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P&O FERRIES (SHORT SEA) LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 03242391
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1996-08-27
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 50100
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Just Audit & Assurance Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As the directors do not intend to acquire a replacement trade, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. There are no external creditors as all liabilities relate to intercompany transactions and the pension obligations. The entity is non-trading but not dormant due to the intercompany transactions and pension obligation.”
Significant events
- “The Company ceased to operate its back-to-back charter of a vessel to a third party in 2005.”
- “On 24 February 2022 the High Court provided approval for the settlement of these Ill-Health early retirement benefits.”
- “during 2023 the Group was advised by the Trustees of the MNRPF of an underestimate of past reported service costs.”
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
3 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KACHELO, Anoushka Rafia | Secretary | 2024-12-31 | — | — |
| MOOS, Kasper | Director | 2025-10-20 | Mar 1976 | Danish |
| PATEL, Tushar | Director | 2025-08-28 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWEN, Veronica Cynthia | Secretary | 1996-11-11 | 1996-11-22 |
| DUGARD, Ellice | Secretary | 2019-10-14 | 2020-11-01 |
| HIGGS, John Barton | Secretary | 1996-11-22 | 1998-03-09 |
| KITCHIN, Susan Frances | Secretary | 2004-11-11 | 2019-10-11 |
| LANGFORD, John Graham | Secretary | 1998-03-09 | 2004-01-11 |
| MITCHELL, Amelia | Secretary | 2020-11-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| SCOTT, Sandra | Secretary | 2004-01-11 | 2004-11-11 |
| NORTON ROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-08-27 | 1996-11-11 |
| BELL, Janette Susan | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-08-10 |
| BOWEN, Veronica Cynthia | Director | 1996-11-11 | 1996-11-22 |
| COOPER, William Gareth | Director | 1996-11-22 | 1998-03-09 |
| CORK, Brian Jack | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2005-02-28 |
| DEEBLE, Helen | Director | 1996-11-22 | 2017-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, Hugh | Director | 2005-01-31 | 2005-12-12 |
| GARNER, John Phillip | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2019-01-14 |
| GOVETT, John Robert | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2004-10-31 |
| HARDY, Robert Michael | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2005-05-20 |
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Peter Douglas Gerald | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| HIGGS, John Barton | Director | 1998-03-04 | 1998-03-09 |
| HOLLIS, Patrick John | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2005-04-22 |
| HOWARTH, Karl | Director | 2007-02-26 | 2022-03-31 |
| LAMING, Christopher John | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2011-04-11 |
| MARSH, Anthony David | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2005-06-30 |
| MARSHALL, Chloe | Director | 1996-11-11 | 1996-11-22 |
| MOWATT, Clive Andrew | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| NARAYAN, Prasad | Director | 2022-08-03 | 2025-04-10 |
| OAKLEY, Tina Mary | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2010-09-24 |
| OLOHAN, Francis William | Director | 1996-11-22 | 1997-11-25 |
| PETERS, Russell Dennis | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2006-04-30 |
| POWIS, Nigel | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2004-09-28 |
| RATCLIFFE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2007-02-02 |
| REEVES, Andrew | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2010-09-08 |
| RIDLEY, Michael John | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2004-12-17 |
| STEER, John | Director | 2025-04-10 | 2025-10-20 |
| STOREY, Maurice | Director | 1996-11-22 | 1998-03-09 |
| STRETCH, David | Director | 2020-08-10 | 2021-11-23 |
| THOMAS, Roger Stephen | Director | 1998-03-09 | 1999-08-13 |
| VAN DER STAM, Edwin Alexander | Director | 2002-11-06 | 2005-03-14 |
| NOROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-08-27 | 1996-11-11 |
| NORTON ROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-08-27 | 1996-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-12-12 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-10-27 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-04-30 | AUD | auditors | auditors resignation company |
| 2025-04-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-04-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-01-09 | RP04AP03 | officers | second filing of secretary appointment with name |
| 2025-01-04 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2025-01-04 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-06-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-09-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
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