SEACO GLOBAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-30 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£701K
USD 938,000
+107.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
USD 24,235,000
+9.9% vs 2024
Employees
25
+4.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
USD 3,839,000
-19% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £563,870,823 | £547,940,495 | |
| Operating profit | £1,696,943 | £1,778,426 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,544,890 | £2,869,851 | |
| Net profit | £2,084,174 | £1,628,915 | |
| Cash | £337,893 | £701,204 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,011,288 | £18,363,609 | |
| Net assets | £16,488,002 | £18,116,917 | |
| Equity | £16,488,002 | £18,116,917 | |
| Average employees | 24 | 25 | |
| Wages | £2,261,344 | £2,615,684 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £542,723 | £574,867 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-2.8%
£563,870,823 £547,940,495
-
Cash
+107.5%
£337,893 £701,204
-
Net assets
+9.9%
£16,488,002 £18,116,917
-
Employees
+4.2%
24 25
-
Operating profit
+4.8%
£1,696,943 £1,778,426
-
Profit before tax
-19%
£3,544,890 £2,869,851
-
Wages
+15.7%
£2,261,344 £2,615,684
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 9.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.4% | 79.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 50.44x | 69.97x |
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
- SEACO GLOBAL LIMITED 2012-01-30 → present
- GE SEACO SERVICES LIMITED 1998-04-02 → 2012-01-30
- BURGINHALL 1035 LIMITED 1998-03-16 → 1998-04-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have also made enquiries with the management of the group owning Seaco SRL and are satisfied that funding will continue. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SEACO GLOBAL LIMITED · parent
- Seaco British Isles Limited 100%
- Global Sea Containers America LLC 100%
- Cronos Containers Limited 100%
- Seaco Belgium B.V. 100%
- Seaco Scandinavia AB 100%
- Seaco Operations India Pvt Ltd 99.989%
- Seaco America Inc 100%
- Seaco America LLC 100%
- Seaco France S.A.S.U. 100%
- Seaco International Leasing GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “The closure of the branch office in Russia is planned for 31 March 2026.”
- “The conflict that commenced on 24 February 2022 has resulted in significant economic sanctions and trade controls on Russia, with certain countries restricting shipments to or from Russian ports and limitations on Russian banks and entities' ability to access international payment systems. The Company has approximately $12,498,000 (2024 - $20,993,000) in net book value of owned containers on operating and finance leases to Russian customers and some other customers who trade into Russia and whose business may be impacted as a result of the economic and trade sanctions which have currently been imposed on Russia.”
- “On 6 May 2025, a share purchase agreement ('SPA') to acquire 100% of GSCL's share capital was executed between Global Sea Containers Two Limited, the former indirect parent of the Company ('GSCL2') and Typewriter Ascend Limited, a portfolio company of Stonepeak Partners LP ('Stonepeak'). On 15 December 2025, all legal conditions having been satisfied, closing of the SPA occurred and Typewriter Ascend Limited became the new sole indirect shareholder of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKWELL, William Dominic Heymanson | Secretary | 2008-12-17 | — | British |
| BISHOP, Mark John Charles | Director | 2017-07-26 | Oct 1982 | British |
| BUCKWELL, William Dominic Heymanson | Director | 2006-12-18 | Jan 1970 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASOUKEAS, Antonios Spyros | Secretary | 2006-05-08 | 2008-12-17 |
| CALVERT, Philip Alan | Secretary | 2005-06-30 | 2005-09-08 |
| NAGDA, Mahendra Vershi | Secretary | 2005-09-08 | 2006-05-08 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Daniel John | Secretary | 1998-04-29 | 2003-04-01 |
| SALTER, Jonathan David | Secretary | 2003-04-01 | 2005-06-30 |
| GRAY'S INN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-03-16 | 1998-07-29 |
| BASOUKEAS, Antonios Spyros | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2008-12-17 |
| COOPER, Michael Frank | Director | 2011-12-14 | 2012-02-01 |
| FREW, Angus Ross | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2008-02-18 |
| LAWTON, Nigel Peter Andrew | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2018-08-16 |
| NAGDA, Mahendra Vershi | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2012-03-01 |
| NAGDA, Mahendra Vershi | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2006-04-27 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Daniel John | Director | 1998-04-29 | 2003-04-01 |
| PEPPER, Stephen Michael | Director | 2018-08-21 | 2021-04-16 |
| PEPPER, Stephen Michael | Director | 2012-02-21 | 2015-05-14 |
| PIPER, Russell Jeffrey | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2011-12-14 |
| RAFFLIN, Chantal | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2006-12-01 |
| SMITH, Martin Shannon | Director | 2012-03-22 | 2017-07-26 |
| WHITTAM, Stephen Owen | Director | 1998-05-14 | 2002-03-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Melvyn | Director | 1998-04-29 | 2006-04-27 |
| DH & B DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-03-16 | 1998-04-29 |
| DH & B MANAGERS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-03-16 | 1998-04-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark John Charles Bishop | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-26 | Active |
| Mr Rohit Saxena | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-16 | Ceased 2024-03-25 |
| Mr Nigel Peter Andrew Lawton | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-16 | Ceased 2018-08-16 |
| Mr Martin Shannon Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-16 | Ceased 2017-07-26 |
| Mr William Dominic Heymanson Buckwell | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-24 | 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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.