ACB SHIPPING LIMITED

Company number 06771417 ·

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Executive summary

ACB Shipping Limited operates as a small-scale, asset-light shipping intermediary within a multi-jurisdictional group structure, leveraging connections across India, Bulgaria, and Singapore to service dry bulk trade flows. Its financial profile shows consistent profitability across nine years and a strengthening cash position, though the balance sheet is characterised by significant inter-company balances and prepayments that complicate assessment of true standalone financial health. The 2023 rebrand from "Atlantic Coal and Bulk" signals a strategic response to declining European coal demand and sanctions disruption, though the company's niche scale limits its competitive positioning against larger London-based maritime operators.

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Shareholders' funds

£474,396

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2008-12-11
Employees
2 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
12 Mason's Avenue, London, EC2V 5BT
Postcode
EC2V 5BT
Capital
100 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-12-08
Next due by
2026-12-22
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 50200 Sea and coastal freight water transport

Officers 1 current · 1 resigned

Appointed 2008-12-11

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Group structure

Controlled by ADVANCE SHIPPING LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
ATLANTIC COAL AND BULK LIMITED2023-08-01

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
1 ALIE STREET, LONDON, E1 8DE2014-07-24
6-8 UNDERWOOD STREET, LONDON, N1 7JQ2010-12-17

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 53 similar companies in EC

Trading since 2008.

No.12 of the largest sea and coastal freight water transport companies in London →

34 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors London

This company ranks 12 among sea and coastal freight water transport in London.

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The class of 2008

24%

of the 245,266 companies incorporated in 2008 are still active today; 74% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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