P&O MARITIME SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-06 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£311K
-11.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£69K
+8.4% vs 2023
Employees
1
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5K
+126.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- P&O MARITIME SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 2002-11-19 → present
- CARRYFREE LIMITED 1997-09-24 → 2002-11-19
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 | £2,754 | -£1,219 | |
| Profit before tax | -£18,292 | £4,904 | |
| Net profit | -£18,292 | £5,362 | |
| Cash | £351,162 | £310,518 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £63,611 | £68,974 | |
| Net assets | £63,612 | £68,974 | |
| Equity | £63,612 | £68,974 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | |
| Wages | £73,185 | £75,795 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 4.3% | -1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.1% | 78.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | 0.13x | — |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Just Audit & Assurance Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has made an assessment of the Company's ability to continue as a going concern taking into account all available information about the future. Based on the analysis they have concluded that the Company has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern. The Company's ultimate parent undertaking, Port & Free Zone World FZE, will financially support, if required and gurantee the Company for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- P&O MARITIME SERVICES (UK) LIMITED · parent
- P&O Maritime Services (Ireland) Limited 100%
- P&O Maritime Services (France) SARL 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POPOV, Radostin Georgiev | Secretary | 2020-05-11 | — | — |
| NARUMANCHI VENKATA LAKSHMI, Narayana Prasad, Mr. | Director | 2023-08-01 | Nov 1968 | Indian |
| POPOV, Radostin Georgiev | Director | 2017-01-12 | Oct 1968 | Bulgarian |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLINSON, Bernadette | Secretary | 2007-10-05 | 2013-12-08 |
| DAMLE, Sameer Dileep | Secretary | 2007-04-23 | 2007-10-05 |
| EARLES, Alastair Gavin | Secretary | 2013-12-08 | 2020-05-11 |
| LAVER, John Michael | Secretary | 2000-10-31 | 2001-04-20 |
| LEONARD, David Jack | Secretary | 2004-12-08 | 2006-08-31 |
| OWEN, Michael | Secretary | 1997-10-28 | 2000-10-31 |
| REES, Nicholas Haydn Glyndwr | Secretary | 2006-08-31 | 2007-04-23 |
| SCOTT, Sandra | Secretary | 2001-04-20 | 2004-12-08 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-09-24 | 1997-10-28 |
| ALHASHIMY, Mohammad Ebrahim Ali | Director | 2012-08-27 | 2023-08-01 |
| ANTOLOVIC, Rado, Mr. | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2020-05-11 |
| BREWER, Ross Henry | Director | 2002-11-28 | 2004-07-26 |
| CAMPBELL, John Alexander | Director | 2009-03-06 | 2012-02-10 |
| EDSALL, Simon James | Director | 2004-08-13 | 2007-04-06 |
| GRADON, Richard Michael | Director | 1997-10-28 | 2004-07-26 |
| HELWEG, Martin, Mr. | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2024-10-14 |
| HOMSEY, Joseph Michael | Director | 2002-11-28 | 2003-06-30 |
| KING, Richard Andrew | Director | 2004-07-26 | 2012-08-01 |
| LAVER, John Michael | Director | 2000-10-31 | 2001-04-20 |
| LEONARD, David Jack | Director | 2004-12-08 | 2006-08-31 |
| LORD, John Robert | Director | 2004-07-26 | 2009-02-19 |
| MONTEITH, Nicholas John | Director | 1997-10-28 | 2002-05-31 |
| OWEN, Michael | Director | 1997-10-28 | 2000-10-31 |
| PRICE, Stewart Campbell | Director | 2009-03-06 | 2011-09-30 |
| ROWAN, Alan | Director | 2009-03-06 | 2017-01-11 |
| SCOTT, Sandra | Director | 2001-04-20 | 2004-12-08 |
| WALKER, Peter Arthur | Director | 2002-05-31 | 2013-11-01 |
| WALLIA, Raj Jit Singh | Director | 2012-08-27 | 2013-07-17 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-09-24 | 1997-10-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Peninsular And Oriental Steam Navigation Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-02-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-05-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-11.6%
£351,162 £310,518
-
Net assets
+8.4%
£63,612 £68,974
-
Employees
0%
1 1
-
Operating profit
-144.3%
£2,754 -£1,219
-
Profit before tax
+126.8%
-£18,292 £4,904
-
Wages
+3.6%
£73,185 £75,795
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