P&O SHORT SEA FERRIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-23 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£323M
-12.8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£37M
+40.3% 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 | £216,109,000 | £206,150,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£51,428,000 | -£18,474,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£61,320,000 | -£36,578,000 | |
| Net profit | -£61,343,000 | -£36,598,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,838,000 | £110,233,000 | |
| Net assets | -£286,291,000 | -£322,889,000 | |
| Equity | -£286,291,000 | -£322,889,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £366,000 | £351,000 |
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
-4.6%
£216,109,000 £206,150,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-12.8%
-£286,291,000 -£322,889,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+64.1%
-£51,428,000 -£18,474,000
-
Profit before tax
+40.3%
-£61,320,000 -£36,578,000
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 | -23.8% | -9.0% | |
| Net margin | -28.4% | -17.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -87.4% | -16.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 170.1% | 184.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.12x | 0.09x | |
| Interest cover | -6.49x | -1.01x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- P&O SHORT SEA FERRIES LIMITED 2007-02-28 → present
- P&O FERRIES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2002-10-15 → 2007-02-28
- P&O STENA LINE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1998-03-10 → 2002-10-15
- P&O DOVER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1996-12-09 → 1998-03-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Just Audit & Assurance Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons:”
Group structure
- P&O SHORT SEA FERRIES LIMITED · parent
- P&O Ferries Limited 100%
- P&O Ferries (Short Sea) Limited 100%
- P&O Ferries Ship Management Limited 100%
- P&O Ferries France SAS 100%
- SNC Gris-Nez Bail 0%
- SNC White Cliffs Bail 0%
- P&O Ferries Port Services Limited 100%
- P&O Ferries Cyprus Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2024 results have been positively impacted by the change in vessel due to reduction in cost relating to Pride of Kent and Pride of Canterbury.”
- “In April 2024, the vessel Spirit of Britain was sold by a fellow subsidiary to a related party DP World France SAS.”
- “In 2025, a payment deferral was agreed with a related party in relation to charter hire costs on the Fusion Vessels until 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 36 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 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARE, Anthony James | Secretary | 1996-12-09 | 1996-12-18 |
| DUGARD, Ellice | Secretary | 2019-10-14 | 2020-11-01 |
| KITCHIN, Susan Frances | Secretary | 2004-11-11 | 2019-10-11 |
| LANGFORD, John Graham | Secretary | 1996-12-18 | 2004-01-11 |
| MITCHELL, Amelia | Secretary | 2020-11-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| SCOTT, Sandra | Secretary | 2004-01-11 | 2004-11-11 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-12-09 | 1996-12-09 |
| BAILEY, Christopher Bryan | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2022-05-23 |
| BELL, Janette Susan | Director | 2012-05-15 | 2020-08-10 |
| CAIRNS, Terence Charles | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2009-07-01 |
| CARLSSON, Svante Vilhelm | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2002-08-13 |
| CLARE, Anthony James | Director | 1996-12-09 | 1996-12-18 |
| COOPER, William Gareth | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2002-08-13 |
| COTTON, Lesley Anne | Director | 2012-05-15 | 2021-03-31 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Charles Howard | Director | 1996-12-18 | 1998-03-09 |
| DEEBLE, Helen | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| DUNLOP, Graeme Dermott Stuart | Director | 1996-12-18 | 2003-05-19 |
| GARNER, John Phillip | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2019-01-14 |
| GRADON, Richard Michael | Director | 1998-03-04 | 2004-10-04 |
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Peter Douglas Gerald | Director | 2020-11-19 | 2025-09-01 |
| HOWARTH, Karl | Director | 2007-02-26 | 2022-03-31 |
| LERENIUS, Bo | Director | 1998-03-09 | 1998-08-07 |
| MACKENZIE, Susan Mary | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2018-05-09 |
| MACPHAIL, Bruce Dugald, Sir | Director | 1998-02-13 | 2004-03-15 |
| MAHADEVA, Salinee | Director | 1996-12-09 | 1996-12-18 |
| NARAYAN, Prasad | Director | 2022-08-03 | 2025-04-10 |
| ODINIUS, Andre | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-10-07 |
| OLSSON, Dan Sten | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2002-08-13 |
| PETERS, Russell Dennis | Director | 1996-12-18 | 2006-04-30 |
| RATCLIFFE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2007-02-02 |
| SEVERED, Bo Ingemar | Director | 1998-08-07 | 2002-08-13 |
| STEER, John | Director | 2025-04-10 | 2025-10-20 |
| STERLING OF PLAISTOW, Jeffrey Maurice, Lord | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2004-10-04 |
| STRETCH, David | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2021-11-23 |
| WOODS, Robert Barclay | Director | 2004-03-15 | 2004-10-04 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-12-09 | 1996-12-09 |
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 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-07-03 | 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 | |
| 2025-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- 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.