WAVERLEY STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Henderson & Company
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the date of this report sufficient funding is in hand to commission Waverley for a full season commencing on 15th May 2025. The trustees are confident that a combination of funds generated by passenger sailings and donated funds will be sufficient to continue the operation for the forthcoming twelve months. Therefore the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- WAVERLEY STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LIMITED · parent
- Waverley Excursions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After a very successful season in 2023 sufficient funds were in hand to cover a number of improvements and refurbishment tasks during winter 2023/24 in addition to the scheduled survey work for the MCA and routine maintenance.”
- “A significant amount of deck renewal was undertaken with particular focus on the sun deck aft which received new synthetic caulking and an aluminium plate to protect the purser's office from leaks.”
- “The crew accommodation received an overhaul including new showers, new surfaces and USB power points. New flooring was fitted in both deck shelters and the galley. A new ventilation system was installed in the boiler room. While in dry dock Waverley received steelwork and belting repairs.”
- “Bookings for the new season were opened in February and total advanced sales exceeded £1.1m before the ship sailed, a substantial increase in comparison to 2023.”
- “Highlights from the 2024 programme included first-ever calls to Ullapool, Seacombe (Wirral), Dartmouth and Fowey, and notable returns to ports not visited in many years such as Bideford and Plymouth, also Holyhead and Eastbourne.”
- “Unfortunately, the only planned sailings from Portree and Troon were unable to take place due to high winds and port issues respectively, and fully booked sailings from Fishguard and Folkestone (both unvisited for sometime) were cancelled due to unfavourable sea conditions.”
- “The season concluded with two days' work in the form of a private charter for film work when the steamer played the part of a 1970s ferry to Orkney.”
- “Waverley completed 125 days in service and 13 planned sailing days were cancelled, an increase from 2 in 2023. 11 of the cancelled days were due to technical issues.”
- “The forward windlass caused 7 of these in two separate incidents, a crack that appeared in the bed plate then leakage in the steam-block of the engine. Problems with the starboard paddle wheel were the cause of four lost days.”
- “Despite the cancelled days and some disruption to scheduled pier calls in the Solent area Waverley recorded a small increase in passenger journeys and a 4% increase in total revenues to £4.8m.”
- “The total Net Economic Contribution generated by Waverley to the UK economy was assessed at £11.6m in 2023, up from £5.63m in 2015.”
- “The trustees were delighted that Waverley was awarded the title National Flagship of the Year for 2024 by National Historic Ships.”
- “Quite separately Waverley Excursions Limited was awarded the title Glasgow's Favourite Business in a public vote run by the Glasgow Times in September.”
- “A designated reserve fund was created with respect to objective (ii) in November 2023 and at the financial year end this stood at £650k.”
- “During winter 2024/25 as well as scheduled survey and maintenance work, new boiler burners will be installed. This work is necessary because the manufacturer of the system provided with the boilers in 2020 has exited the market and will no longer provide support. The cost of the replacement equipment is just under £300k and is being funded without any requirement for an appeal.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOCHERTY, Deryk John | Secretary | 2008-01-23 | — | British |
| BEECROFT, Gregory David | Director | 2020-12-08 | Oct 1953 | British |
| BEVERIDGE, John Mackenzie | Director | 2024-05-08 | Feb 1953 | British |
| DOCHERTY, Deryk John | Director | 2013-10-31 | Jan 1947 | British |
| PATERSON, Joseph Murray | Director | 1999-01-04 | May 1948 | British |
| PETERS, Derek Neil Irving | Director | 2019-04-03 | Dec 1958 | British |
| REID, Peter Morris | Director | — | May 1945 | British |
| SEMPLE, Paul William | Director | 2012-01-21 | Jan 1979 | British |
| SMITH, Colin James, Dr | Director | 2021-06-24 | May 1960 | British,Scottish |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLD, Jeremy Michael | Secretary | 1996-05-24 | 1996-10-11 |
| MACDONALD, Alan Mitchell | Secretary | 1996-10-11 | 2001-01-24 |
| O'NEILL, Kathleen | Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2007-01-31 |
| REID, Peter Morris | Secretary | — | 1996-05-24 |
| ALLEN, Myra Helen Frances | Director | 2004-12-04 | 2013-02-20 |
| BARR, Robert Hope | Director | 1991-12-10 | 1995-12-27 |
| EMERY, Victor Reginald | Director | 2017-09-12 | 2018-12-13 |
| GELLATLY, Graeme, Captain | Director | 1999-01-04 | 1999-07-12 |
| HOGG, Frederick Graeme | Director | 2008-09-20 | 2012-11-16 |
| JAMES, Nicolas John | Director | 1993-11-02 | 2014-09-30 |
| KELLS, David William | Director | 2012-11-12 | 2017-09-12 |
| LEECH, Jenifer | Director | — | 1993-08-23 |
| LEECH, John | Director | — | 1992-09-28 |
| LEWIS, Alexander George | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2012-02-06 |
| LONG, Andrew Victor | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2023-02-09 |
| MACLEOD, Iain Macintyre | Director | 2000-07-17 | 2013-11-01 |
| MARSHALL, Cameron Graham | Director | 2019-03-21 | 2020-09-09 |
| MCGOWAN, Douglas Webster | Director | 1996-05-24 | 1997-04-30 |
| MCKENDRICK, Joseph James | Director | — | 2012-08-14 |
| MCMILLAN, David Ian | Director | 1991-11-19 | 2012-09-29 |
| MCMILLAN, James Stewart | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2014-07-22 |
| MEGORAN, John Hugh | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2018-12-13 |
| MICHEL, Stephen | Director | 1994-08-22 | 1995-10-26 |
| MOORE, James Mcadam | Director | — | 1995-09-10 |
| NEILL, David Lindsay | Director | — | 1999-01-04 |
| RAMSAY, Ian | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2014-03-28 |
| REID, Gordon | Director | 2002-03-16 | 2013-10-09 |
| SHANKLAND, Ian Graham | Director | 2013-04-20 | 2018-12-13 |
| SINCLAIR, William Lawrie | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2018-12-13 |
| SYLVESTER, John Terrence | Director | 2013-04-20 | 2014-06-10 |
| SYLVESTER, John Terrence | Director | — | 2001-04-17 |
| TAYLOR, George Alister | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2018-12-13 |
| WALLACE, James Moore | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2000-08-17 |
| WILSON, Gordon Stewart | Director | 2010-04-24 | 2011-06-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddle Steamer Preservation Society | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-08-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-06-27 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-06-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-06-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-06-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-06-01 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-14 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-27 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-06-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-01 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
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- Officers resigned
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