INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES (UK) LTD
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Cash
£5.2m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1.1m
Equity attributable
Employees
445
Average over period
Profit before tax
£429k
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,667,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £446,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £429,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £428,000 | — | |
| Cash | £5,183,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,137,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £1,121,000 | — | |
| Equity | £1,121,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 445 | — | |
| Wages | £12,048,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £648,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £50,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £335,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | 0.08x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES (UK) LTD 1992-07-03 → present
- "MOGUL"STEAMSHIP COMPANY,LIMITED(THE) 1924-03-24 → 1992-07-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have not prepared individual cash flow forecasts for the Company and have instead considered the Group going concern assessment performed at the EndeavourCo TopCo Limited Group level, because the Company does not contribute material cashflows to the Group, but instead supports the operations of the Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARMSTORF, Benjamin | Director | 2022-11-09 | Feb 1976 | German |
| HOGG, Andrew Paul | Director | 2024-04-15 | Dec 1986 | British |
| WALKER, Michael Omar | Director | 2023-11-30 | Sep 1985 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELANEY, Adrian Michael | Secretary | — | 1995-12-29 |
| DONALDSON, William Allan | Secretary | 1995-12-29 | 1997-05-31 |
| MAHABEER, Beenadevi | Secretary | 2017-09-25 | 2022-02-11 |
| MOE, Eric Karl | Secretary | 2013-10-15 | 2017-09-25 |
| READ, Eric Peter | Secretary | — | 1993-05-24 |
| TODD, Bernard Clinton | Secretary | 1997-06-01 | 2002-11-05 |
| TORY, Simon Edward John | Secretary | 2002-11-05 | 2013-10-15 |
| BOG, Graham Taylor | Director | — | 2001-04-27 |
| CARPENTER, Gary Boyd | Director | 2002-03-31 | 2006-09-29 |
| CHAMPION, Amanda Jayne | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2016-07-04 |
| CROOKALL, Christopher Guy | Director | 2022-03-16 | 2024-02-13 |
| DE CLERCK, Tom | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2019-02-04 |
| DEVINE, James Patrick | Director | 1992-11-02 | 1995-08-31 |
| DONALDSON, William Allan | Director | 1996-12-01 | 1997-05-31 |
| HENRIKS, Kenneth, Mr. | Director | 2019-02-04 | 2022-04-08 |
| HOLLETT, John Stewart | Director | 1995-09-20 | 1996-12-01 |
| HORROCKS, John | Director | 2006-09-07 | 2012-12-21 |
| HYLDAGER, Claus | Director | 2002-04-10 | 2015-08-04 |
| HYLDAGER, Claus | Director | 1997-10-13 | 2000-08-31 |
| LUNN, Rodney Charles | Director | 1993-12-08 | 1996-12-01 |
| MAHABEER, Beenadevi | Director | 2017-09-25 | 2017-10-16 |
| MOE, Eric Karl | Director | 2013-05-24 | 2017-09-29 |
| MORSE, Charles Michael | Director | 1992-11-02 | 1993-12-08 |
| MORSE, Simon Arthur Davidson | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2017-07-03 |
| OLSEN, Frank Georg Opsahl, Mr. | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2022-11-24 |
| READ, Eric Peter | Director | — | 1993-05-24 |
| SCHUMANN, Hans Axel | Director | 2000-11-11 | 2002-03-31 |
| STUDER, Keith Ronald | Director | — | 1992-08-11 |
| TODD, Bernard Clinton | Director | 1996-12-01 | 2015-08-27 |
| WHITESIDE, Christopher Mark | Director | 2015-08-27 | 2017-03-01 |
| WOLSTENHOLME, Neil Edward | Director | 1996-12-01 | 2000-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iss Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 217 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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
- 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.