-05-16 | 2011-05-09 |
| BAXTER, Stephen Roy | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2010-06-24 |
| CHARNOCK, Ian Graeme Lloyd | Director | 2011-11-30 | 2022-04-01 |
| FINDLAY, Alastair Ian | Director | 2001-01-12 | 2005-12-31 |
| FORSTER, Michael Alexander | Director | 1998-03-05 | 2001-01-12 |
| GREEN, David Simon | Director | 2005-09-22 | 2008-05-31 |
| HAMMOND, Charles Graham | Director | 1996-01-16 | 2001-01-12 |
| JONES, Peter Anthony | Director | 2001-01-12 | 2006-03-31 |
| KIDDLE, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 1994-11-07 | 1996-01-16 |
| MCINTYRE, Lewis William | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-01-08 |
| MCLAREN, Ian | Director | 2022-05-30 | 2023-06-19 |
| PEARCE, Ian George Stanforth | Director | 1996-01-16 | 1997-12-23 |
| SCOTT, Peter Anthony | Director | 2005-09-22 | 2009-04-01 |
| THOMPSON, Hugh Macrae | Director | 1996-01-16 | 2001-01-12 |
| WHARTON, Kenneth John | Director | 2001-01-12 | 2008-05-30 |
| WHITTAKER, John | Director | 2005-09-22 | 2020-08-04 |
| WHITWORTH, Mark | Director | 2010-11-03 | 2022-09-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-10-21 | 1994-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel Ports Operations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | 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 | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | 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 | |
| 2023-12-27 | 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 | |
| 2023-03-02 | 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 | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-23 | 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
+24.3%
£11,500,000 £14,300,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+12.5%
£1,600,000 £1,800,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+24.6%
£11,400,000 £14,200,000
-
Profit before tax
+24.6%
£11,400,000 £14,200,000
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