NEWSHIP GROUP LIMITED
Company number 01382145 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Newship Group is a 46-year-old family-controlled holding company with diversified industrial subsidiaries, but its financial position reveals deep structural concerns—£11.4M in accumulated capital erosion, declining revenue and cash reserves, and concentrated ownership risk. The group's cross-sector portfolio provides cyclical resilience, but without urgent portfolio rationalization, capital reconstruction, and succession planning, the current trajectory threatens long-term viability. Strategic focus should shift toward stabilizing cash flows, professionalizing governance, and concentrating investment in higher-margin segments like premium hire.
Shareholders' funds
£136,946
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is that of a group holding company. The activities of the subsidiary companies are building and packaging.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1978-08-03
- Employees
- 657 (2025 accounts · was 682 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Fernside Place, 179 Queens Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0AH
- Postcode
- KT13 0AH
- Capital
- 11,564,141 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-03
- Next due by
- 2027-07-17
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 6 current · 14 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Political donations 8
£97,500 in registered political donations since 2015.
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Conservative and Unionist Party
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Conservative and Unionist Party
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Conservative and Unionist Party
Showing the 3 most recent of 8.
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- newship.co.uk
Newship Group is made up of manufacturing, distribution and hire businesses operating in the packaging, construction, engineering and premium hire sectors.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| WILFIELD LIMITED | 1998-07-08 |
| G.J. DURAFENCING (SOUTHAMPTON) LIMITED | 1982-03-11 |
| RONDESOUTH LIMITED | 1978-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| FERNSIDE PLACE 179 QUEENS ROAD, WEYBRIDGE, SURREY, KT13 0AH, UNITED KINGDOM | 2009-02-06 |
| CLIVE HOUSE, 12-18 QUEENS ROAD, WEYBRIDGE, SURREY, KT13 9XB | 2008-07-31 |
| FERNSIDE PLACE, 179 QUEENS ROAD, WEYBRIDGE, SURREY KT13 0AH | 1998-10-02 |
Among its peers
2nd largest employer
of 94 similar companies in KT, with 657 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Epsom
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1. FIINU PLC
This company ranks 76 among activities of head offices in Epsom.
The class of 1978
51%
of the 8,636 companies incorporated in 1978 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2015-07-31
- Price paid, where recorded
- £377,999
- Where
- Surrey (2), City Of Derby (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY398707 | City Of Derby | Leasehold | 2015-07-31 | — |
| SY474753 | Surrey | Freehold | 1999-01-25 | £377,999 |
| SY457387 | Surrey | Freehold | 1999-01-20 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
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