HUTCHISON LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
-48.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.1m
-43% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
8
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£513k
+5.8% highest 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 | £5,122,000 | £7,152,000 | £7,764,000 | +8.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | £486,000 | £514,000 | +5.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £286,000 | £485,000 | £513,000 | +5.8% | |
| Net profit | £219,000 | £364,000 | £385,000 | +5.8% | |
| Cash | £1,823,000 | £2,786,000 | £1,425,000 | -48.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,669,000 | £2,011,000 | £1,146,000 | -43% | |
| Net assets | £1,647,000 | £2,011,000 | £1,146,000 | -43% | |
| Equity | £1,647,000 | £2,011,000 | £1,146,000 | -43% | |
| Average employees | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0% | |
| Wages | £614,000 | £573,000 | £592,000 | +3.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 6.8% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 5.1% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 24.2% | 44.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.6% | 47.6% | 49.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.80x | 2.10x | 2.01x |
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
- HUTCHISON LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED 2013-10-23 → present
- FELIXSTOWE TANK DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 1961-06-21 → 2013-10-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have considered all relevant factors within the going concern period including whether there could be a change in control.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULLETT, Simon Richard | Secretary | 2010-03-01 | — | — |
| CHENG, Clemence Chun Fun | Director | 1999-06-01 | Dec 1958 | British |
| IP, Sing Chi | Director | 2014-01-01 | Aug 1953 | Chinese |
| MULLETT, Simon Richard | Director | 2026-09-15 | Jul 1964 | British |
| SHIH, Edith | Director | 1997-10-31 | Jan 1952 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHATFIELD, Melanie Jane | Secretary | 2001-10-04 | 2008-08-11 |
| CHEUNG, Man Ki | Secretary | 2008-08-12 | 2010-02-28 |
| LEESE, Andrew Stephen | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2001-10-04 |
| PARKER, Michael John | Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 1998-10-01 |
| SMART, Elaine Anne Joyce | Secretary | 1994-02-04 | 1998-06-30 |
| N F C SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 1994-02-04 |
| BARR, Douglas Neil | Director | 1997-01-08 | 2001-06-30 |
| BENNETT, Peter James | Director | 1994-02-04 | 1996-09-17 |
| DAVIS, John Michael | Director | 1994-02-04 | 1995-06-08 |
| DE PENCIER, Theodore Henry John | Director | — | 1994-02-04 |
| GLEDHILL, David Lloyd | Director | 2009-07-13 | 2013-06-24 |
| HARRINGTON, Derek James | Director | — | 1999-06-01 |
| HOPKINS, Richard John | Director | — | 1995-11-02 |
| HUGHES, Mark Foster | Director | — | 1994-02-04 |
| HURST, Jeffrey Edward | Director | 1995-11-02 | 2006-06-30 |
| KERSHAW, John Philip | Director | — | 1994-02-04 |
| LEWIS, Francis Christopher | Director | 2004-08-31 | 2009-07-13 |
| MCGEE, Neil Douglas | Director | 1995-05-01 | 1997-10-31 |
| MORTON, Peter | Director | 2002-03-11 | 2004-08-31 |
| PEARSON, Richard Clive | Director | 1996-09-17 | 2007-06-30 |
| TSIEN, James Steed | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2014-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchison Ports (Uk) Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-03-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.