OCEAN AGENCIES LIMITED
Company number 02813300 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Ocean Agencies Limited is a long-established shipping agency that has experienced an 83% decline in net assets from its 2022 peak, now standing at just £192,135 – a position that signals either aggressive shareholder extraction or significant trading deterioration, likely compounded by the disruption to its apparent Black Sea/CIS trade route specialisation following geopolitical events. While the firm remains debt-free and operationally active with director remuneration still substantial, the capital base is now dangerously thin for a business exposed to the working capital demands of international freight agency work. Without capital replenishment or a strategic pivot away from disrupted trade corridors, the company's competitive position within the UK ship agency market appears increasingly fragile relative to better-capitalised rivals.
Shareholders' funds
£192,135
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
Sea and coastal freight water transport
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-04-22
- Employees
- 8 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 2nd Floor Marlborough House, 298 Regents Park Road, London, N3 2SZ
- Postcode
- N3 2SZ
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2026-04-22
- Next due by
- 2027-05-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 50200 Sea and coastal freight water transport
Officers 4 current · 11 resigned
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BLASCO UK LIMITED | 1996-05-31 |
| BLASBULK UK LIMITED | 1993-10-08 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2ND FLOOR MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, 298 REGENTS PARK ROAD, FINCHLEY, LONDON, N3 2TJ | 2013-05-15 |
| MOLTENO HOUSE, 302 REGENTS PARK ROAD, FINCHLEY, LONDON N3 2JX | 2008-02-18 |
| FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH, BRETTENHAM HOUSE, LANCASTER PLACE, LONDON WC2E 7EN | 2001-01-20 |
| FLAT 10, BOLEBEC HOUSE, 10 LOWNDES STREET, LONDON, SW1X 9EU | 1993-08-26 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 31 similar companies in N
3rd largest employer among its local peers (8 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1993.
No.1 of the largest sea and coastal freight water transport companies in London →
Competitors London
This company ranks 1 among sea and coastal freight water transport in London.
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,070 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2008-03-19
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL183141 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2008-03-19 | — |
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