HARBOUR INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT LIMITED
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Cash
£334k
+77.7% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£955k
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
33
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£34k
-73.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £6,979,088 | £7,699,693 | +10.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £169,055 | £50,013 | -70.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £131,339 | £34,381 | -73.8% | |
| Net profit | £52,750 | £40,805 | £97,734 | £3,570 | -96.3% | |
| Cash | £168,676 | £99,012 | £187,767 | £333,693 | +77.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £813,055 | £853,860 | £951,594 | £955,164 | +0.4% | |
| Net assets | £813,055 | £853,860 | £951,594 | £955,164 | +0.4% | |
| Equity | £813,055 | £853,860 | £951,594 | £955,164 | +0.4% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £94,616 | £91,811 | £102,572 | £99,754 | -2.7% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 2.4% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 1.4% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 17.8% | 5.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.6% | 59.8% | 51.2% | 59.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.31x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 4.48x | 3.20x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- HARBOUR INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT LIMITED 1994-11-15 → present
- C. & F. INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1994-05-18 → 1994-11-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 Section 1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTON, Garrett | Secretary | 2022-10-19 | — | — |
| LYONS, John | Director | 2022-11-05 | Nov 1958 | Irish |
| MURPHY, Garrett | Director | 2012-10-01 | Sep 1968 | Irish |
| SWINBURN, Steven | Director | 2022-04-19 | Nov 1977 | British |
| THORNTON, Garrett | Director | 2012-10-01 | Jul 1956 | Irish |
| WEBSTER, Derek | Director | 2022-04-19 | Sep 1966 | Irish |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FFRENCH, Patrick Joseph | Secretary | 1994-05-18 | 2012-10-01 |
| THORNTON, Garrett | Secretary | 2012-10-01 | 2022-10-19 |
| CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-05-18 | 1994-05-18 |
| CROMWELL, Anthony | Director | 1994-05-18 | 1994-06-30 |
| FFRENCH, Colm Lennox | Director | 1994-06-30 | 2012-10-01 |
| FFRENCH, Colm | Director | 1994-05-18 | 1994-06-30 |
| FFRENCH, Patrick Joseph | Director | 1994-05-18 | 2012-10-01 |
| CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-05-18 | 1994-05-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Paul Mccluskey | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 25–50% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-10-12 | Active |
| Mr Garrett Murphy | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 25–50% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-10-12 | Active |
| Thornmel Freight Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-01 | Ceased 2026-05-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-10-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-10-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.