BEN NEVIS SHIPPING (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
USD 2,100,000
-4.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£354k
USD 476,000
-38% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
23
-14.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£531k
USD 715,000
-41.2% lowest in 3 filed years
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
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 | £11,122,259 | £11,152,731 | £11,095,504 | -0.5% | |
| Operating profit | £525,455 | £815,310 | £474,916 | -41.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £592,345 | £903,010 | £531,401 | -41.2% | |
| Net profit | £587,142 | £897,808 | £526,198 | -41.4% | |
| Cash | £1,497,585 | £1,641,026 | £1,560,758 | -4.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £570,792 | £353,772 | -38% | |
| Net assets | £787,811 | £570,792 | £353,772 | -38% | |
| Equity | £787,811 | £570,792 | £353,772 | -38% | |
| Average employees | 27 | 27 | 23 | -14.8% | |
| Wages | £911,185 | £962,467 | £910,442 | -5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.743 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 | 4.7% | 7.3% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 8.1% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 142.8% | 134.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.6% | 70.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 1.34x | 1.21x |
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
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors... believe the Company is well placed to manage its risks and have assessed that there is a reasonable expectation that adequate financial resources will continue to be available for the foreseeable future. Based on the above, the Directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “There has been no change in the business of the company in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMER, James Nadim | Secretary | 2014-11-03 | — | — |
| KAMEDA, Hidemi | Director | 2022-05-18 | May 1963 | Japanese |
| OFER, Daniel | Director | 2011-03-31 | Aug 1980 | British |
| SATO, Kyosuke | Director | 2023-04-01 | May 1976 | Japanese |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLEIN, Chaim | Secretary | 2007-10-09 | 2014-11-03 |
| AKAMATSU, Takeo | Director | 2007-10-09 | 2011-11-21 |
| HIGAKI, Yukito | Director | 2007-10-09 | 2022-05-18 |
| KAWASAKI, Shogo | Director | 2011-11-21 | 2016-10-11 |
| LION, Amnon | Director | 2007-10-09 | 2011-03-31 |
| OFER, David Mark | Director | 2013-11-30 | 2022-07-01 |
| OZEKI, Hirohiko | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2022-05-18 |
| TSUNODA, Yoshihiro | Director | 2022-05-18 | 2023-04-01 |
| ZINGHER, Rami, Captain | Director | 2007-10-09 | 2013-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Markus Heeb | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2025-10-20 | Active |
| Mr Marshall Eisenberg | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-10-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.