GEEST LINE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2026-01-03
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-15 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+167.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+16.6% vs 2024
Employees
29
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£10M
+40.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2026-01-03
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-28 | 2026-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £82,807,000 | £87,744,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,916,000 | £10,074,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,241,000 | £10,184,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,429,000 | £7,604,000 | |
| Cash | £4,511,000 | £12,072,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,036,000 | £15,636,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,791,000 | £10,247,000 | |
| Equity | £8,791,000 | £10,247,000 | |
| Average employees | 29 | 29 | |
| Wages | £1,769,000 | £1,560,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £380,000 | £396,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2026 · period ending 2026-01-03 vs 2024-12-28
-
Turnover
+6%
£82,807,000 £87,744,000
-
Cash
+167.6%
£4,511,000 £12,072,000
-
Net assets
+16.6%
£8,791,000 £10,247,000
-
Employees
0%
29 29
-
Operating profit
+45.7%
£6,916,000 £10,074,000
-
Profit before tax
+40.6%
£7,241,000 £10,184,000
-
Wages
-11.8%
£1,769,000 £1,560,000
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 | 2024-12-28 | 2026-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 11.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.6% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 57.5% | 64.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.9% | 67.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 1.60x | |
| Interest cover | 44.91x | 38.02x |
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
- GEEST LINE LIMITED 2017-01-04 → present
- GEEST SHIPPING LIMITED 1997-09-08 → 2017-01-04
- SPEED 6495 LIMITED 1997-08-18 → 1997-09-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In assessing the Company and Group's ability to continue as a going concern, the Board has reviewed the Company and Group's respective budget, cashflow forecasts and available cash balances. Consideration was also given to current IMO regulatory requirements and the Group's ability to operate effectively within these constraints. This assessment included an examination of the trading assumptions underpinning the forecasts, particularly the volume of contracted and committed cargo from existing customers, potential cargo opportunities from new customers, and the prospects for service enhancement or expansion. The Directors also remain confident that suitable vessels will be accessible at commercially viable rates, enabling the Company to continue trading profitably. The directors have taken a critical review of the future cash flow requirements and, based on their review of cash projections, remain confident that the Company has sufficient resources to allow it to meet all of its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least one year from the approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- GEEST LINE LIMITED · parent
- Geest Shipping Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STALEY, Vicky | Secretary | 2026-03-11 | — | — |
| ATEMA, André | Director | 2021-04-09 | Sep 1965 | Dutch |
| BUCKLAND, Alan | Director | 2021-04-09 | Jun 1979 | British |
| BUITENWERF, Yntze | Director | 2021-04-09 | Jan 1961 | Dutch |
| ELLEFSEN, Mads Ansgar | Director | 2021-04-09 | Apr 1969 | Norwegian |
| HALL, Jeffrey | Director | 2021-04-09 | May 1969 | American |
| JOHNSTON, Charles | Director | 2021-04-09 | Dec 1941 | Jamaican |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNIBERT, Bernard | Secretary | 2016-11-23 | 2021-03-31 |
| CORNIBERT, Bernard | Secretary | 2001-06-23 | 2012-03-22 |
| JEFFARES, Arthur Steele | Secretary | 1997-08-26 | 2001-06-23 |
| ROBERTS, Christopher John | Secretary | 2021-04-09 | 2025-08-18 |
| ROBERTS, Christopher John | Secretary | 2012-03-22 | 2016-11-23 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-08-18 | 1997-08-26 |
| BOS, Coen | Director | 2016-11-23 | 2021-04-09 |
| CHARLES, Vanoulst Jno | Director | 2016-11-23 | 2017-05-03 |
| CORNIBERT, Bernard | Director | 2016-11-23 | 2021-03-31 |
| CORNIBERT, Bernard | Director | 1997-08-26 | 2012-03-22 |
| DANIEL, Montgomery | Director | 2016-11-23 | 2017-05-03 |
| DETERVILLE, Hilford David Alexander | Director | 1999-11-17 | 2001-06-23 |
| DIXON, Peter Bernard, Captain | Director | 2012-03-22 | 2016-11-23 |
| ELLIS, Arthur John | Director | 1997-08-26 | 2007-08-02 |
| EUSTACE, Arnhim Ulric | Director | 1997-08-26 | 1999-11-17 |
| FLETCHER, James Louis, Dr | Director | 2012-03-22 | 2012-03-22 |
| FLETCHER, James Louis, Dr | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2006-12-14 |
| FRAIRE, Ernesto | Director | 2021-02-18 | 2021-04-09 |
| GREENE, Simeon | Director | 2001-06-25 | 2003-06-30 |
| JEFFARES, Arthur Steele | Director | 1997-08-26 | 2001-06-23 |
| JNO CHARLES, Vanoulst | Director | 2001-06-23 | 2012-03-22 |
| JOSEPH, Ezechiel | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2021-03-31 |
| JOSIE, Peter | Director | 2007-03-07 | 2012-03-22 |
| MCCANN, Carl Patrick Mccann | Director | 1997-08-26 | 2001-06-23 |
| MCCANN, David Vincent | Director | 2016-11-23 | 2020-07-30 |
| MCCANN, David Vincent | Director | 1997-08-26 | 2012-03-22 |
| MURPHY, Thomas Gerald | Director | 2016-11-23 | 2020-12-04 |
| MURPHY, Thomas Gerard | Director | 2001-06-23 | 2012-03-22 |
| POGGIO VOORMOLEN, Jeronimo | Director | 2010-11-17 | 2012-03-22 |
| ROBERTS, Christopher John | Director | 2012-03-22 | 2016-11-23 |
| ROSE, Renwick Elsworth Adrian | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| RYAN, Cecil Frank | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2021-03-31 |
| SPARSOE, Helge Hempel | Director | 2020-07-30 | 2021-04-09 |
| STIELL, Simon Emmanuel Kervin | Director | 2016-11-23 | 2020-04-01 |
| TOLAN, James Paul | Director | 2007-08-02 | 2010-11-17 |
| VOORMOLEN, Jeronimo Poggio | Director | 2016-11-23 | 2021-04-09 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-08-18 | 1997-08-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hendrik Douwe Pepping | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-04-09 | Active |
| Winfresh (Uk) Limited In Liquidation Represented By Michael Lennon, Sarah Bell And Philip Dakin | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2021-02-18 | Ceased 2021-04-09 |
| Winfresh Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2017-04-05 |
| Fyffes Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2017-04-05 |
| Fyffes Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-08 | Ceased 2021-04-09 |
| Geest Line Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-04-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-04-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-18 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-04-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-04-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-04-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.