MAERSK LINE UK LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
USD 5,352,000
+513% 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 | £7,937,566 | £6,827,369 | £8,194,340 | +20% | |
| Operating profit | -£18,963,917 | -£5,453,661 | £2,092,379 | +138.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£13,537,206 | -£970,205 | £4,006,588 | +513% | |
| Net profit | -£14,420,572 | -£1,584,818 | £2,013,026 | +227% | |
| Cash | £47,838,000 | £43,870,340 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £114,763,438 | £119,216,200 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £91,691,121 | £107,840,246 | — | — | |
| Equity | £91,691,121 | £107,840,246 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 921 | 804 | — | — | |
| Wages | £941,009 | £377,302 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £268,753 | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.749 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | — | -79.9% | 25.5% | |
| Net margin | -181.7% | -23.2% | 24.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -16.5% | -4.6% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.6% | 31.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 1.94x | — | |
| Interest cover | -47.35x | -18.73x | 3.34x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MAERSK LINE UK LIMITED 2006-04-10 → present
- P&O NEDLLOYD LIMITED 1997-01-01 → 2006-04-10
- P&O CONTAINERS LIMITED 1987-01-01 → 1997-01-01
- OVERSEAS CONTAINERS LIMITED 1965-08-27 → 1987-01-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Internal technology services provided by the Company are expected to be profit making and to continue for the foreseeable future to support the A.P.Møller-Mærsk group digital strategy. The Directors, having assessed the Company's financial position and financial forecasts, have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- MAERSK LINE UK LIMITED · parent
- Maersk Holdings Limited 100%
- Maersk Offshore (Bermuda) Limited 100%
- The Maersk Company Limited 100%
- Maersk Healthcare Trustee Limited 100%
- Maersk RBS Pension Trustee Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to 31 December 2025, the Group agreed to proceed with a buy-out of the MRBS defined benefit pension scheme with an external insurer. The buy-out and related member benefit enhancements are expected to be completed during 2026. As this transaction was not agreed at the reporting date, it has been treated as a non-adjusting post-balance-sheet event and no adjustment has been made to the financial statements as at 31 December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 62 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DESHMUKH, Nishat Neelay | Director | 2024-01-01 | Dec 1984 | Indian |
| LLOYD, Nicholas John | Director | 2021-07-24 | Nov 1967 | British |
| MUNCH, Casper | Director | 2014-01-01 | May 1974 | Danish |
Show 62 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEESEMAN, Guy Robert | Secretary | — | 2005-04-18 |
| CRAWFORD, Danielle | Secretary | 2018-11-07 | 2022-08-31 |
| KILBY, John, Mr. | Secretary | 2006-03-15 | 2018-11-07 |
| MAGRI, Anna | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | 2023-09-07 |
| ZIMMER, Kaarina Ann | Secretary | 2005-04-18 | 2006-03-15 |
| ANDERSEN, Petyer Ronnest | Director | 2010-11-23 | 2012-06-18 |
| ARNOTT, Norman George | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| BAKER, John William, Sir | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| BIJVOETS, Victor Laurentius | Director | 1997-01-28 | 1998-08-12 |
| BOARDLEY, Thomas Stephen | Director | 1996-07-09 | 1997-01-31 |
| BOTT, Alan John | Director | — | 1996-03-29 |
| BURRIDGE, James George Thomas | Director | 2009-04-23 | 2010-04-01 |
| CHRISTENSEN, Sune Norup | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2013-03-29 |
| CORNICK, Terence Eric | Director | 2010-11-23 | 2014-05-07 |
| DENCHFIELD, Michael David | Director | — | 1997-01-30 |
| FOLDAGER, Bjarne | Director | 2006-09-04 | 2007-10-25 |
| GODSAFE, Brian | Director | 2018-11-07 | 2020-02-29 |
| GREEN, Philip Nevill | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-08-11 |
| HARRIS, David Jeffrey | Director | 2013-03-29 | 2024-01-01 |
| HARRIS, Timothy Charles | Director | — | 2000-05-09 |
| HAYCOCK, Jeremy Mark Thune | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| HEDGES, Desmond Paul | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2014-03-30 |
| HEMERT, Michiel Van | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2010-12-01 |
| JOLLIE, Peter Edward John | Director | — | 1996-10-01 |
| KILBY, John, Mr. | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2019-05-15 |
| KJAEDEGAARD, Jesper | Director | 2005-09-15 | 2010-04-01 |
| KLEDAL, Christian | Director | 2009-06-15 | 2010-11-23 |
| LARSEN, Steen Erik | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2021-05-31 |
| LEHMANN-TAYLOR, Nigel Edmund | Director | 2014-03-30 | 2018-11-07 |
| MALONE, Mark, Captain | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2011-07-15 |
| MALONE, Mark | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2008-11-01 |
| MASON, Anthony John | Director | — | 1997-01-24 |
| MEIJER, Hendrik Hadewyn | Director | 1997-01-28 | 2003-12-31 |
| MILLER, Clifford Leroy | Director | — | 1997-01-27 |
| MOLGAARD, Tommy Bro | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2010-11-23 |
| MOLLER, Vagn Lehd | Director | 2005-09-15 | 2006-08-14 |
| MONEY, Timothy John | Director | 2004-11-15 | 2006-12-08 |
| MULLEN, Andrew Ian | Director | 1992-12-02 | 1996-12-31 |
| NEWTON, John Thompson | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| NIELSEN, Leif Kristian | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2007-10-25 |
| O'BRIEN, Bernadette Mary | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2009-04-23 |
| PATON, James Hendry | Director | — | 1996-07-03 |
| PUSEY, Nigel Simon | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| PUSEY, Nigel Simon | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2006-06-01 |
| RANKIN, Christopher John | Director | — | 1997-01-30 |
| RICE, Charles James | Director | 1996-07-09 | 1996-12-31 |
| ROBBIE, David Andrew | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2005-08-11 |
| SALVERDA, Arnold Ate | Director | 2004-11-15 | 2006-08-01 |
| SEYMOUR, Michael John Spencer | Director | — | 1997-01-24 |
| SKOU, Soren | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2008-11-01 |
| SLOTH, Henrik | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2008-11-01 |
| SORENSEN, Soren Thorup | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2009-05-31 |
| STAUSHOLM, Jakob | Director | 2012-07-04 | 2014-01-01 |
| STEELE, John Roderic | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| TIMMERMANN, Karlheinz Wilhelm | Director | — | 1996-09-19 |
| VAN SLOBBE, Rutger Paul Marie | Director | 1997-01-28 | 2005-12-23 |
| WALKER, Peter Arthur | Director | 1996-03-07 | 2002-07-01 |
| WARD, Marion Olivia | Director | 1996-07-09 | 1997-01-27 |
| WIGMORE, William Andrew Peter | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2021-07-23 |
| WILLIAMS, Barry Martin Victor | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2004-05-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Barry Martin Victor | Director | — | 1997-01-23 |
| WOODS, Robert Barclay | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P Møller-Mærsk A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 568 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-27 | 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
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last 24 months
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