WESTERN BRIDGE (SHIPPING) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11K
EUR 12,404
-1.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£18M
EUR 20,460,088
-7.2% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2M
EUR -1,770,303
-28% 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 | £10,690,940 | £12,813,955 | |
| Operating profit | -£728,282 | -£1,198,658 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,202,334 | -£1,539,528 | |
| Net profit | -£1,097,522 | -£1,377,665 | |
| Cash | £10,974 | £10,787 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,136,215 | £19,266,435 | |
| Net assets | £19,170,593 | £17,792,928 | |
| Equity | £19,170,593 | £17,792,928 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.870 per EUR (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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+19.9%
£10,690,940 £12,813,955
-
Cash
-1.7%
£10,974 £10,787
-
Net assets
-7.2%
£19,170,593 £17,792,928
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-64.6%
-£728,282 -£1,198,658
-
Profit before tax
-28%
-£1,202,334 -£1,539,528
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 | -6.8% | -9.4% | |
| Net margin | -10.3% | -10.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.4% | -6.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.1% | 33.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.20x | 0.21x | |
| Interest cover | -1.43x | -3.21x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- WESTERN BRIDGE (SHIPPING) LIMITED 2002-08-13 → present
- QUAYSHELFCO 938 LIMITED 2002-05-31 → 2002-08-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the budget, including the cash flow forecast for the next 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements, the maturity date of its liabilities and the ability of the Company to cover short term repayments. There is a contractual agreement in place between the parent company, AB Shipping Holding B.V., and its shareholders, Bontrup Logistics B.V. and Holcim UK Limited confirming financial support will be provided to allow the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due on an ongoing basis. Having considered forecasts and the shareholders' ability to provide this support, the directors have concluded that the financial statements should be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONTRUP, Abraham Willem | Director | 2007-03-28 | Mar 1977 | Dutch |
| BONTRUP, Peter Franz Jozef | Director | 2014-07-14 | Aug 1974 | Dutch |
| KAULULE, Kaziwe Siame | Director | 2024-08-01 | Jan 1980 | Zambian |
| ZEIDAN, Ahmed Mohamed Said Abdelaziz Hassanin | Director | 2025-10-17 | Aug 1982 | Egyptian |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEDDOW, Barnabus Towne | Secretary | 2002-08-13 | 2007-02-12 |
| FORD, Mary | Secretary | 2007-02-12 | 2012-03-30 |
| NQH (CO SEC) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-05-31 | 2002-08-13 |
| ARMITAGE, John Hugh | Director | 2007-02-12 | 2007-12-31 |
| BEDDOW, Barnabus Towne | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2007-02-12 |
| BOLSOVER, George William | Director | 2009-07-31 | 2010-03-31 |
| BONTRUP, Franz Josef | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2012-07-25 |
| BOURGUIGNON, Alain Gerard Edmond | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| BOWATER, John Ferguson | Director | 2015-10-02 | 2022-12-31 |
| DRYDEN, Stephen George | Director | 2017-10-13 | 2023-12-18 |
| FRENAY, Philippe Nicolas | Director | 2015-10-02 | 2017-02-28 |
| JENKINS, Colin Richard | Director | 2007-12-31 | 2009-07-30 |
| LALANNE, Pierre-Edern Francois | Director | 2023-12-18 | 2025-09-30 |
| LANDER, Nicholas | Director | 2014-07-15 | 2015-10-02 |
| LYONS, Garrath Malcolm | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-18 |
| PARKIN, Geoffrey William | Director | 2007-02-12 | 2012-07-25 |
| PEARCE, Michael Paul | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2017-10-13 |
| SLEIGHT, Lee | Director | 2023-12-18 | 2024-07-31 |
| TURK, Simon Charles Henry | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2014-07-14 |
| VAN DER MEER, Hans Paul | Director | 2002-11-11 | 2014-07-14 |
| VOORWALD BONTRUP, Maartje Heleen Theodora | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2007-03-28 |
| WARD, Patrick Robert | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2015-10-02 |
| YEOMAN, John Foster | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2006-09-08 |
| NQH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-05-31 | 2002-08-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggregate Industries Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-11-27 | Ceased 2017-11-27 |
| Ab Shipping Holding B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-11-27 | Ceased 2017-11-27 |
| Aggregate Industries Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2017-11-23 | Ceased 2017-11-27 |
| Foster Yeoman Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
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