NMT International Shipping UK Limited
Registered name: NMT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING UK LIMITED
NMT International Shipping UK Limited made £26.8m revenue and a £171k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
NMT International Shipping UK Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £26.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £171k and 39 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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: “Throughout the year the company was wholly owned by NMT Holdings BV, a company registered in the Netherlands. Stena AB is considered to be the ultimate parent company as holds a controlling interest i”
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) | £34m | £36.2m | £27.2m | £26.8m |
| Cost of sales | £31m | £32.8m | £24.9m | £24.4m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.4m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £417k | £511k | −£816k | −£310k |
| Profit before tax | £420k | £525k | −£802k | −£288k |
| Profit after tax | £234k | £394k | −£623k | −£171k |
| Profit (best available) | £234k | £394k | −£623k | −£171k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 45 | 44 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 1.1% | −2.3% | −0.6% |
| Gross margin | 8.9% | 9.3% | 8.6% | 8.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £790k | £805k | £619k | £688k |
| Profit per employee | £5.5k | £8.7k | −£14.2k | −£4.4k |
| Cash conversion | −230.8% | −97.5% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼24.8% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲67.9% | ▼258.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▼2.2% | ▼11.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.4m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £2m | £2m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £142k | £95.3k | £101k | £120k |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £6.3m | £5.5m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £4.9m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £893k | £950k | £744k | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£961k | −£498k | −£507k | −£623k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £688k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲67%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- ▲71%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £120k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- A. B. Plant Shipping (NL) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Abp Lines LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NMT Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NMT International 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 −£171k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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