X-PRESS CONTAINER LINE (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£6.7m
USD 8,989,695
+100.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12m
USD 16,628,170
-54.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
113
+9.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£30m
USD 39,945,054
-25.7% lowest 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 | £240,119,697 | £196,805,119 | £229,191,452 | +16.5% | |
| Operating profit | £50,616,354 | £28,130,563 | £16,723,830 | -40.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £67,578,283 | £39,921,578 | £29,643,825 | -25.7% | |
| Net profit | £67,532,695 | £39,878,929 | £29,546,382 | -25.9% | |
| Cash | £3,582,229 | £3,328,429 | £6,671,388 | +100.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £57,781,083 | £27,568,227 | £23,851,825 | -13.5% | |
| Net assets | £49,434,613 | £27,020,917 | £12,340,015 | -54.3% | |
| Equity | £49,434,613 | £27,020,917 | £12,340,015 | -54.3% | |
| Average employees | 77 | 103 | 113 | +9.7% | |
| Wages | £10,005,175 | £11,984,471 | £14,678,134 | +22.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £355,403 | £80,891 | £80,389 | -0.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £11,228 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £298,166 | £80,891 | £80,389 | -0.6% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 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 | 21.1% | 14.3% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | 28.1% | 20.3% | 12.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 87.6% | 102.0% | 70.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.9% | 73.5% | 86.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 1.03x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | 15.33x | 19.71x | 9.51x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the budgets and forecasts for the foreseeable future and have reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- X-PRESS CONTAINER LINE (UK) LIMITED · parent
- X-Press Feeders Agency GMBH 100%
- Feroday Associates Limited 100%
- X-Press Shipping Agency Panama S.A 100%
- El Santo Reserve S.L. 100%
- X-Press Container Line (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 100%
- X-Press Feeders Americas S.A. 100%
- HICO Ventures Limited 80%
- BXCL (Bangladesh) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-06-30 | — | — |
| HARTNOLL, Timothy Amyas | Director | 2000-05-01 | May 1955 | British |
| HOWITT, Tristan John Rance | Director | 2012-09-14 | Mar 1961 | British |
| SEQUEIRA, George Nelson | Director | 2025-02-01 | Apr 1964 | Indian |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | — | 1995-06-30 |
| ALFREDS, Samuel Nalenthran | Director | 1997-03-20 | 1997-04-30 |
| BRAKE, Brian | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| BROUGH, Simon Timothy | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2004-04-01 |
| DAVIES, Derek Roy | Director | 1996-06-14 | 2002-04-01 |
| ESPOSITO DI MARCANTONIO, Vincenzo | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2007-09-30 |
| HARTNOLL, Alexander Peter Amyas | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2014-05-01 |
| HARTNOLL, Christopher Amyas | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2012-06-01 |
| HARTNOLL, Christopher Amyas | Director | — | 1999-01-01 |
| HARTNOLL, Gethin | Director | 1995-06-30 | 1999-01-01 |
| HARTNOLL, Timothy Amyas | Director | — | 2000-04-03 |
| HOPWOOD ALLEN, Mark Christian | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2013-09-01 |
| HUTSON, Peter Eyre | Director | — | 1997-01-24 |
| LUCAS, James Edward | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2019-10-01 |
| MURPHY, Paul Andrew | Director | 2013-08-23 | 2019-08-01 |
| PARKINSON, Angus Richard | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2025-02-01 |
| ST JOHNSTON, Kerry, Sir | Director | 1993-11-25 | 1998-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Amyas Hartnoll | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Nicholas Peter James Falla | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-28 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.