THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-04 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+93.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£38M
-0.5% vs 2024
Employees
41
-2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£33M
+50.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £50,600,000 | £57,400,000 | |
| Operating profit | £24,200,000 | £35,200,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £21,900,000 | £32,900,000 | |
| Net profit | £21,400,000 | £31,600,000 | |
| Cash | £4,900,000 | £9,500,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £75,800,000 | £74,700,000 | |
| Net assets | £38,300,000 | £38,100,000 | |
| Equity | £38,300,000 | £38,100,000 | |
| Average employees | 42 | 41 | |
| Wages | £2,600,000 | £2,400,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 47.8% | 61.3% | |
| Net margin | 42.3% | 55.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.9% | 47.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.70x | 0.71x | |
| Interest cover | 10.52x | 15.30x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As referred to in note 3 to the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Runcorn Newco Limited
- Ellesmere Newco Limited
- Irwell Newco Limited
Significant events
- “In addition, during the year ended 31 March 2023 the Company purchased a plot of land from Peel NRE Limited, a Peel Holdings (IOM) Limited group company, for £0.6m. No amounts were outstanding as at the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHAN, Farook Akhtar | Secretary | 2017-09-22 | — | — |
| CLARK, Jason Lee | Director | 2024-01-08 | Feb 1972 | British |
| VERITIERO, Claudio | Director | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARRISON GILL, Caroline Ruth | Secretary | 2010-11-12 | 2020-04-08 |
| ALLISON, Thomas Eardley | Director | 2010-11-12 | 2020-08-17 |
| CHARNOCK, Ian Graeme Lloyd | Director | 2011-11-30 | 2022-04-01 |
| HODGSON, Gary Edward | Director | 2011-07-22 | 2018-09-26 |
| LEES, Neil | Director | 2017-08-14 | 2020-08-17 |
| LEESE, Richard Charles, Sir | Director | 2010-11-12 | 2018-03-22 |
| MACKAY, Margaret Mcdade | Director | 2010-11-12 | 2014-05-30 |
| MCINTYRE, Lewis William | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-01-08 |
| MCLAREN, Ian | Director | 2022-05-30 | 2023-06-19 |
| UNDERWOOD, Steven Keith | Director | 2011-07-22 | 2020-08-04 |
| WAINSCOTT, Paul Philip | Director | 2010-11-12 | 2017-08-14 |
| WHITTAKER, John | Director | 2010-11-12 | 2020-08-04 |
| WHITWORTH, Mark | Director | 2011-07-22 | 2022-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel Ports Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company | |
| 2023-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+13.4%
£50,600,000 £57,400,000
-
Cash
+93.9%
£4,900,000 £9,500,000
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£38,300,000 £38,100,000
-
Employees
-2.4%
42 41
-
Operating profit
+45.5%
£24,200,000 £35,200,000
-
Profit before tax
+50.2%
£21,900,000 £32,900,000
-
Wages
-7.7%
£2,600,000 £2,400,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers