PORTLAND PORT LIMITED
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Cash
£3m
-43.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£37m
+6.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
35
+2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.4m
-58.3% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,607,594 | £10,894,767 | £13,806,960 | £15,822,389 | £11,342,571 | -28.3% | |
| Operating profit | £4,956,308 | £4,957,058 | £6,244,450 | £5,971,133 | £2,587,539 | -56.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,958,841 | £4,917,891 | £5,753,739 | £5,801,926 | £2,417,155 | -58.3% | |
| Net profit | -£1,798,665 | £8,530,750 | £4,046,447 | £3,925,180 | £2,591,918 | -34% | |
| Cash | £5,455,440 | £2,729,196 | £6,799,182 | £5,291,308 | £2,977,078 | -43.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,646,423 | £37,962,557 | £49,943,808 | £51,910,579 | £48,105,472 | -7.3% | |
| Net assets | £18,967,676 | £27,125,028 | £30,798,077 | £34,349,859 | £36,568,379 | +6.5% | |
| Equity | £18,967,676 | £27,125,028 | £30,798,077 | £34,349,859 | £36,568,379 | +6.5% | |
| Average employees | 38 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 35 | +2.9% | |
| Wages | £935,805 | £1,066,658 | £1,043,866 | £1,300,324 | £1,006,189 | -22.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £158,925 | £162,234 | £178,444 | £200,605 | £143,244 | -28.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £10,890 | £10,933 | +0.4% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 46.7% | 45.5% | 45.2% | 37.7% | 22.8% | |
| Net margin | -17.0% | 78.3% | 29.3% | 24.8% | 22.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.3% | 13.1% | 12.5% | 11.5% | 5.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.2% | 40.2% | 45.8% | 41.6% | 31.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.19x | 0.76x | |
| Interest cover | — | 77.70x | 10.63x | 10.36x | 7.91x |
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
- PORTLAND PORT LIMITED 2003-06-30 → present
- PORTLAND HARBOUR LIMITED 1997-01-17 → 2003-06-30
- PARTADD LIMITED 1996-02-13 → 1997-01-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited
- 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
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVES, Alan Douglas | Secretary | 2004-07-30 | — | British |
| DEVES, Alan Douglas | Director | 2018-04-19 | Oct 1962 | British |
| LANGHAM, John Christopher | Director | 1996-03-25 | Dec 1951 | British |
| LANGHAM, Justin Morley | Director | 1996-04-01 | May 1963 | British |
| REEVES, William Thomas | Director | 2015-09-01 | Dec 1950 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWLEY, William Terence | Secretary | 1996-03-25 | 2004-07-30 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-02-13 | 1996-03-25 |
| BEST, Rupert Thomas Nicholas | Director | 1996-12-10 | 2021-02-03 |
| DAVIES, Stephen John | Director | 1996-12-10 | 2015-01-30 |
| LANGHAM, John Michael | Director | 1996-03-25 | 2017-04-26 |
| PACKER, Jonathan John Lewis | Director | 1996-12-10 | 2014-03-31 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-02-13 | 1996-03-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2026-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-11-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.