Harwich International Port Limited
Registered name: HARWICH INTERNATIONAL PORT LIMITED
Part of Hutchison Ports Europe Limited groupHarwich International Port Limited made £25.1m revenue and £4.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Harwich International Port Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £25.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.6m profit and 194 employees. The company is classified under “sea and coastal passenger water transport” and is based in Felixstowe; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Felixstowe
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.5m | £24.6m | £25.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£14m | −£14.1m | −£15.7m |
| Gross profit | £10.5m | £10.5m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | £6.7m | £6.5m | £6.4m |
| Profit before tax | £6.3m | £6.4m | £6.3m |
| Profit after tax | £4.7m | £4.7m | £4.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.7m | £4.7m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 186 | 190 | 194 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.3% | 19% | 18.4% |
| Gross margin | 42.8% | 42.6% | 37.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £132k | £130k | £130k |
| Profit per employee | £25.4k | £24.6k | £23.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.5% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1% | ▼0.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▲2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £130k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.9k
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now 194
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hutchison Ports Europe Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hutchison Ports (UK) Holding Limited75–100%
- Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited75–100%
- Harwich International (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Harwich International Port Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Harwich International Pension Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.6m), 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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