FORTITUDE SHIPPING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-08 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
USD 7,539,000
-13.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
USD 1,812,000
-31.9% vs 2023
Employees
6
+50% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£26M
USD 34,186,000
+67.6% 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 | £109,843,762 | £115,155,865 | |
| Operating profit | £24,810,496 | £34,170,591 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,252,299 | £25,555,805 | |
| Net profit | £15,212,678 | £25,528,893 | |
| Cash | £6,527,622 | £5,635,793 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,989,983 | £1,354,564 | |
| Equity | £1,989,983 | £1,354,564 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 6 | |
| Wages | £2,268,820 | £2,563,355 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,883,531 | £1,880,093 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (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
+4.8%
£109,843,762 £115,155,865
-
Cash
-13.7%
£6,527,622 £5,635,793
-
Net assets
-31.9%
£1,989,983 £1,354,564
-
Employees
+50%
4 6
-
Operating profit
+37.7%
£24,810,496 £34,170,591
-
Profit before tax
+67.6%
£15,252,299 £25,555,805
-
Wages
+13%
£2,268,820 £2,563,355
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 | 22.6% | 29.7% | |
| Net margin | 13.8% | 22.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.4% | 98.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.44x | 0.51x | |
| Interest cover | 2.57x | 3.98x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors of the Company have assessed the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. The assessment was conducted taking into consideration its financial position, liquidity, expected future cash flows, and obligations as at the reporting date. For the financial year ended 31 December 2024, the Company posted a profit after tax of $34.2m and declared a dividend of $35.0m. As at the reporting date, the Company maintains a positive net asset position of $1.8m, supported by long-term time charter contracts secured at favourable rates, providing predictable revenue streams. The Directors are hence of the opinion that it is appropriate to prepare financial statements of the Company on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In April 2025, several governments, including China-the largest importer of US-origin LPG-announced reciprocal tariffs on US goods following new US trade measures. These tariffs may negatively affect the Company's LPG shipping activities, including a potential reduction in Chinese imports and a decline in profit margins. In May 2025, the US and China agreed to a temporary 90-day reduction in tariffs, with China lowering its tariffs to 10%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HODGES, Joshua Kumbirai | Director | 2025-05-06 | Feb 1988 | British |
| LAGIER, Jean-Marie | Director | 2025-10-21 | Jul 1981 | Swiss |
| TOWEY, Maurice Andrew Michael | Director | 2022-05-26 | Oct 1975 | Irish |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULLEN, James Robert | Director | 2023-10-16 | 2025-04-15 |
| FEARN, Giles Duncan | Director | 2022-05-26 | 2023-10-16 |
| PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis Vagos | Director | 2025-04-15 | 2025-10-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 34 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.