P&O FERRIES (SHORT SEA) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-24 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-10
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£4M
-4.2% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£31K
+78.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
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.
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£63,000 | -£22,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£142,000 | -£31,000 | |
| Net profit | -£142,000 | -£31,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£3,417,000 | -£3,562,000 | |
| Equity | -£3,417,000 | -£3,562,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest cover | -0.80x | -2.44x |
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 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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-4.2%
-£3,417,000 -£3,562,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+65.1%
-£63,000 -£22,000
-
Profit before tax
+78.2%
-£142,000 -£31,000
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