BORCHARD LINES LIMITED
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Cash
£43m
-14.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£74m
-3.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
57
-5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.8m
+82.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £129,903,282 | £125,733,190 | £132,832,526 | +5.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£5,528,043 | -£12,611,175 | -£3,625,321 | +71.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,545,371 | -£10,637,067 | -£1,820,059 | +82.9% | |
| Net profit | -£2,995,371 | -£11,393,159 | -£2,379,577 | +79.1% | |
| Cash | £50,465,853 | £49,537,624 | £42,542,397 | -14.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £96,519,445 | £90,410,245 | £89,027,509 | -1.5% | |
| Net assets | £88,270,352 | £76,877,193 | £74,497,616 | -3.1% | |
| Equity | £88,270,352 | £76,877,193 | £74,497,616 | -3.1% | |
| Average employees | 60 | 60 | 57 | -5% | |
| Wages | £3,313,301 | £11,111,673 | £3,842,390 | -65.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £416,647 | £8,080,503 | £636,577 | -92.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,635 | £13,362 | £13,920 | +4.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £190,497 | £3,980,846 | £244,664 | -93.9% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.3% | -10.0% | -2.7% | |
| Net margin | -2.3% | -9.1% | -1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.7% | -13.9% | -4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.3% | 22.6% | 27.1% | |
| Current ratio | 8.56x | 8.84x | 6.09x | |
| Interest cover | -11.29x | -22.14x | -3.18x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Evolve Accounting and Tax Solutions Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which assumes that the Company and the Group will continue to trade for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements”
Group structure
- BORCHARD LINES LIMITED · parent
- Gracechurch Container Line Limited 100%
- Borchard Container Transport Limited 100%
- Borchard (UK) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORCHARD, David | Director | 2010-09-10 | Oct 1977 | British |
| BORCHARD, Richard Markus | Director | — | Jan 1947 | British |
| BRENDEN, Eric Alexander | Director | 2020-10-01 | Sep 1982 | British |
| BRENDEN, Lucy Caroline Hazel | Director | — | Oct 1951 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRENDEN, Lucy Caroline Hazel | Secretary | — | 2008-04-22 |
| BORCHARD, Kurt Walter Eric | Director | — | 1997-02-19 |
| BORCHARD, Ruth | Director | — | 1996-04-28 |
| MARCUS, Hans Herbert | Director | — | 1997-10-08 |
| MILLER, Anthony Russell | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2017-10-03 |
| TUBB, John Cecil | Director | — | 2002-06-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabina Duerr Gerber | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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.