PORT OF TILBURY LONDON LIMITED
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Cash
£961k
-86.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£545m
+10.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
721
+3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£67m
+52.1% vs 2024
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 | £171,406,000 | £177,739,000 | £188,364,000 | +6% | |
| Operating profit | £115,784,000 | £76,766,000 | £98,430,000 | +28.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £84,175,000 | £44,381,000 | £67,485,000 | +52.1% | |
| Net profit | £69,862,000 | £33,316,000 | £52,871,000 | +58.7% | |
| Cash | £26,366,000 | £7,084,000 | £961,000 | -86.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,145,925,000 | £1,166,201,000 | £1,222,588,000 | +4.8% | |
| Net assets | £482,925,000 | £492,576,000 | £545,330,000 | +10.7% | |
| Equity | £482,925,000 | £492,576,000 | £545,330,000 | +10.7% | |
| Average employees | 731 | 697 | 721 | +3.4% | |
| Wages | £36,052,000 | £36,602,000 | £39,806,000 | +8.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £705,000 | £772,000 | £579,000 | -25% |
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 | 67.5% | 43.2% | 52.3% | |
| Net margin | 40.8% | 18.7% | 28.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.1% | 6.6% | 8.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.6% | 58.5% | 56.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.39x | 2.15x | 1.83x | |
| Interest cover | 3.21x | 2.18x | 3.01x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. On this basis, and with a letter of support from Forth Ports Limited, the Directors of the Company therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Group will be able to support the Company for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the signing of this report. Furthermore the Company has positive net assets and positive net current assets. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PORT OF TILBURY LONDON LIMITED · parent
- Port of London Tilbury Limited 100%
- Logistics Academy East of England Limited 100%
- London Container Terminal (Tilbury) Limited 100%
- Tilbury on the Thames Trust 100%
- Thames Freeport Limited 33.5%
- London Distribution Park No.2 LLP 50%
Significant events
- “The Company previously incurred costs in relation to the interruption of operations at the Grain Terminal following the explosion in July 2020. The grain terminal is fully operational and the insurance claim in relation to this incident is expected to be finalised during 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMYTH, Pamela June | Secretary | 2012-08-31 | — | British |
| DALE, Paul Stuart | Director | 2017-01-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| MACGREGOR, Stuart Alastair | Director | 2024-12-09 | Feb 1971 | British |
| WALLACE, Stuart James | Director | 2017-01-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLEDHILL, Jeremy | Secretary | 1995-12-31 | 2008-12-18 |
| HAWKINS, Alan Keith | Secretary | — | 1995-12-31 |
| MCNEILL, Morag | Secretary | 2008-12-18 | 2012-08-31 |
| ABBOTT, Anthony Benjamin | Director | 1996-06-01 | 1998-10-31 |
| BEECHAM, Sidney Charles | Director | — | 1995-10-03 |
| COOPER, Paul | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2009-06-01 |
| CRAN, Carole Jean | Director | 2018-01-03 | 2024-11-08 |
| FARROW, Peter | Director | 1996-02-26 | 1996-08-30 |
| FARROW, Peter | Director | — | 1995-11-16 |
| FLEMING, Alistair | Director | 1996-02-09 | 2001-04-11 |
| GLADING, Perry Dean | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| GOODWIN, Edwin John | Director | 1997-04-30 | 2003-07-31 |
| GOODWIN, Edwin John | Director | 1995-11-28 | 1995-12-30 |
| GOODWIN, Edwin John | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1995-11-16 |
| HAMMOND, Charles Graham | Director | 1995-10-03 | 2024-06-30 |
| HARRIS, Alan George | Director | — | 1995-11-16 |
| HILLS, Terence Michael | Director | — | 1993-05-14 |
| JAMES, Robert | Director | 1995-11-28 | 1996-06-28 |
| JAMES, Robert | Director | 1994-10-24 | 1995-11-16 |
| MCNAB, John | Director | — | 1995-11-16 |
| MORRISON, Alexander Charles | Director | 1995-10-03 | 2005-05-06 |
| MURRAY, William Wilson | Director | 1995-10-03 | 2011-05-06 |
| NICHOLS, Frederick Edward | Director | — | 1995-10-03 |
| PALMER, Nicola Catharine | Director | 2011-07-15 | 2012-08-20 |
| PARMENTER, Martin David, Mr. | Director | 2001-01-08 | 2001-11-30 |
| PATERSON, Stuart Randall | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2018-01-03 |
| RAVENSCROFT, Alan Peter | Director | 1991-12-19 | 1995-11-01 |
| THOMPSON, Hugh Macrae | Director | 1995-10-03 | 1997-10-31 |
| WARD, Peter John | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2025-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Transport Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-06-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.