ISS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-16 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
112,333,000
-49% vs 2023
Net assets
-41,231,000
-226.1% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-28,050,000
-200.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ISS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2004-04-15 → present
- INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED 1999-03-04 → 2004-04-15
- PLACECHART LIMITED 1998-10-15 → 1999-03-04
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 | £762,000 | £416,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£14,250,000 | -£23,087,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,344,000 | -£28,050,000 | |
| Net profit | -£11,193,000 | -£28,682,000 | |
| Cash | £220,332,000 | £112,333,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,360,000 | £19,959,000 | |
| Net assets | -£12,644,000 | -£41,231,000 | |
| Equity | -£12,644,000 | -£41,231,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1870.1% | -5549.8% | |
| Net margin | -1468.9% | -6894.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -42.7% | -115.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 102.1% | 108.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 0.41x | |
| Interest cover | -0.88x | -1.34x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have performed a going concern assessment which indicates that, in both the base and reasonably possible downsides, the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due during 12-month period from the date of approval of the financial statements. This assessment is dependent on its intermediate parent company, Beagle Midco Limited, not seeking repayment of the amounts currently due to the Group, which at 31 December 2024 amounted to $434k.”
Group structure
- ISS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Inchcape Shipping Services (UK) Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services (Gibraltar) Ltd 100%
- V.Ships Hansen (Singapore) Pte Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Ltd 100%
- John Cook (Agencies) Ltd 100%
- Gellatly Shipping (UK) Ltd 100%
- ISS Marine Services, Inc. 100%
- Williams Diamond & Co, Inc. 100%
- CESI Holdings, Inc. 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Pty Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Pty Ltd 100%
- Christy and Griffin Pty Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services NV 100%
- Kennedy Hunter NV 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services (Japan) KK 100%
- Trinity Shipping Services AS 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services BV 100%
- ISS Machinery Services Ltd 100%
- ISS Machinery Services Limited 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services (Hong Kong) Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services SA 100%
- John Cook Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services (Qatar) WLL 49%
- Inchcape Shipping Services (Dubai) LLC 96.5%
- ISS Dubai Ltd 100%
- ISS Shipping India Pvt Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services India Pvt Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services SSC Private Limited 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd 65%
- Inchcape, Shipping Services Poland Sp z.O.O 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services (Malta) Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Ukraine LLC 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services GmbH 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services France SAS 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services SA 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Deniz Acenteligi Nakliyat ve Tic AS 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Espana SA 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services SA 100%
- International Company for Maritime Navigation Ltd 100%
- Regional Company for Maritime Navigation Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Egypt Ltd 100%
- United ISS Logistic Ltd 100%
- ISS McKay Ltd 100%
- PT Equator Marindo 65%
- PT Inchcape Bhayu Shipping Services 100%
- Ying Hai Shipping Services Co Ltd 100%
- Ying Kai Commercial Consultation Co Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Cambodia Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Agency (Taiwan) Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Philippines, Inc. 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services (Thailand) Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Sdn Bhd 100%
- Services Maritime Inchcape, Inc 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Trinidad and Tobago Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Guyana Inc 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Mexico SA de CV 50%
- CES de Venezuela SNC 100%
- Coal Export Services de Colombia, Inc. 100%
- ISS Marine Services SAC 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services SA ISS Grupo 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Argentina SRL 100%
- ISS Marine Services LTDA 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services BV Chile Limitada 100%
- Agencias Maritimas Christophersen Chile y Cia Ltda 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Uganda Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services (Tanzania) Ltd 100%
- Dodwell Cargo Services Tanzania Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services (Mauritius) Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Ghana Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Somalia Ltd 90%
- ISS Mocambique Ltda 100%
- Dodwell and Company (East Africa) Limited 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Kenya Ltd 75%
- Inchcape Shipping Services PNG Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services LLC 67.33%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Namibia (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Scandanavia A/S 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Saudi Ltd. One Person Co. 100%
- Inchcape Shipping Services Saudi Ltd. One Person Co. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARMSTORF, Benjamin | Director | 2022-11-09 | Feb 1976 | German |
| MAEZELLE, Philippe Richard, Mr. | Director | 2022-12-20 | Oct 1970 | Belgian |
| WALKER, Michael Omar | Director | 2023-11-30 | Sep 1985 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAHABEER, Beenadevi | Secretary | 2017-09-25 | 2022-02-11 |
| MOE, Eric Karl | Secretary | 2013-10-15 | 2017-09-25 |
| SPROT, David | Secretary | 1998-12-07 | 1999-10-28 |
| TORY, Simon Edward John | Secretary | 1999-10-28 | 2013-10-15 |
| WARNER, Ian | Secretary | 1998-10-26 | 1998-12-07 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-10-15 | 1998-10-26 |
| BOG, Graham Taylor | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2001-04-26 |
| CARPENTER, Gary Boyd | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2006-09-29 |
| DE CLERCK, Tom | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2019-02-04 |
| HENRIKS, Kenneth, Mr. | Director | 2019-02-04 | 2022-04-08 |
| HORROCKS, John | Director | 2006-09-07 | 2012-12-21 |
| HYLDAGER, Claus | Director | 2006-05-09 | 2015-08-04 |
| KANTER, Ralph Thomas Ludwig | Director | 2000-02-28 | 2004-03-25 |
| MAHABEER, Beenadevi | Director | 2017-09-25 | 2017-10-16 |
| MASTERS, Christopher | Director | 2001-10-09 | 2002-01-18 |
| MCCONNELL, Robert Nigel | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2004-03-25 |
| MOE, Eric Karl | Director | 2013-05-24 | 2017-09-29 |
| MORRIS, George Eryl | Director | 1999-10-29 | 1999-12-22 |
| MORSE, Simon Arthur Davidson | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2017-07-03 |
| MORSE, Simon Arthur Davidson | Director | 1998-12-07 | 2006-04-26 |
| MUSSELLWHITE, Jonathan | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2004-03-25 |
| OLSEN, Frank Georg Opsahl, Mr. | Director | 2017-10-16 | 2022-11-24 |
| SIMONIS, Peter | Director | 1999-10-29 | 2000-02-14 |
| SPROT, David | Director | 1998-12-07 | 1999-10-28 |
| STILES, Duncan Robert | Director | 1998-10-26 | 1998-12-07 |
| VESSELINOV, Ivaylo Alexandrov | Director | 2016-05-06 | 2017-03-08 |
| WARNER, Ian | Director | 1998-10-26 | 1998-12-07 |
| WERTH, Kurt W | Director | 2001-01-11 | 2001-12-21 |
| WHITESIDE, Christopher Mark | Director | 2006-09-07 | 2017-03-01 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-10-15 | 1998-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 280 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-45.4%
£762,000 £416,000
-
Cash
-49%
£220,332,000 £112,333,000
-
Net assets
-226.1%
-£12,644,000 -£41,231,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-62%
-£14,250,000 -£23,087,000
-
Profit before tax
-200.2%
-£9,344,000 -£28,050,000
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