METRO SHIPPING LIMITED

Company number 01487078 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£75,101,657

Balance sheet as at 2022-12-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1980-03-24
Registered office
2700 The Crescent, Birmingham Business Park, Birmingham, B37 7YE
Postcode
B37 7YE
Capital
100,000 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-31
Next due by
2026-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-09-01
Next due by
2027-09-15
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 50200 Sea and coastal freight water transport
  • 51210 Freight air transport

Officers 5 current · 7 resigned

Appointed 2025-10-22
Appointed 2023-01-03
Appointed 2021-12-14
Appointed 2019-07-31
Appointed 2010-10-22

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Group structure

Controlled by METRO GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2024-11-15

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

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) — 3 years on the registry.

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA298389 (Tier 2), registered since 2017.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website
metroshipping.co.uk
Phone
+441217172345

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Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
LONDON MEGA TERMINAL THURROCK PARK WAY, TILBURY, ESSEX, RM18 7HD2011-08-17
13 PORTLAND ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 9HN2010-11-09
34 DUCHESS RD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 8JA1990-07-25

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 31 similar companies in B

The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1980.

No.1 of the largest sea and coastal freight water transport companies in Birmingham →

75 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Birmingham

This company ranks 1 among sea and coastal freight water transport in Birmingham.

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The class of 1980

49%

of the 8,850 companies incorporated in 1980 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.

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

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