P&O FERRIES SHIP MANAGEMENT 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
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£780K
-1.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£12K
-1,300% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- P&O FERRIES SHIP MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2002-10-15 → present
- P&O STENA LINE SHIP MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1998-03-10 → 2002-10-15
- P & O SHORT SEA SHIP MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1997-04-18 → 1998-03-10
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 | £281,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,000 | -£12,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,000 | -£12,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,000 | -£18,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £793,000 | £780,000 | |
| Equity | £793,000 | £780,000 | |
| Average employees | 1 | — | |
| Wages | £227,000 | — |
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 | 0.4% | — | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | — |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- 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. The Company forms part of the P&O Ferries Division Holdings Group... and relies upon the continuation of the Intermediate Parent Company Group's operations. DP World Limited has indicated that it will make available necessary funding over the period of assessment of going concern.”
Significant events
- “Principal activity of employment and supply of staff ceased at the end of March 2023 following restructuring arrangements.”
- “2024 was another year of transformation and recovery for the Intermediate Parent Company Group after several years of disruption with the Covid 19 pandemic.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 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 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUGARD, Ellice | Secretary | 2019-10-14 | 2020-11-01 |
| KITCHIN, Susan Frances | Secretary | 2004-11-11 | 2019-10-11 |
| LANGFORD, John Graham | Secretary | 1997-04-18 | 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 | 1997-04-18 | 1997-04-18 |
| BELL, Janette Susan | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-08-10 |
| CHASTON, Michael | Director | 1997-04-18 | 1998-03-09 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Charles Howard | Director | 1997-04-18 | 1998-03-09 |
| DEEBLE, Helen | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2017-12-31 |
| GARNER, John Phillip | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2019-01-14 |
| GRADON, Richard Michael | Director | 1998-03-04 | 1998-03-09 |
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Peter Douglas Gerald | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| HOWARTH, Karl | Director | 2007-02-26 | 2022-03-31 |
| LANGFORD, John Graham | Director | 1998-03-05 | 1998-03-09 |
| 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 |
| PETERS, Russell Dennis | Director | 1997-04-18 | 2006-04-30 |
| RATCLIFFE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2007-02-02 |
| RIDLEY, Michael John | Director | 1997-04-18 | 2004-12-17 |
| STEER, John | Director | 2025-04-10 | 2025-10-20 |
| STRETCH, David | Director | 2020-08-10 | 2021-11-23 |
| THOMAS, Roger Stephen | Director | 1998-03-09 | 1999-08-13 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-04-18 | 1997-04-18 |
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 130 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 | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | 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 | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-25 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to 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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-1.6%
£793,000 £780,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-1,300%
£1,000 -£12,000
-
Profit before tax
-1,300%
£1,000 -£12,000
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