OSPREY SHIPPING LIMITED
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Cash
£7.6m
-10% vs 2025
Net assets
£28m
+53.1% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
116
+31.8% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£11m
+30.1% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-04-05 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,802,845 | £6,823,961 | £31,649,393 | £40,557,827 | £44,915,431 | +10.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,231,149 | £298,622 | £2,089,555 | £8,469,305 | £11,068,541 | +30.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,221,771 | £290,295 | £1,895,040 | £8,263,669 | £10,752,513 | +30.1% | |
| Net profit | -£1,270,456 | £358,261 | £1,538,831 | £8,104,016 | £9,597,353 | +18.4% | |
| Cash | £1,126,260 | £1,566,696 | £4,294,732 | £8,436,151 | £7,593,413 | -10% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,622,954 | £4,724,215 | £12,259,803 | £22,604,237 | £34,559,276 | +52.9% | |
| Net assets | £2,606,954 | £2,965,215 | £9,977,850 | £18,081,866 | £27,679,219 | +53.1% | |
| Equity | £2,606,954 | £2,965,215 | £9,977,850 | £18,081,866 | £27,679,219 | +53.1% | |
| Average employees | 33 | 34 | 87 | 88 | 116 | +31.8% | |
| Wages | £1,228,014 | £1,242,440 | £6,135,641 | £6,462,831 | £9,039,178 | +39.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £72,346 | £104,678 | £286,711 | £196,757 | £94,549 | -51.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £81,933 | £68,081 | £55,141 | -19% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £159,020 | £110,548 | — | — |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-04-05 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -14.0% | 4.4% | 6.6% | 20.9% | 24.6% | |
| Net margin | -14.4% | 5.3% | 4.9% | 20.0% | 21.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -46.9% | 6.3% | 17.0% | 37.5% | 32.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.8% | 57.9% | 61.5% | 54.0% | 36.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.80x | 1.07x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | — | 32.08x | 8.92x | 36.94x | 33.41x |
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
- OSPREY SHIPPING LIMITED 1996-02-28 → present
- WHITWILL, COLE & COMPANY (AGENCY) LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1996-02-28
- IDLELIME LIMITED 1979-08-01 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLAND, Kayleigh | Secretary | 2024-08-01 | — | — |
| FLETCHER, Nigel | Director | 1998-08-03 | Feb 1966 | British |
| KELLAND, Kayleigh Suzanne | Director | 2026-05-15 | Jan 1987 | British |
| MASSEY, Daniel Raymond | Director | 2026-05-15 | Jan 1988 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGER, Christine | Secretary | — | 2000-01-05 |
| DANGERFIELD, Lewis Peter | Secretary | 2014-04-01 | 2024-05-17 |
| ENGLISH, William Rodney | Secretary | 2003-07-29 | 2014-04-01 |
| FLETCHER, Gillian | Secretary | 2000-01-18 | 2003-07-29 |
| AGER, Christine | Director | — | 2000-01-05 |
| DANGERFIELD, Lewis Peter | Director | 2018-09-03 | 2024-05-17 |
| FLETCHER, Brian | Director | — | 2002-04-01 |
| FLETCHER, Justin | Director | 1996-07-26 | 2004-04-26 |
| FLETCHER, Peter | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2025-02-05 |
| KENNY, Wendy Elizabeth | Director | 2022-07-05 | 2024-05-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osprey Maritime Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.