Williams Shipping Marine Limited
Registered name: WILLIAMS SHIPPING MARINE LIMITED
Part of Williams Shipping Holdings Limited groupWilliams Shipping Marine Limited made £11.2m revenue and £916k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Williams Shipping Marine Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £916k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1988
- 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: “The immediate and ultimate parent company is Williams Shipping Holdings Limited a company registered in England and Wales. The registered office is Manor House Avenue, Millbrook, Southampton, Hampshir”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.2m | £9.2m | £10.3m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | £7.3m | £7.2m | £7.8m | £7.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2m | £2.5m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £595k | £599k | £761k | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £492k | £341k | £483k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £103k | £192k | £316k | £916k |
| Profit (best available) | £103k | £192k | £316k | £916k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 62 | 59 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 2.1% | 3.1% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | 20.4% | 22.1% | 24.3% | 31.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £149k | £175k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £3.1k | £5.4k | £15.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0% | ▲11.7% | ▲9.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲85.8% | ▲64.5% | ▲189.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▼4.8% | ▼1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.4k | £5.3k | £1.1k | £1.1k |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £6.9m | £7.3m | £9m |
| Fixed assets | £10.8m | £11.8m | £11.7m | £17.6m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £96.1k | £213k | £357k | £288k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 156.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £1.1k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £288k
- Fixed assets
- ▲51%
- Now £17.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Williams Shipping Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Williams Shipping Marine Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Gif Transport & Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Willbox LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Williams Marine Lubricants LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Williams Shipping Transport LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £916k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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