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Company No. 01440983 · Incorporated 1 Aug 1979

Osprey Shipping Limited

Registered name: OSPREY SHIPPING LIMITED

Part of Osprey Maritime Limited group

Osprey Shipping Limited made £40.6m revenue and £8.1m profit in the year to 5 Apr 2025.

Osprey Shipping Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £40.6m in the year to 5 Apr 2025, with £8.1m profit and 88 employees. The company is classified under “sea and coastal freight water transport” and is based in Bristol; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 50200Sea and coastal freight water transport
Status
Active
Location
Bristol, South West
Age
47 yrs · since 1979
Type
Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Osprey Maritime Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 5 Apr 2025

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£40.6m
Growth ▲28.1%
Profit
£8.1m
Growth ▲426.6%
Profit margin
20%
Gross 33.7%
Employees
88
Change ▲1.1%
Profit / employee
£92.1k
Revenue/employee £461k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 20245 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£31.6m£40.6m
Cost of sales£24m£26.9m
Gross profit£7.6m£13.7m
Profit before tax£1.9m£8.3m
Profit after tax£1.5m£8.1m
Profit (best available)£1.5m£8.1m
Staff costs£7.2m£7.6m
Employees (average)8788
Ratios
Profit margin4.9%20%
Gross margin24.1%33.7%
Revenue per employee£364k£461k
Profit per employee£17.7k£92.1k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲28.1%
Profit growth—▲426.6%
Headcount growth—▲1.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£4.3m£8.4m
Net assets£10m£18.1m
Fixed assets£15m£21.4m
Current assets£10.9m£17.8m
Debtors£3.3m£3.6m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
20%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
33.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£461k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£92.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
52.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
8.9%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets
▲81%
Now £18.1m
Cash at bank
▲96%
Now £8.4m
Headcount
▲1%
Now 88
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲43%
Now £21.4m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Osprey Maritime Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Osprey Shipping Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (3)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Same industry, similar size

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 5 Apr 2025 (profit £8.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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