P&O FERRIES PRIDE OF HULL LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
+94.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.5M
+811.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,123,000 | £8,000,000 | -1.5% | |
| Operating profit | £455,000 | £1,477,000 | +224.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £162,000 | £1,477,000 | +811.7% | |
| Net profit | £154,000 | £1,468,000 | +853.2% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,557,000 | £3,025,000 | +94.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,557,000 | £3,025,000 | +94.3% | |
| Equity | £1,557,000 | £3,025,000 | +94.3% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 18.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 18.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.2% | 48.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.9% | 87.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.44x | 0.69x | |
| Interest cover | 1.55x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- P&O FERRIES PRIDE OF HULL LIMITED 2014-11-25 → present
- SOLENT MARINE SERVICES LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 2014-11-25
- OAKLINE FERRIES LIMITED 1958-08-01 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Just Audit & Assurance Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Company forms part of the P&O Ferries Division Holdings Group...DP World Limited has indicated that it will make available necessary funding over the period of assessment of going concern.”
Significant events
- “Following several years of disruption, with the Covid 19 pandemic and other challenges, 2024 was another year of transformation and recovery for the Intermediate Parent Company Group. Losses have stabilised in and since 31 December 2024 and up to the date of approval of these accounts the Intermediate Parent Company Group has taken further actions to improve and strengthen its financial position.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KACHELO, Anoushka Rafia | Secretary | 2024-12-31 | — | — |
| MOOS, Kasper | Director | 2025-10-20 | Mar 1976 | Danish |
| PATEL, Tushar | Director | 2025-08-28 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNNINGHAM, Charles Howard | Secretary | 1998-03-05 | 2002-04-03 |
| DUGARD, Ellice | Secretary | 2019-10-14 | 2020-11-01 |
| KITCHIN, Susan Frances | Secretary | 2004-11-11 | 2019-10-11 |
| LANGFORD, John Graham | Secretary | 2003-06-27 | 2004-01-11 |
| LANGFORD, John Graham | Secretary | — | 1998-03-05 |
| LOADER, Nicholas Paul | Secretary | 2002-04-03 | 2003-06-27 |
| MITCHELL, Amelia | Secretary | 2020-11-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| SCOTT, Sandra | Secretary | 2004-01-11 | 2004-11-11 |
| BAILEY, Christopher Bryan | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2022-03-31 |
| BELL, Janette Susan | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-08-10 |
| DAVENPORT, James Alan, Captain | Director | — | 2000-03-30 |
| DEEBLE, Helen | Director | 2003-06-27 | 2017-12-31 |
| EDSALL, Simon James | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2002-10-31 |
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Peter Douglas Gerald | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| HOWARTH, Karl | Director | 2007-02-26 | 2022-03-31 |
| LOADER, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2002-04-03 | 2003-06-27 |
| MARSH, Anthony David | Director | 2003-06-27 | 2005-06-30 |
| MARTIN, Richard Leslie | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| NARAYAN, Prasad | Director | 2022-08-03 | 2025-04-10 |
| PETERS, Russell Dennis | Director | 2003-06-27 | 2006-04-30 |
| PETERS, Russell Dennis | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1998-03-09 |
| RATCLIFFE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2006-04-30 | 2007-02-26 |
| STEER, John | Director | 2025-04-10 | 2025-10-20 |
| STEPHENSON, Leslie | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| STRETCH, David | Director | 2020-08-10 | 2021-11-23 |
| WARD, Edward Frank, Captain | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2003-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | RP04AP03 | officers | Second filing of secretary appointment with name | |
| 2025-01-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.