{"name":"GRIMALDI AGENCIES UK LIMITED","company_number":"01130103","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1973-08-20","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Grimaldi House, St. James's Square, London, England, SW1Y 4JH","postcode":"SW1Y 4JH","sic_codes":[{"code":50200,"description":"Sea and coastal freight water transport"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activities of the company in the year under review were those of shipping agents and freight contracting together with property letting and management.","previous_names":[{"name":"ASSOCIATED OCEANIC AGENCIES (U.K.) LIMITED","changed_on":"1999-11-29"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":68,"accounts_date":"2022-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","turnover":7157313,"profit_loss":490958,"net_assets":8895153,"cash":148072,"average_employees":68},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","turnover":6337372,"profit_loss":541695,"net_assets":8404195,"cash":246263,"average_employees":67},{"financial_date":"2020-12-31","turnover":6202370},{"financial_date":"2019-12-31"}],"officers":{"current":4,"resigned":7,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":3,"outstanding":3},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Grimaldi Agencies UK Limited is a well-established, group-backed shipping agency that benefits from the structural advantages of captive business flows and a valuable Central London property portfolio, delivering consistent turnover growth and strong net asset accumulation. However, its competitive position is defined by dependency on the Grimaldi Group for revenue and liquidity support, with the 2022 commission-sharing restructuring signalling internal margin pressure that offset much of the benefit from recovering freight markets. The company is financially sound within its niche but lacks strategic autonomy, operating essentially as a stable but passive conduit for its parent's UK interests.","website":"https://www.grimaldi.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/grimaldi-agencies-uk","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/grimaldi-agencies-uk/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/grimaldi-agencies-uk/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01130103","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/grimaldi-agencies-uk/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/grimaldi-agencies-uk/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/grimaldi-agencies-uk/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/grimaldi-agencies-uk/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/grimaldi-agencies-uk"}