PORTLAND HARBOUR AUTHORITY LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£4,651,789
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of acting as the Statutory Harbour Authority at Portland, and to provide harbour and towage services.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1994-12-13
- Employees
- 47 (2024 accounts · was 50 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Port Office, Castletown, Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom, DT5 1PP
- Postcode
- DT5 1PP
- Capital
- 497,778 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 4 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
- 2025-12-13
- Next due by
- 2026-12-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 50200 Sea and coastal freight water transport
Officers 6 current · 8 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9150079 (Tier 2), registered since 2005.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Political donations 1
£2,000 in registered political donations since 2010.
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Conservative and Unionist Party
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- portlandharbourauthority.org
- Phone
- 01305824044
At the centre of Dorset’s historic and breathtaking coastline, 20 miles north of the English Channel shipping lanes
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| PORTLAND PORT LIMITED | 2003-06-30 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP | 1995-01-09 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 25 similar companies in DT — measured against the wider sector
The largest employer among its local peers (47 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1994.
The class of 1994
47%
of the 28,890 companies incorporated in 1994 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2018-04-16
- Where
- Dorset (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT438346 | Dorset | Leasehold | 2018-04-16 | — |
| DT276169 | Dorset | Leasehold | 2000-05-19 | — |
| DT232890 | Dorset | Freehold | 1997-01-08 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.