WHALE TANKERS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.8m
-27.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£20m
+64.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
471
+2.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£10m
+617.9% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-30 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £48,940,034 | £59,731,878 | £87,087,557 | +45.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,030,864 | £2,636,068 | £11,228,076 | +325.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,078,546 | £1,420,868 | £10,200,372 | +617.9% | |
| Net profit | -£1,632,803 | £1,175,059 | £8,213,559 | +599% | |
| Cash | £1,195,193 | £5,272,155 | £3,806,377 | -27.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,935,853 | £14,632,906 | £20,997,699 | +43.5% | |
| Net assets | £11,020,950 | £12,175,786 | £20,059,490 | +64.7% | |
| Equity | £11,020,950 | £12,175,786 | £20,059,490 | +64.7% | |
| Average employees | 425 | 458 | 471 | +2.8% | |
| Wages | £12,424,798 | £14,179,490 | £15,319,782 | +8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £440,185 | £551,845 | £651,895 | +18.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £15,494 | £20,337 | £16,195 | -20.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £209,296 | £255,060 | £303,516 | +19% |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.1% | 4.4% | 12.9% | |
| Net margin | -3.3% | 2.0% | 9.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.6% | 18.0% | 53.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.5% | 72.0% | 49.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 1.06x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | -0.97x | 2.13x | 10.73x |
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
- WHALE TANKERS LIMITED 2005-01-10 → present
- WHALE HOLDINGS LIMITED 2001-11-07 → 2005-01-10
- MEAUJO (547) LIMITED 2001-07-12 → 2001-11-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has considerable financial resources together with long-term order books with a number of customers and suppliers across different geographic areas and industries... the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- WHALE TANKERS LIMITED · parent
- Whale Technology Limited 100%
- Whale Vehicles Limited 100%
- Whale Enterprises Pvt. Limited 99%
Significant events
- “On 8 January 2026, subsequent to the balance sheet date, the shareholders sold 100% of the shares in the Group to Kaiser AG. This represents a significant change in ownership and forms part of the Group's ongoing strategic development.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEARSON, Karl Gary | Secretary | 2019-02-20 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Christopher Jeffrey | Director | 2007-05-14 | Jul 1965 | British |
| BACHMANN, Johannes Lucas | Director | 2026-01-08 | Mar 1984 | Austrian |
| KAISER, Markus Josef | Director | 2026-01-08 | May 1968 | Liechtenstein Citizen |
| PEARSON, Karl Gary | Director | 2019-06-28 | Sep 1988 | British |
| WARMINGTON, Mark David | Director | 2002-06-10 | Jan 1961 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWMAN, Paul | Secretary | 2005-11-14 | 2019-02-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Clive Laurence | Secretary | 2001-09-20 | 2005-11-14 |
| PHILSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-07-12 | 2001-09-20 |
| DORNEY, John Philip | Director | 2002-10-18 | 2006-12-31 |
| HARRISON, Jeffrey Cecil | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| MARIS, Nigel Christopher | Director | 2001-09-20 | 2003-06-30 |
| NEWMAN, Paul | Director | 2006-05-12 | 2019-06-28 |
| TURNER, Roderic Henry | Director | 2001-10-26 | 2026-01-08 |
| VAN HAGEN, Keith Norman | Director | 2001-10-26 | 2015-12-24 |
| WILLIAMS, Clive Laurence | Director | 2002-10-18 | 2005-11-14 |
| MEAUJO INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-07-12 | 2001-09-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Josef Kaiser | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2026-01-08 | Active |
| Mr Mark David Warmington | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-01-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.