HARWICH INTERNATIONAL PORT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£67M
+8.1% vs 2023
Employees
190
+2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+0.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,521,000 | £24,641,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,685,000 | £6,497,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,337,000 | £6,364,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,724,000 | £4,675,000 | |
| Cash | £38,000 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £94,269,000 | £97,998,000 | |
| Net assets | £62,186,000 | £67,247,000 | |
| Equity | £62,186,000 | £67,247,000 | |
| Average employees | 186 | 190 | |
| Wages | £8,003,000 | £8,517,000 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.5%
£24,521,000 £24,641,000
-
Cash
-100%
£38,000 £0
-
Net assets
+8.1%
£62,186,000 £67,247,000
-
Employees
+2.2%
186 190
-
Operating profit
-2.8%
£6,685,000 £6,497,000
-
Profit before tax
+0.4%
£6,337,000 £6,364,000
-
Wages
+6.4%
£8,003,000 £8,517,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 27.3% | 26.4% | |
| Net margin | 19.3% | 19.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.1% | 6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.5% | 36.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.86x | |
| Interest cover | 19.21x | 48.85x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- HARWICH INTERNATIONAL PORT LIMITED 1994-01-27 → present
- SEALINK BRITISH FERRIES LIMITED 1990-07-26 → 1994-01-27
- FOAMHOLD LIMITED 1990-03-28 → 1990-07-26
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. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- HARWICH INTERNATIONAL PORT LIMITED · parent
- Harwich International Pension Trustee Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company had implemented planning consent to develop Bathside Bay into a container terminal and had obtained approval on 14 May 2024 to operate the terminal as a green energy hub for a temporary 15-year period.”
- “The ongoing Ukraine conflict gave rise to the imposition of sanctions against Russia. The group is only marginally and indirectly affected by UK shipping sanctions.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULLETT, Simon Richard | Secretary | 2010-03-01 | — | — |
| CHENG, Clemence Chun Fun | Director | 1998-12-14 | Dec 1958 | British |
| IP, Sing Chi | Director | 2014-01-01 | Aug 1953 | Chinese |
| LAWRENCE, Andrew Steven | Director | 2019-12-27 | Jan 1973 | British |
| MULLETT, Simon Richard | Director | 2019-12-27 | Jul 1964 | British |
| SALBAING, Christian Nicolas Roger | Director | 2019-12-27 | Jan 1950 | French |
| SHIH, Edith | Director | 1999-03-02 | Jan 1952 | British |
Show 27 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 |
| HIGGS, John Barton | Secretary | 1994-03-29 | 1997-08-04 |
| LACEY, Graham | Secretary | 1997-08-05 | 1998-04-08 |
| LEESE, Andrew Stephen | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2001-10-04 |
| PARKER, Michael John | Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 1998-10-01 |
| POLKINGHORNE, Christopher John | Secretary | — | 1994-03-28 |
| SMART, Elaine Anne Joyce | Secretary | 1998-04-08 | 1998-06-30 |
| CONNELLAN, Michael James | Director | 1997-08-05 | 2000-02-29 |
| COOPER, William Gareth | Director | 1994-03-29 | 1997-08-04 |
| DAVIES, Terence William | Director | 1997-08-05 | 1998-04-08 |
| DEEBLE, Helen | Director | 1996-10-14 | 1997-08-04 |
| HARRINGTON, Derek James | Director | 1998-04-08 | 1999-03-02 |
| HOLMES, Robert Alan | Director | 1994-03-29 | 1996-10-14 |
| LEWIS, Francis Christopher | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2021-12-31 |
| MEREDITH, John Edward | Director | 1999-03-02 | 2010-03-15 |
| MOGER, Bernard Anthony | Director | 1997-08-05 | 1998-04-08 |
| MORRISON, Graham Douglas | Director | 1998-04-08 | 1999-03-02 |
| MORTON, Peter | Director | 2002-03-11 | 2004-08-31 |
| OLOHAN, Francis William | Director | — | 1994-05-03 |
| PARK, Robert Ewan | Director | — | 1995-11-28 |
| PEARSON, Richard Clive | Director | 1999-03-02 | 2007-06-30 |
| STOKER, William Paul | Director | 1997-08-05 | 1998-04-08 |
| STOREY, Maurice | Director | — | 1997-08-04 |
| THOMAS, Roger Stephen | Director | 1996-05-07 | 1996-10-14 |
| TSIEN, James Steed | Director | 1999-03-02 | 2014-01-01 |
| WEARMOUTH, Colin Crichton | Director | 1998-04-08 | 1998-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harwich International (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2024-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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