P&O FERRIES DIVISION HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£6.6m
-52.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£144m
-17.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£31m
-73% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £0 | -£93,000 | -£13,000 | +86% | |
| Profit before tax | -£16,164,000 | -£17,823,000 | -£30,838,000 | -73% | |
| Net profit | -£16,164,000 | -£18,131,000 | -£30,992,000 | -70.9% | |
| Cash | £16,494,000 | £13,871,000 | £6,610,000 | -52.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £513,808,000 | £387,903,000 | £376,242,000 | -3% | |
| Net assets | £192,707,000 | £174,576,000 | £143,584,000 | -17.8% | |
| Equity | £192,707,000 | £174,576,000 | £143,584,000 | -17.8% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| 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. 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.8% | 68.1% | 74.1% | |
| Current ratio | 5.69x | 3.16x | 2.97x | |
| Interest cover | 0.00x | -0.01x | -0.00x |
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
- P&O FERRIES DIVISION HOLDINGS LIMITED 2007-02-23 → present
- POLEBAY LIMITED 2006-12-29 → 2007-02-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Just Audit & Assurance Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above assessment, the Directors did not consider there to be material uncertainties present which may cast doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- P&O FERRIES DIVISION HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- P&O Ferries Holdings Limited 100%
- P&O Ship Management Holdings (Jersey) Limited 100%
- P&O Ferrymasters Holdings Limited 100%
- P&O Ferries Limited 100%
- P&O Short Sea Ferries Limited 100%
- Larne Harbour Limited 100%
- P&O Ferries Ship Management Limited 100%
- P&O European Ferries (Portsmouth) Limited 100%
- P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA 100%
- P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea) Limited 100%
- P&O North Sea Ferries Limited 100%
- P&O North Sea Ferries BV 100%
- P&O Ferries Pride of Rotterdam BV 100%
- P&O Ferries Thames Limited 100%
- P&O Ferries Pride of Hull Limited 100%
- P&O Offshore Energy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In June 2026 £200 million of shareholder loan from the DP World FZE to P&O Ferries Division Holdings Limited was converted to equity.”
- “In June 2026, on behalf of participating employer subsidiaries in the MNRPF, the Group settled in full past deficit recovery payments due to the MNRPF amounting to £93.7 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KACHELO, Anoushka Rafia | Secretary | 2024-12-31 | — | — |
| JAYARAMAN, Ganesh Raj | Director | 2025-08-19 | Sep 1964 | Australian |
| MOOS, Kasper | Director | 2025-10-23 | Mar 1976 | Danish |
| NARAYAN, Prasad | Director | 2022-08-03 | Nov 1968 | Indian |
| PATEL, Tushar | Director | 2025-10-23 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUGARD, Ellice | Secretary | 2019-10-14 | 2020-11-01 |
| KITCHIN, Susan Frances | Secretary | 2007-02-15 | 2019-10-11 |
| MITCHELL, Amelia | Secretary | 2020-11-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-12-29 | 2007-02-15 |
| ABDULLA, Rashed Ali Hassan | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2019-08-02 |
| AL DEHAIL, Arif Obaid | Director | 2017-07-19 | 2019-01-16 |
| ALHASHIMY, Mohammad Ebrahim Ali | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2019-08-14 |
| BAILEY, Christopher Bryan | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2022-05-23 |
| BELDER, Bastiaan | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2020-05-29 |
| BELL, Janette Susan | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-08-10 |
| BIN THENIYEH, Jamal Majed Khalfan | Director | 2007-02-15 | 2017-07-19 |
| COTTON, Lesley Anne | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2021-03-31 |
| DEEBLE, Helen | Director | 2007-02-15 | 2017-12-31 |
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Peter Douglas Gerald | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2025-09-01 |
| HOWARTH, Karl | Director | 2007-03-05 | 2022-03-31 |
| KRISTENSEN, Jesper | Director | 2022-08-03 | 2025-01-15 |
| LEVY, Adrian Joseph Morris | Director | 2006-12-29 | 2007-02-15 |
| NARAYAN, Yuvraj | Director | 2007-02-15 | 2018-02-27 |
| NTULI, Ronald Sibongiseni | Director | 2014-04-30 | 2019-06-30 |
| ODINIUS, Andre | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| PUDGE, David John | Director | 2006-12-29 | 2007-02-15 |
| RAHIMULLAH, Junaid | Director | 2018-02-27 | 2019-06-30 |
| RAIS, Saadi Abdul Rahim Hassan Al | Director | 2014-05-02 | 2019-06-30 |
| RUNGE, Thorsten | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| STRETCH, David | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2021-11-23 |
| WALPOLE, Robert Charles | Director | 2019-07-04 | 2019-08-02 |
| WECHSLER, Tom | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2020-02-28 |
| WOODS, Robert Barclay | Director | 2019-08-14 | 2021-12-16 |
| WOODS, Robert Barclay | Director | 2007-02-15 | 2018-02-27 |
| WOOLLACOTT, John Mark | Director | 2019-08-14 | 2022-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-31 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-30 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | RP04AP03 | officers | Second filing of secretary appointment with name | |
| 2025-01-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.