THURLESTONE SHIPPING LIMITED
Company number 05103782 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Thurlestone Shipping Limited operates as a mid-tier London shipbroking business within a broader international group structure, but its financial trajectory is deeply concerning. Net assets have declined by approximately 75% from £1.17M in 2018 to £286k in 2022, with the P&L reserve also deteriorating, suggesting persistent losses or significant dividend extraction rather than retention of earnings. While the company benefits from long market experience and group treasury support, its thin equity base relative to total assets and secured borrowings creates material financial fragility that would place it at a competitive disadvantage against better-capitalised broking houses when competing for principal mandates.
Shareholders' funds
£286,315
Balance sheet as at 2022-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-04-16
- Employees
- 33 (2022 accounts · was 30 in 2021)
- Registered office
- 5 Market Yard Mews, 194-204 Bermondsey Street, London, England, SE1 3TQ
- Postcode
- SE1 3TQ
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-03-18
- Next due by
- 2027-04-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 10 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA820677 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE OLD GRANGE WARREN ESTATE, LORDSHIP ROAD WRITTLE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3WT | 2019-09-06 |
| GROUND FLOOR, BOUNDARY HOUSE, 4 COUNTY PLACE NEW LONDON ROAD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX, CM2 0RE | 2012-05-11 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 2,024 similar companies in SE
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (33 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2004.
Competitors London
This company ranks 224 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in London.
The class of 2004
24%
of the 11,822 companies in this sector incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 75% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.