ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS
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Cash
£120M
+123.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£4B
+12.3% vs 2024
Employees
2,315
-1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£529M
+5.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £756,600,000 | £792,500,000 | |
| Operating profit | £504,400,000 | £582,400,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £499,300,000 | £528,800,000 | |
| Net profit | £364,500,000 | £393,300,000 | |
| Cash | £53,500,000 | £119,600,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,543,800,000 | £4,961,100,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,238,400,000 | £3,636,800,000 | |
| Equity | £3,238,400,000 | £3,636,800,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,353 | 2,315 | |
| Wages | £136,800,000 | £133,300,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £36,300,000 | £5,300,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.7%
£756,600,000 £792,500,000
-
Cash
+123.6%
£53,500,000 £119,600,000
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Net assets
+12.3%
£3,238,400,000 £3,636,800,000
-
Employees
-1.6%
2,353 2,315
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Operating profit
+15.5%
£504,400,000 £582,400,000
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Profit before tax
+5.9%
£499,300,000 £528,800,000
-
Wages
-2.6%
£136,800,000 £133,300,000
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 66.7% | 73.5% | |
| Net margin | 48.2% | 49.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.1% | 11.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.8% | 30.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.76x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | 9.02x | 10.34x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors confirm that, in their opinion, the company has sufficient financial resources and facilities available to continue to trade for the foreseeable future and at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements ABP (Jersey) Limited ("ABPJI"), the company's ultimate parent undertaking, has confirmed that it will continue to support the company to enable it to meet its”
Group structure
- ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS · parent
- W E. Dowds (Shipping) Limited 100%
- UK Dredging Management Limited 100%
- ABP Pension Trustee Limited 100%
- ABP Marchwood Limited 100%
- ABP Safeguard Limited 100%
- Aldwych Logistics Investments Limited 100%
- Colchester Dock Transit Company Limited 100%
- Exxtor Shipping Services Limited 100%
- Humber Pilotage (C H A ) Limited 100%
- Ipswich Port Limited 100%
- Northern Cargo Services Limited 100%
- RPM Industrial Site Services Limited 100%
- Southampton Free Trade Zone Limited 100%
- The Teignmouth Quay Company Limited 100%
- Whitby Port Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “ABP continues to invest in building a strong, proactive safety culture and has introduced new Life-Saving Rules.”
- “ABP began the process of digitising several H&S processes and has additional digital initiatives planned for phased rollout during 2026.”
- “ABP recognises climate change risks, invests in green technology, and aims for 32.5 MWp of wind and solar energy generation by 2025.”
- “ABP launched its sustainability strategy, 'Ready for Tomorrow' (RfT) in 2023, outlining long-term investment in low-carbon and energy resilient infrastructure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
0 active · 0 resigned
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated British Ports Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2018-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2016-06-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2016-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2015-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2014-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2013-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2012-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2012-04-26 | MG02 | mortgage | Legacy | |
| 2012-02-08 | MG02 | mortgage | Legacy | |
| 2011-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.