PORTLAND HARBOUR AUTHORITY LIMITED

Company number 03002686 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£4,651,789

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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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
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 50200 Sea and coastal freight water transport

Officers 6 current · 8 resigned

Appointed 2018-04-19
Appointed 2015-09-01
Appointed 2004-07-30
Appointed 1996-04-01
Appointed 1994-12-13

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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.

  • Conservative and Unionist Party
    £2,000 2010-04-04 Cash

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

NameDate changed
PORTLAND PORT LIMITED2003-06-30

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP1995-01-09

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.

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Property in England & Wales 3 titles

Freehold
1
Leasehold
2
Most recent registration
2018-04-16
Where
Dorset (3)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
DT438346 Dorset Leasehold 2018-04-16
DT276169 Dorset Leasehold 2000-05-19
DT232890 Dorset Freehold 1997-01-08

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