FC Shipping Limited
Registered name: FC SHIPPING LIMITED
Part of Banco Santander, S.A groupFC Shipping Limited made £162k revenue and £70.2k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
FC Shipping Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £162k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £70.2k profit. The company is classified under “financial leasing” and is based in Teesside; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Teesside
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £70.2k | £163k | £162k |
| Operating profit | £69.4k | £159k | £160k |
| Profit before tax | £4.5k | £48.5k | £77.4k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.7k | £41.2k | £70.2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.7k | £41.2k | £70.2k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.4% | 25.2% | 43.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲132.6% | ▼0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲70.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 43.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Banco Santander, S.A (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Santander UK Group Holdings PLC75–100%
- Santander Equity Investments Limited75–100%
- FC Shipping Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (15)
- Abbey National Business Office Equipment Leasing LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Abbey National PLP (UK) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Abbey Stockbrokers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alliance & Leicester Investments (NO.2) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Alliance & Leicester LimitedFigures not disclosed
- An (123) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Anitco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cater Allen Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cater Allen International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cater Allen Syndicate Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- FB Shipping LimitedFigures not disclosed
- First National Motor PLCFigures not disclosed
- Insurance Funding Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Santander Mortgage Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sheppards Moneybrokers LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £70.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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