THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY (L2) LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5m
+34.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£38m
-56.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
679
-3.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£14m
-19.3% lowest 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.
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £48,400,000 | £51,000,000 | £52,300,000 | +2.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£11,000,000 | -£9,700,000 | -£11,100,000 | -14.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£11,800,000 | -£11,400,000 | -£13,600,000 | -19.3% | |
| Net profit | -£11,900,000 | -£11,400,000 | -£13,600,000 | -19.3% | |
| Cash | £2,100,000 | £2,600,000 | £3,500,000 | +34.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,000,000 | £5,200,000 | £7,600,000 | +46.2% | |
| Net assets | -£12,500,000 | -£23,900,000 | -£37,500,000 | -56.9% | |
| Equity | -£12,500,000 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 721 | 703 | 679 | -3.4% | |
| Wages | £32,100,000 | £32,300,000 | £32,900,000 | +1.9% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -22.7% | -19.0% | -21.2% | |
| Net margin | -24.6% | -22.4% | -26.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -366.7% | -186.5% | -146.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 183.3% | 228.5% | 308.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.37x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | -13.75x | -5.71x | -4.44x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As referred to in note 3 to the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY (L2) LIMITED · parent
- MDHC Container Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHAN, Farook Akhtar | Secretary | 2019-02-28 | — | — |
| CLARK, Jason Lee | Director | 2024-01-08 | Feb 1972 | British |
| KRABACZ, Gabor | Director | 2026-08-07 | Sep 1982 | Hungarian |
| REPETTO BUSTAMANTE, Andres Ignacio | Director | 2026-08-07 | Apr 1985 | Italian |
| SCHÄFFERS, Johannes Christianus Hubertus | Director | 2023-12-12 | Jan 1961 | Dutch |
| SMITH, Russell | Director | 2023-10-02 | Feb 1968 | Australian |
| VERITIERO, Claudio | Director | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARRISON GILL, Caroline Ruth | Secretary | 2019-02-28 | 2020-04-08 |
| BOU MALHAB, José | Director | 2025-01-08 | 2026-08-07 |
| BOU MALHAB, José | Director | 2021-12-16 | 2023-12-12 |
| CHARNOCK, Ian Graeme Lloyd | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2022-04-01 |
| CHELLE, Aurelie | Director | 2020-01-15 | 2020-03-31 |
| GREGORY, Michael Anthony | Director | 2020-01-15 | 2026-08-07 |
| KANAAN, Ammar Yahya | Director | 2020-01-15 | 2023-02-22 |
| MCINTYRE, Lewis William | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-01-08 |
| MCLAREN, Ian | Director | 2022-05-30 | 2023-06-19 |
| SIMON, Romain Julien | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2021-12-16 |
| VANCAMPEN, Tim | Director | 2023-02-22 | 2025-01-08 |
| VYAS, Sundeep | Director | 2020-01-15 | 2022-03-08 |
| WALSH, James Anthony | Director | 2022-03-08 | 2023-10-02 |
| WHITWORTH, Mark | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2022-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal Investment Limited Sarl | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2020-01-15 | Ceased 2025-10-08 |
| Peel Ports Containers Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-02-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.