RED FUNNEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-29 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-15
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Njord Partners has confirmed it will provide, or procure the provision of, such financial support as is necessary for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. This confirmation has been executed as a deed.”
Group structure
- RED FUNNEL LIMITED · parent
- Falcon Acquisitions Limited 100%
- Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited 100%
- Steam Coffee Company Limited 100%
- Isle of Wight Holidays Limited 100%
- Red Funnel (Pension Trustees) Limited 100%
- Hythe and Southampton Ferry Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 29 September 2025, an offer by a company controlled by Njord Partners was accepted to purchase the entire share capital of the Company from the previous owners, Red Funnel Holdings Limited. A Sale and Purchase Agreement ("SPA") was executed for the transaction. On 28 November 2025, the SPA transaction completed following approval under the National Security and Investment Act 2021.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Frances Charlotte | Director | 2018-06-21 | Jan 1977 | British |
| DURSTON, Thomas John Angus | Director | 2025-12-08 | May 1994 | British |
| KJELLBERG, Eric Jakob Carl | Director | 2025-12-08 | Oct 1977 | Swedish |
| SINCLAIR, Lucy Jane | Director | 2025-12-11 | Feb 1973 | British |
| WILSON, Gordon Alexander | Director | 2025-12-11 | Jun 1966 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETSON, Graham | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2023-11-10 |
| BURGESS, Paula | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2017-12-15 |
| CAMPBELL, Michael Francis | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2020-01-24 |
| CHANG, Mary | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2020-07-23 |
| DAYEMBAYEV, Dauren | Director | 2023-09-28 | 2024-02-28 |
| DELANEY, Iain James | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-12-08 |
| DOWD, Stephen Donald | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2020-12-31 |
| GEORGE, Kevin Alan | Director | 2017-07-28 | 2021-07-07 |
| GRAY, George Christopher | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2024-02-28 |
| HAMMOND, Matthew John | Director | 2020-11-26 | 2024-02-28 |
| HAZELWOOD, Charles John Gore | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2024-02-28 |
| LOCKE, Claire Elizabeth Bradley | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2020-11-24 |
| MACARTNEY, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2020-11-24 |
| MARSHALL, Kelly John | Director | 2021-03-25 | 2024-02-28 |
| PERRY, Michelle | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2020-11-24 |
| RICHARDS, Ceri | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2024-02-28 |
| RIDGWAY, Stephen Blakeney | Director | 2021-07-07 | 2025-12-08 |
| ROBERT, Pierre-Frederic | Director | 2020-07-23 | 2024-02-28 |
| SEELY, Patrick Michael | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2023-07-12 |
| SIMS, Polina | Director | 2020-11-26 | 2023-09-28 |
| VALE, Aaron Zachariah | Director | 2020-01-24 | 2020-11-10 |
| WESTON, Michael William | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2019-01-04 |
| WILSON, Edward Arthur | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2024-02-28 |
| WINTER, Paul Richard | Director | 2017-07-28 | 2019-03-31 |
| ØSTERGAARD, Erik Jorgen | Director | 2021-07-05 | 2025-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insula Vecta Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
Latest filed period vs the prior one