TOTAL SHIP SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-25 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-11
Watchouts
Cash
£409K
+185.5% vs 2023
Net assets
-£449K
-248.6% vs 2023
Employees
21
-16% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£676K
-339.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis. Instead, they have been prepared on a break-up basis, reflecting the intention to realise assets and discharge liabilities other than in the normal course of business. Adjustments have been made to measure assets at their net realisable value, considering expected disposal proceeds.
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 | £3,699,705 | £3,494,921 | |
| Operating profit | £282,644 | -£676,224 | |
| Profit before tax | £282,644 | -£676,224 | |
| Net profit | £218,746 | -£751,845 | |
| Cash | £143,260 | £408,988 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £321,257 | -£449,388 | |
| Net assets | £302,458 | -£449,388 | |
| Equity | £302,458 | -£449,388 | |
| Average employees | 25 | 21 | |
| Wages | £1,013,181 | £899,836 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
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Turnover
-5.5%
£3,699,705 £3,494,921
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Cash
+185.5%
£143,260 £408,988
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Net assets
-248.6%
£302,458 -£449,388
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Employees
-16%
25 21
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Operating profit
-339.2%
£282,644 -£676,224
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Profit before tax
-339.2%
£282,644 -£676,224
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Wages
-11.2%
£1,013,181 £899,836
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 | 7.6% | -19.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | -21.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 88.0% | 150.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.57x | 0.55x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis. Instead, they have been prepared on a break-up basis, reflecting the intention to realise assets and discharge liabilities other than in the normal course of business. Adjustments have been made to measure assets at their net realisable value, considering expected disposal proceeds.”
Significant events
- “Following a period of severe economic and financial difficulty, and a subsequent collective consultation with the workforce, the directors have taken the decision to enter members' voluntary liquidation. This decision was taken in January 2026 following a collective consultation with the workforce that concluded in December 2025. The company will formally enter liquidation once all assets and liabilities have been settled.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, Leon Thomas | Secretary | 2023-03-31 | — | — |
| BROOKS, Matthew | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1983 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Simon Lewis | Secretary | 2002-06-11 | 2023-03-31 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-06-11 | 2002-06-11 |
| AGARWAL, Amit | Director | 2005-09-09 | 2007-10-25 |
| BANDUSCH, Lutz | Director | 2005-09-09 | 2017-12-18 |
| BRAUN, Uwe, Doctor | Director | 2018-01-02 | 2025-12-31 |
| COLLINS, Simon Lewis | Director | 2002-06-11 | 2003-07-23 |
| KOCHUPARAMPIL, Augustine | Director | 2003-01-30 | 2004-10-08 |
| KRISHNAN, Ramanathan | Director | 2004-10-08 | 2005-09-09 |
| PISTORIUS, Wulf Hendrik | Director | 2005-09-09 | 2012-04-01 |
| POSEKARDT, Jan | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| RENZ, Gerhard | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2005-09-09 |
| ROSEWELL, Gary Raymond | Director | 2002-06-11 | 2023-05-31 |
| TAYLOR, Philip Andrew | Director | 2002-06-11 | 2024-01-01 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-06-11 | 2002-06-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcelormittal Kent Wire Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-06-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.