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P&O SHORT SEA FERRIES LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 03291852
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1996-12-09
- 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
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons:”
Subsidiaries
- P&O Ferries Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Ferry services
- P&O Ferries (Short Sea) Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Ferry services
- P&O Ferries Ship Management Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Ship management
- P&O Ferries France SAS · 100% held · France · Ferry services
- SNC Gris-Nez Bail · 0% held · France · Leasing
- SNC White Cliffs Bail · 0% held · France · Leasing
- P&O Ferries Port Services Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Dormant
- P&O Ferries Cyprus Limited · 100% held · Cyprus · Ferry services
Significant events
- “2024 results have been positively impacted by the change in vessel due to reduction in cost relating to Pride of Kent and Pride of Canterbury.”
- “In April 2024, the vessel Spirit of Britain was sold by a fellow subsidiary to a related party DP World France SAS.”
- “In 2025, a payment deferral was agreed with a related party in relation to charter hire costs on the Fusion Vessels until 2027.”
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 · 36 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 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARE, Anthony James | Secretary | 1996-12-09 | 1996-12-18 |
| DUGARD, Ellice | Secretary | 2019-10-14 | 2020-11-01 |
| KITCHIN, Susan Frances | Secretary | 2004-11-11 | 2019-10-11 |
| LANGFORD, John Graham | Secretary | 1996-12-18 | 2004-01-11 |
| MITCHELL, Amelia | Secretary | 2020-11-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| SCOTT, Sandra | Secretary | 2004-01-11 | 2004-11-11 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-12-09 | 1996-12-09 |
| BAILEY, Christopher Bryan | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2022-05-23 |
| BELL, Janette Susan | Director | 2012-05-15 | 2020-08-10 |
| CAIRNS, Terence Charles | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2009-07-01 |
| CARLSSON, Svante Vilhelm | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2002-08-13 |
| CLARE, Anthony James | Director | 1996-12-09 | 1996-12-18 |
| COOPER, William Gareth | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2002-08-13 |
| COTTON, Lesley Anne | Director | 2012-05-15 | 2021-03-31 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Charles Howard | Director | 1996-12-18 | 1998-03-09 |
| DEEBLE, Helen | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| DUNLOP, Graeme Dermott Stuart | Director | 1996-12-18 | 2003-05-19 |
| GARNER, John Phillip | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2019-01-14 |
| GRADON, Richard Michael | Director | 1998-03-04 | 2004-10-04 |
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Peter Douglas Gerald | Director | 2020-11-19 | 2025-09-01 |
| HOWARTH, Karl | Director | 2007-02-26 | 2022-03-31 |
| LERENIUS, Bo | Director | 1998-03-09 | 1998-08-07 |
| MACKENZIE, Susan Mary | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2018-05-09 |
| MACPHAIL, Bruce Dugald, Sir | Director | 1998-02-13 | 2004-03-15 |
| MAHADEVA, Salinee | Director | 1996-12-09 | 1996-12-18 |
| NARAYAN, Prasad | Director | 2022-08-03 | 2025-04-10 |
| ODINIUS, Andre | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-10-07 |
| OLSSON, Dan Sten | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2002-08-13 |
| PETERS, Russell Dennis | Director | 1996-12-18 | 2006-04-30 |
| RATCLIFFE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2007-02-02 |
| SEVERED, Bo Ingemar | Director | 1998-08-07 | 2002-08-13 |
| STEER, John | Director | 2025-04-10 | 2025-10-20 |
| STERLING OF PLAISTOW, Jeffrey Maurice, Lord | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2004-10-04 |
| STRETCH, David | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2021-11-23 |
| WOODS, Robert Barclay | Director | 2004-03-15 | 2004-10-04 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-12-09 | 1996-12-09 |
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 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge 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 |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-04-30 | AUD | auditors | auditors resignation company |
| 2025-04-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-02-19 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 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 |
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