OOCL (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
Cash
9,785,000
+47.9% vs 2023
Net assets
789,042,000
+2.8% vs 2023
Employees
47
+2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
71,508,000
+534.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £260,250,000 | £315,410,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,256,000 | £64,042,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,277,000 | £71,508,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,854,000 | £70,703,000 | |
| Cash | £6,615,000 | £9,785,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £766,855,000 | £788,492,000 | |
| Net assets | £767,234,000 | £789,042,000 | |
| Equity | £767,234,000 | £789,042,000 | |
| Average employees | 46 | 47 | |
| Wages | £3,471,000 | £5,121,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 20.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 22.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.6% | 8.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.8% | 18.6% | |
| Current ratio | 8.40x | 5.35x | |
| Interest cover | 25.33x | 405.33x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis given that OOCL (Assets) Holdings Inc., the intermediate parent company, has confirmed in writing to the Company its present intention to provide adequate financial support such as to allow the Company to pay its debts as they fall due and to allow the continued operations of the Company for a period of at least 12 months following the signing of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- OOCL (EUROPE) LIMITED · parent
- OOCL Benelux 100%
- OOCL (Denmark) A/S 100%
- OOCL (Finland) Ltd Oy 100%
- OOCL Gemi Acenteligi Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi 100%
- OOCL (Italy) S.r.l. 100%
- OOCL (Lithuania) UAB 100%
- OOCL (Poland) Limited sp. z o.o. 100%
- OOCL (Portugal), Lda 100%
- OOCL (Russia) Limited 100%
- Orient Overseas Container Line (Spain), S.L. 100%
- OOCL (Sweden) AB 100%
- OOCL (UK) Limited 100%
- OOCL (Egypt) Shipping Agency S.A.E. 49%
Significant events
- “The impact of the Red Sea situation continued to be felt throughout 2024 as diversions around the Cape of Good Hope absorbed some level of capacity which maintained freight rates at profitable levels.”
- “Looking forward to 2025, the outlook continues to be uncertain. The ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East continue to impact the supply chain. The new U.S. administration also continues to unravel their new policies on trade which will potentially impact the global economy and supply chain in the short and long term.”
- “Business to Russia was suspended in March 2022 following international sanctions against the Russian Federation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OOCL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-06-11 | — | — |
| BANHAM, Mark Richard | Director | 2013-11-22 | Jul 1966 | British |
| BOSCH, Danny Raymond C Van Den | Director | 2018-12-01 | Jun 1967 | Belgian |
| CROSS, Trelawny Robert | Director | 2013-11-22 | Jun 1970 | British |
| HEGARTY, Brendan Thomas Anthony | Director | 2023-06-26 | May 1967 | British |
| KNIGHT, John David | Director | 2005-05-10 | May 1973 | British |
| O'GALLIGAN, Derek Stuart | Director | 2023-06-26 | Oct 1966 | Irish |
| SCHMAHL, Jan Christof | Director | 2018-12-01 | Aug 1967 | German |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRISON, William Stuart | Secretary | 1997-01-14 | 2001-06-11 |
| RUSSELL, Howard Neil | Secretary | 1995-07-28 | 1997-01-13 |
| ALLAN, Courtenay Ralph | Director | 1997-11-19 | 2003-07-04 |
| ANGWIN, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2013-04-06 |
| HEW, Leong Ming | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| HUDSON, Marcus Gordon | Director | 2001-10-15 | 2009-11-01 |
| HUNI, Bernard Pierre Henri | Director | 1995-07-28 | 1997-06-04 |
| IP, Peter Kong-Kan | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| KO, Kan Ching | Director | 1995-07-28 | 1997-11-19 |
| KWOK, Peter | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2015-01-01 |
| LEBEL, Claude | Director | 1998-07-20 | 2001-09-01 |
| MORISSET, Richard | Director | 2005-05-10 | 2008-01-01 |
| MORRISON, William Stuart | Director | 1995-07-28 | 2001-06-11 |
| O'GALLIGAN, Derek Stuart | Director | 2013-04-06 | 2016-10-17 |
| O'GALLIGAN, Derek Stuart | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2011-03-28 |
| POON, Jim | Director | 1995-07-28 | 1998-10-01 |
| SHERMAN, Samantha Clare | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2022-10-26 |
| STRINGER, Neil | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| TING, Cheng Lung Moustapha | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2000-09-30 |
| WANG, Ching Yu Ted | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2006-01-01 |
| WONG, Henry Kong Tsun | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2009-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenwake Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-08 | Active |
| Orient Overseas Container Line (Europe) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+21.2%
£260,250,000 £315,410,000
-
Cash
+47.9%
£6,615,000 £9,785,000
-
Net assets
+2.8%
£767,234,000 £789,042,000
-
Employees
+2.2%
46 47
-
Operating profit
+1,404.7%
£4,256,000 £64,042,000
-
Profit before tax
+534.1%
£11,277,000 £71,508,000
-
Wages
+47.5%
£3,471,000 £5,121,000
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