Stena Line Manning Services Limited
Registered name: STENA LINE MANNING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Stena Line (UK) Limited groupStena Line Manning Services Limited made £2.7m revenue and £133k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Stena Line Manning Services Limited’s revenue grew 51% to £2.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £133k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
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) | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £85k | £66k | £146k |
| Profit before tax | £93k | £87k | £177k |
| Profit after tax | £71k | £65k | £133k |
| Profit (best available) | £71k | £65k | £133k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 3.7% | 5% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £147k | £205k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | £5.4k | £10.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▲50.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▲104.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £205k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.2k
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Stena Line (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Stena Line Manning Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Freight Link Solutions LimitedRev. £33.9m · Profit £1.4m
- Anglesey Land Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rhosgoch Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stena Line LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stena Line Ports (Loch Ryan) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stena Line Ports LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £133k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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