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Next accounts due

2026-05-31 (this month)

Last filed for 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-10 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-26

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£2M

+26.5% highest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£2M

+20.8% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

22

-12% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£737K

+15.5% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31

Metric Trend 2019-08-312020-08-312023-08-312024-08-31
Turnover £75,244,402£65,539,145
Operating profit £804,028£872,012
Profit before tax £638,340£737,273
Net profit £488,821£539,225
Cash £412,666£557,686£1,279,085£1,618,135
Total assets less current liabilities £115,138£265,512£2,984,400£3,448,430
Net assets £115,138£215,512£1,873,709£2,262,934
Equity £115,138£215,512£1,873,709£2,262,934
Average employees 352522
Wages £728,571£739,610
Directors' remuneration £92,491£160,448

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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31

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 2019-08-312020-08-312023-08-312024-08-31
Operating margin 1.1%1.3%
Net margin 0.6%0.8%
Return on capital employed 26.9%25.3%
Current ratio 1.07x1.11x
Interest cover 4.85x5.71x

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

  1. PORTLAND FUEL LIMITED 2018-02-08 → present
  2. PORTLAND FUEL PRICE PROTECTION LIMITED 2009-09-16 → 2018-02-08

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Smailes Goldie
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. PORTLAND FUEL LIMITED · parent
    1. Noxdown Limited 100% · England · Chemical blending, manufacture, sale and distribution of AdBlue and other industrial urea solutions.
    2. Portland Fuel Trading Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 2 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SPENCER, Juliette Michelle Secretary 2020-02-25
SMITH, Patrick Director 2021-09-01 Mar 1990 British
SPENCER, James Nicholas Lloyd Director 2009-09-16 Dec 1972 British
TUOHY, Joe Stephen Director 2018-06-25 Nov 1984 British
Show 2 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
SPENCER, James Nicholas Lloyd Secretary 2009-09-16 2020-02-25
HALL, Philip Stephen Director 2018-06-25 2021-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Portland Fuel Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2024-09-02 Active
Mr James Nicholas Lloyd Spencer Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2024-09-02

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 65 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2024-09-10 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2024-09-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2022-11-23 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2022-11-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2025-10-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-10-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-09-26 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-09-26 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-09-10 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2024-09-10 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-07-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-04-08 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-03-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-07-07 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-07-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-02-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-11-23 SH10 capital Capital variation of rights attached to shares
2022-11-23 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2022-11-23 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2022-11-22 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2022-07-25 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-07-19 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-07-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
1

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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