ACB SHIPPING LIMITED
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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.
Shareholders' funds
£474,396
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
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
Nature of business (SIC)
- 50200 Sea and coastal freight water transport
Officers 1 current · 1 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ADVANCE SHIPPING LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ATLANTIC COAL AND BULK LIMITED | 2023-08-01 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 ALIE STREET, LONDON, E1 8DE | 2014-07-24 |
| 6-8 UNDERWOOD STREET, LONDON, N1 7JQ | 2010-12-17 |
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 →
Competitors London
This company ranks 12 among sea and coastal freight water transport in London.
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.