PPL Humber Bulk Terminal Ltd
Registered name: PPL HUMBER BULK TERMINAL LTD
Part of Peel Ports Group Limited groupPPL Humber Bulk Terminal Ltd made £6.2m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
PPL Humber Bulk Terminal Ltd’s revenue was £6.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.6m profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “cargo handling for water transport activities” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.5m | £6.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.8m | −£3.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | — | 27 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 26.4% | 25.9% |
| Gross margin | 49.3% | 44.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £231k |
| Profit per employee | — | £59.9k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £231k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £59.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Peel Ports Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Peel Ports Intermediate Holdco Limited75–100%
- Peel Ports UK Financeco Limited75–100%
- Peel Holdings (Ports) Limited75–100%
- Peel Ports Holdings Limited75–100%
- Peel Ports Investments Limited75–100%
- PPL Humber Bulk Terminal Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (12)
- Clydeport LimitedFigures not disclosed
- De Facto 1693 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Great Yarmouth Port Company LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ligna Biomass Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peel Nre Water Facilities LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peel Nre Water Services Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peel Ports (Ids) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peel Ports Logistics Humber LtdFigures not disclosed
- Peel Ports Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peel Ports Operations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Manchester Ship Canal Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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