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H. CLARKSON & COMPANY LIMITED

#00152738 · Active · Incorporated 1919-01-23 (107y 9m) · Last filing 2026-10-05 (this month)
Industrials · SIC 52290 · H Transportation & Storage · Full accounts
Accounts due 2026-09-30 Overdue · Confirmation due 2027-06-26 (in 9 months) · 1 watchout

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Cash

£177m

+49.1% vs 2023

Net assets

£63m

+24.6% vs 2023

Employees

401

+7.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£26m

+46.9% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £167,600,000£166,100,000 -0.9%
Operating profit £13,900,000£19,400,000 +39.6%
Profit before tax £17,500,000£25,700,000 +46.9%
Net profit £13,100,000£15,300,000 +16.8%
Cash £118,500,000£176,700,000 +49.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £50,800,000£63,300,000 +24.6%
Net assets £50,800,000£63,300,000 +24.6%
Equity £50,800,000£63,300,000 +24.6%
Average employees 374401 +7.2%
Wages £107,600,000£104,100,000 -3.3%
Directors' remuneration £28,700,000£23,400,000 -18.5%
Directors' pension contributions £200,000£200,000 0%
Highest paid director £3,400,000£3,400,000 0%

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 8.3%11.7%
Net margin 7.8%9.2%
Return on capital employed 27.4%30.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 83.4%83.4%
Current ratio 1.20x1.20x
Interest cover 6.95x8.08x

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

  1. H. CLARKSON & COMPANY LIMITED 1997-06-12 → present
  2. H CLARKSON AND COMPANY LIMITED 1919-01-23 → 1997-06-12

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and have reasonable expectation that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future being at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and meet its obligations as they fall due.”

Group structure

  1. H. CLARKSON & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
    1. LevelSeas Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
    2. Clarkson Holdings Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
    3. Clarkson Dry Cargo Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
    4. Clarkson Tankers Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
    5. Clarkson Sale and Purchase Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
    6. Clarkson Shipbrokers Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
    7. Shipvalue.net Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

26 active · 146 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
FLETCHER, Rachel Elizabeth Secretary 2025-10-01 — —
BECKER, Thomas William Director 2006-10-26 Feb 1975 British
BRYNTESON, Julian David Director 2006-11-29 Nov 1967 British
CAHILL, Michael John Christopher Director 2001-05-30 Feb 1962 British
CASE, Andrew Leigh Director 2006-11-29 Oct 1966 British
CHATTRABHUTI, Simon Director 2011-11-22 Aug 1975 British
CONWAY, Liam Richard Director 2025-04-17 Apr 1978 British
FURZE, Andrew Director 2004-02-11 Aug 1968 British
GOODRICH, Steven Director 2014-09-16 Jul 1970 British
HARTLESS, Robert Anthony Director 2010-05-04 May 1974 British
JONES, Simon Boycott Director 2013-09-17 Jan 1973 British
LANE, Alasdair Giles Rickwood Director 2001-07-25 Apr 1963 British
LEPPER, Darren Paul Director 2011-08-02 Dec 1966 British
LINDSEY, Mark Director 2006-10-25 Jun 1967 British
MCKINLAY, Robert Director 2016-07-12 Jul 1985 British
MCNALLY, James William Director 2013-12-03 Nov 1980 British
MIKHNO, Dmytro Director 2006-03-01 May 1966 British
MURRAY, Colin Bertram Director 2001-01-31 Aug 1966 British
NAIR, Sidharth Director 2013-12-03 Apr 1983 British
NEALE, Matthew Charles Edward Director 2001-01-31 Nov 1972 British
PREECE, Guy James Director 2002-02-06 Aug 1967 British
ROGERS, James Edward John Director 2002-07-31 Mar 1958 British
SEWELL, Gareth Director 2013-03-19 Jan 1979 British
WEBBER, Jonathan Paul Director 2008-05-08 Oct 1971 British
WILSHER, Henry Edward Nicholas Director 2014-09-16 Dec 1977 British
YANG, Yi Director 2007-01-31 Oct 1977 Chinese
Show 146 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ABREHART, Deborah Secretary 2020-12-01 2025-09-30
BUCKSEY, Nicholas Richard Secretary 2013-03-31 2013-12-02
CAHILL, Michael John Christopher Secretary 2017-12-21 2018-04-09
DEASEY, Stephen Gregory Secretary 2005-06-01 2013-03-31
FAIRLEY, Martin Charles Secretary — 1998-05-31
GILBERT, David Hugh Secretary 1998-06-01 2003-05-31
MCEVOY, Terence Secretary 2003-06-01 2005-03-31
SPENCER, Rachel Secretary 2018-04-09 2020-11-30
WARD, Robert Dennis Secretary 2005-03-31 2005-06-01
WATSON, Penny Secretary 2013-12-02 2017-12-21
ALLEN, Sean Brendan Director 2016-07-12 2018-04-05
ANDERSSON, Pia Ingela Marianne Director 1997-01-29 2004-06-10
AUCKLAND, Jonathan Richard Director 2013-06-11 2022-11-07
BADOWSKI, Samuel James Director 2006-02-08 2007-10-11
BAGGER, Jan Director 2006-10-25 2016-07-15
BAGGIO, Thomas Gaetano Director 2005-05-04 2018-06-30
BAINBRIDGE, Keith Wilson Director 2007-05-01 2009-08-21
BALL, Michael George Director 1993-12-21 2002-05-14
BALLA, Esam Abdel Latif Ahned Director 2006-10-25 2009-10-05
BARRACLOUGH, Timothy Martin Director 2014-12-02 2022-08-23
BECKWITH, John Barnaby Director 2012-09-11 2018-08-31
BIRLEY, Michael Anthony Langton Director 1995-11-29 2001-01-31
BLAND, Ian Mckean Director 2006-02-08 2006-04-30
BRINKHORST, Hans Director 2008-05-08 2021-11-29
BROAD, Peter Ian Director 2013-12-03 2022-04-30
BROKE SMITH, Toby William Director 1996-01-31 2006-02-28
BROUGH, David Anthony Wyn Director — 2006-05-22
BUCKLEY, Warwick Dudley Granville Director — 1993-12-21
BYRNE, John Patrick Director 2006-10-25 2010-05-31
CAMERON, Michael John Paul Director 1994-09-28 2013-09-19
CAMPBELL, Guy Mcgregor Director 2007-06-06 2013-05-22
CATER, Paul Richard Director 2003-02-05 2009-03-13
CHERRETT, David Kenneth Director 2002-02-06 2003-01-31
CLARK, Robert John Director — 1993-03-31
COLEMAN, Richard Henry Director 1992-12-16 2017-02-20
COLLINS, David Nicholas Earl Director 2000-01-26 2017-03-31
COLLINS, Nicholas Peter Director — 2014-12-16
COULTER, Richard Sean Middleton Director 2006-02-08 2022-08-10
CRIDLAND, Colin Director 2008-08-04 2017-02-02
CURRY, Patrick John Director 2002-02-06 2020-03-31
DANCY, David Royston Director 2015-06-23 2018-02-16
DENTICE, Massimo Francesco Director 2006-10-29 2025-04-30
DOLL, Frederic Robert Director 1998-07-29 1999-10-31
DUMA, Mustafa Andre Director 2000-01-26 2013-10-10
ELPHICK, Robert Neil Director 1994-09-28 2007-01-12
EMMOTT, Stephen Duncan Director 1994-09-28 2022-11-29
FAIRLEY, Martin Charles Director — 1998-05-31
FINN, Andrew John Director 2008-05-08 2013-05-17
FUBINI, Robert Harry Claude Director — 1994-06-30
FULFORD SMITH, Richard John Director 1992-10-28 2008-06-09
GALE, Richard Blamey Director 2004-02-11 2006-04-10
GALLOWAY, Amanda Director 2016-07-12 2018-03-29
GEDDES, Alexander Mackenzie Director 2006-08-09 2010-06-03
GILL, Neil Duncan Greatorex Director 2007-08-01 2025-11-20
GOODALL, Betina Frolund Director 2006-10-25 2022-07-20
GOODALL, Mark William Director 2006-10-25 2022-08-31
GRAY, Alexander James Director 1996-01-31 2023-05-23
GREEN, Jamie Francis Director 2013-09-17 2025-04-09
GREEN, Jonathan David Director 2011-05-24 2025-04-09
GRIMWADE, Michael Giles Director 1999-01-27 2017-08-31
GROVES, Nigel Ranulph Director 2002-09-04 2006-02-22
HARDCASTLE, David Charles Director 2000-09-27 2004-02-27
HARDING, Philip Director 2013-12-03 2025-04-01
HARNESS, Graeme Michael Director 2007-08-01 2014-03-17
HARRIS, Alan Ronald Director — 1995-04-05
HATFIELD, Alun Director 2013-12-03 2016-08-15
HAYNS, Ronald William Director — 1999-03-31
HEMMINGA, Remco Director 2015-06-23 2022-11-11
HORNE, David Peter Director — 2008-09-29
HORNSETH, Geir Sevald Director 2004-02-11 2010-11-15
HUXLEY, Timothy Scott Director — 2006-05-31
INSOLE, David Paul Director 1998-01-28 2019-07-12
JARVIS, Nicholas Anthony Director 2000-09-27 2004-04-27
KAY, Simon Director 2013-12-03 2025-04-09
KELLIHER, Joseph Thomas Director — 1993-09-30
KEYHAN-RAD, Shayan Director 2010-05-04 2014-03-17
KNIGHT, Robert Charles Director 1997-05-28 2023-12-31
LANE, Stephen Alfred Director 1998-01-28 2013-06-05
LEE, Jonathan Iain Hugh Director 1994-09-28 2000-01-31
LOW, Dominic Director 2010-11-30 2023-04-21
MACDONALD, Gavin Richard Director 2006-02-08 2013-01-25
MACKEAN, Rory Gilchrist Graham Director — 2006-04-18
MALTBY, Simon Andrew Director 1995-09-27 1997-12-30
MARGARONIS, George Isidore Director 2006-10-25 2014-01-30
MARSHALL, Jonathan Michael Director 2007-01-03 2009-11-23
MCCOY, Hugh O Neill Director — 1998-02-09
MICHALANNEY, Graham Thomas Director 1995-09-27 2003-04-08
MICHIE, Kenneth Director 2003-07-30 2016-05-27
MIDDLETON, Piers Geoffrey John Director 2007-05-01 2020-09-11
MILNER, John Director 2010-05-04 2020-12-28
MITCHELL, Mark Peter Director 1997-01-29 2012-12-08
MOUNTEVANS, Lord, Hon Director — 2017-01-20
MURRAY, Graeme Weston Elliot Director 1994-09-28 2015-04-27
NAIR, Ramachandran Madhavan Director 1996-01-31 2015-06-30
NEWTON, Douglas John Director 2010-11-23 2019-10-12
NICOL, Peter Terence Director — 1998-09-30
O NEILL, Patrick Stephen Director — 2001-03-31
O'SULLIVAN, Simon John Director 1996-01-31 1999-01-31
OAKLEY, David Christopher Director 2006-10-25 2011-06-03
OSGOOD, Paul Director 2004-02-11 2018-01-20
OVESEN, Kim-Eirik Director 2011-05-24 2025-02-07
PEILE, Charles Henry Whitaker Director 1999-01-27 2003-09-01
PERSENDA, Alexandre Jacques, Thomas Director 2010-05-04 2022-08-03
POTTS, Daniel Michael Director 2016-03-01 2025-04-17
POYNTZ, Robert Guy Jeremy Director — 2017-09-29
RAYNER, Merrick James Forbes Director — 2003-01-31
RICE, Nigel Kenric Director — 1995-12-19
RICHOU, Pierre Paul Director 2008-07-14 2009-09-30
ROBERTS, Mark Director 2013-12-03 2019-10-15
ROSS, Mark Alistair Director — 2020-08-11
ROWE, Martin Philip Director 2006-10-25 2022-11-29
ROWLEY, Terence Frank Director — 1999-02-04
SAXBY, David John Director 2006-02-08 2022-04-30
SMEATON, Paul Gary Director 1997-01-29 2004-04-27
SPOONER, Andrew John Director 2007-01-31 2017-09-30
STEPHENS, William Director 2005-05-04 2019-05-13
STOPFORD, Robert Martin Director 1998-08-26 2012-05-31
STOPFORD, Robert Martin Director — 1997-05-08
SUCKLING, David John Director 1996-01-31 2005-10-13
SURI, Gulbir Director 2007-05-01 2011-07-29
TAYLOR, Keith John Director — 2016-08-01
TAYLOR, Simon Andrew Director 2003-10-29 2006-03-15
TAYLOR, Stephen William Director 1992-12-16 2000-05-03
TSANGARIDES, Neofitos Director 2010-05-04 2021-04-28
TUBB, Roger Nicholas Director 1997-05-28 2018-05-31
TUCKER, David Neil Director 1995-09-27 2009-12-31
TYLER, Cliff Director 2001-05-30 2013-05-17
VAN DEN ABEELE, Philippe Jean Jacques Director 1997-09-24 2006-09-27
VAN NIEKERK, Henriette Christa Director 2010-05-04 2023-03-15
VERDULT, Cornelis Gerardus Petrus Director 2011-05-24 2019-08-09
WAALER, Claus Director — 2000-03-31
WALTHO, Geoffrey Leonard Director — 1995-09-30
WANG, Cheng Yu Director 2001-05-30 2025-04-09
WARD, Robert Dennis Director — 2006-12-29
WEEKS, Timothy David Director 2004-02-11 2007-07-17
WESTON, Gary Douglas Director — 2004-04-30
WHITE, Nicholas William Director 1993-12-21 2001-08-31
WHITE, Richard Henry Director 2007-08-01 2022-05-23
WHITTET, Richard Brian Director 2006-01-04 2018-09-20
WILLIAMS, David Ellis Director 1997-05-28 1998-03-31
WILLIAMS, Edward Alexander Foster Director — 2013-09-19
WILLIAMS, Nicola Christina Director 2010-05-04 2023-09-20
WOLAGE, John Robert Nelson Director — 1993-02-25
WOOD, Nicholas Charles Director 2002-02-06 2009-04-28
WOYDA, Jeffrey David Director 2006-11-01 2026-09-03
ZOIS, Sotirios Director 2013-03-19 2025-04-09

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Clarkson Shipbroking Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 648 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-11-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-11-25 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2025-11-25 CC04 Statement of companys objects
Date Type Category Description
2025-12-16 ANNOTATION miscellaneous Legacy
2025-12-10 ANNOTATION miscellaneous Legacy
2025-12-02 ANNOTATION miscellaneous Legacy
2025-11-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-26 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-11-25 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-11-25 CC04 change-of-constitution Statement of companys objects
2025-10-02 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-10-02 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-29 ANNOTATION miscellaneous Legacy
2025-08-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-25 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-04-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-23 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-04-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-04-10 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-04-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-04-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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