Sharpness Dock Limited
Registered name: SHARPNESS DOCK LIMITED
Part of Victoria Group Investments Limited groupSharpness Dock Limited made £8.8m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Sharpness Dock Limited’s revenue grew 53% to £8.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.8m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “cargo handling for water transport activities” and is based in Plymouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plymouth, South West
- Age
- 29 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £5.7m | £8.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £3m | £4.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.8m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £860k | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £860k | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 40 | 37 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 15% | 21% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 48% | 51.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £155k | £266k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £23.2k | £55.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲53.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲114.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.1% | — | ▼10.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £58k | £54k | £28k | £70k |
| Net assets | £9.7m | £10.9m | £10.9m | £11m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £10.2m | £11.7m | £11.8m | £12.5m |
| Debtors | £1m | £915k | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £266k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £55.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.9%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £11m
- Cash at bank
- ▲150%
- Now £70k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £1.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Victoria Group Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Victoria Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sharpness Dock Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Victoria Wharves LimitedRev. £13.7m · Profit £1.6m
- Port of Boston LimitedRev. £8.7m · Profit £1.8m
- Seaham Harbour Dock CompanyFigures 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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