P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES (PORTSMOUTH) LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£118M
-0.9% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£246K
+79% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As the directors do not intend to acquire a replacement trade, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. There are no external creditors as all liabilities relate to intercompany transactions and the pension obligations. The entity is non-trading but not dormant due to the intercompany transactions and pension obligation. No adjustments have been made in respect of this in these financial statements.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£565,000 | -£176,000 | +68.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,172,000 | -£246,000 | +79% | |
| Net profit | -£1,172,000 | -£246,000 | +79% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | |
| Equity | -£116,871,000 | -£117,898,000 | -0.9% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest cover | -0.93x | -2.51x |
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
- P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES (PORTSMOUTH) LIMITED 1987-10-22 → present
- THORESEN CAR FERRIES LIMITED 1964-04-20 → 1987-10-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Just Audit & Assurance Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As the directors do not intend to acquire a replacement trade, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. There are no external creditors as all liabilities relate to intercompany transactions and the pension obligations. The entity is non-trading but not dormant due to the intercompany transactions and pension obligation. No adjustments have been made in respect of this in these financial statements.”
Group structure
- P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES (PORTSMOUTH) LIMITED · parent
- P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA 100%
Significant events
- “The Company ceased to operate its back-to-back charter of a vessel to a third party in 2013.”
- “The Company's defined benefit pension obligation increased to £2.3m (2023: £1.8m) in the year due to pension charges recognised and a change in this Company's overall share of P&O Ferries Division Holdings Limited Group pension obligations.”
- “The company agreed an updated payment plan in respect of the outstanding deficit recovery contributions, phasing these more evenly from 2024 through to 2030.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KACHELO, Anoushka Rafia | Secretary | 2024-12-31 | — | — |
| MOOS, Kasper | Director | 2025-10-20 | Mar 1976 | Danish |
| PATEL, Tushar | Director | 2025-08-28 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNNINGHAM, Charles Howard | Secretary | 1998-03-05 | 2002-04-03 |
| DUGARD, Ellice | Secretary | 2019-10-14 | 2020-11-01 |
| KITCHIN, Susan Frances | Secretary | 2004-11-11 | 2019-10-11 |
| LANGFORD, John Graham | Secretary | 2003-06-27 | 2004-01-11 |
| LANGFORD, John Graham | Secretary | — | 1998-03-05 |
| LOADER, Nicholas Paul | Secretary | 2002-04-03 | 2003-06-27 |
| MITCHELL, Amelia | Secretary | 2020-11-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| SCOTT, Sandra | Secretary | 2004-01-11 | 2004-11-11 |
| BELL, Janette Susan | Director | 2012-05-15 | 2020-08-10 |
| CAIRNS, Terence Charles | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2009-07-01 |
| COTTON, Lesley Anne | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Charles Howard | Director | — | 2002-09-30 |
| DAELMAN, Ronald Frans Marie | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2011-04-11 |
| DAVENPORT, James Alan, Captain | Director | — | 2000-03-30 |
| DECAIX, Jean Pierre | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| DEEBLE, Helen | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2017-12-31 |
| DUNLOP, Graeme Dermott Stuart | Director | — | 2002-09-30 |
| EDSALL, Simon James | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2002-10-31 |
| GARNER, John Phillip | Director | 2005-07-11 | 2019-01-14 |
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Peter Douglas Gerald | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| HOWARTH, Karl | Director | 2007-02-26 | 2022-03-31 |
| JOHNSON, Simon Richard | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2011-04-11 |
| LAMING, Christopher John | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2011-04-11 |
| LOADER, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2003-06-27 |
| MACKENZIE, Susan Mary | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2018-05-09 |
| MARSH, Anthony David | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2005-06-30 |
| MARTIN, Richard Leslie | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| MOWATT, Clive Andrew | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2009-03-31 |
| NARAYAN, Prasad | Director | 2022-08-03 | 2025-04-10 |
| O'DWYER, Michael Charles | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2010-11-30 |
| OAKLEY, Tina Mary | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2010-09-24 |
| PETERS, Russell Dennis | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2006-04-30 |
| PETERS, Russell Dennis | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1998-03-09 |
| RATCLIFFE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2005-07-11 | 2007-02-02 |
| REEVES, Andrew | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2010-09-08 |
| RICHARDS, Jeffrey Richard | Director | 1993-08-10 | 2001-04-05 |
| RIDLEY, Michael John | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2004-12-17 |
| STEER, John | Director | 2025-04-10 | 2025-10-20 |
| STEPHENSON, Leslie Coulson | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| STRETCH, David | Director | 2020-08-10 | 2021-11-23 |
| STROVER, Lawrence Nigel | Director | 1993-08-10 | 1999-07-15 |
| WARD, Edward Frank, Captain | Director | 1994-12-19 | 2003-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 234 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | RP04AP03 | officers | Second filing of secretary appointment with name | |
| 2025-01-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.