DEN HARTOGH DRY BULK LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
+235.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£16m
-5.4% vs 2024
Employees
131
+24.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£962k
-118.8% 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 | £67,213,585 | £76,425,000 | £79,239,000 | +3.7% | |
| Operating profit | £3,958,134 | £5,588,000 | -£676,000 | -112.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,445,670 | £5,130,000 | -£962,000 | -118.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,558,847 | £4,086,000 | -£911,000 | -122.3% | |
| Cash | £1,682,446 | £491,000 | £1,649,000 | +235.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,262,312 | £32,266,000 | £29,763,000 | -7.8% | |
| Net assets | £11,302,006 | £16,785,000 | £15,874,000 | -5.4% | |
| Equity | £11,302,006 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 119 | 105 | 131 | +24.8% | |
| Wages | £5,248,849 | £5,764,000 | £6,384,000 | +10.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 per EUR (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 | 5.9% | 7.3% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 5.3% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.5% | 17.3% | -2.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.5% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | 10.31x | 12.20x | -2.36x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- DEN HARTOGH DRY BULK LOGISTICS LIMITED 2016-12-09 → present
- INTERBULK (UK) LIMITED 2009-02-02 → 2016-12-09
- UBC LIMITED 2000-10-06 → 2009-02-02
- I.B.C. LIMITED 1989-10-26 → 2000-10-06
- I.B.C. CARRIERS LIMITED 1981-10-15 → 1989-10-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the balance sheet and likely future cash flows at the date of approving these financial statements. The directors note that the business has net current assets of €10.3m (2024: €9.6m).”
Group structure
- DEN HARTOGH DRY BULK LOGISTICS LIMITED · parent
- Den Hartogh Dry Bulk Finland OY 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN HARTOGH, Klaas Pieter | Director | 2016-03-10 | Dec 1965 | Dutch |
| VISSER, Jeroen Waller | Director | 2025-12-31 | Aug 1971 | Dutch |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAY, Brian Warner Lang | Secretary | — | 1993-09-30 |
| ORVIS, Peter | Secretary | 1993-10-01 | 2014-04-11 |
| ANDERSON, Paul | Director | 2001-03-08 | 2006-06-12 |
| ANDERSON, Paul Napier | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| CARLISLE, Timothy Julian | Director | 2001-03-14 | 2007-09-30 |
| CARLISLE, Timothy Julian | Director | 1995-06-26 | 2000-12-31 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Scott Thomas | Director | 2008-06-18 | 2016-03-10 |
| DARVILL, Alan Christopher | Director | — | 1994-04-25 |
| DUDDING, Sheron | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2000-12-31 |
| GILL, Robin Anthony | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2000-12-31 |
| HAWORTH, Bryan Butler | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2004-05-28 |
| KULLBERG, Louis Frans Jacob | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2016-03-10 |
| LIGHTFOOT, Paul Anthony | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2007-02-23 |
| LIGHTFOOT, Paul Anthony | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2000-12-31 |
| MARSHALL, John Neilson Adam | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2007-02-20 |
| MARSHALL, John Neilson Adam | Director | — | 2001-01-04 |
| MARTIN, Victor William | Director | — | 2001-01-04 |
| MASSIE, Peter Hopley | Director | — | 1994-04-25 |
| MAY, Brian Warner Lang | Director | — | 1994-04-25 |
| MOLENAAR, Roelof | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2001-06-20 |
| ORVIS, Peter | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2002-10-01 |
| PAAPE, Abraham Cornelius | Director | 2016-03-10 | 2025-12-31 |
| PEARCH, Nicholas Keith | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2005-05-31 |
| PRESCOTT, Anthony | Director | 2002-03-20 | 2007-02-28 |
| RICHARDS, Timothy John | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2004-05-28 |
| ROGERS, Leslie Philip | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2007-04-11 |
| STATON, Joseph Howard | Director | — | 2001-06-20 |
| THOMSON, William John | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2011-10-14 |
| VAN WISSEN, Jacobus Cornelis Jozef | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2013-10-31 |
| WILSON, Alan | Director | 2004-06-28 | 2008-03-31 |
| WISE, Keith | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2001-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jeroen Waller Visser | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-12-31 | Active |
| Mr Abraham Cornelis Paape | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Mr Klaas Pieter Den Hartogh | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 232 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-10 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.