WIGHTLINK LIMITED
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Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1972-06-23
- Registered office
- Gunwharf Terminal, Gunwharf Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2LA
- Postcode
- PO1 2LA
- Capital
- 17,495,252 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 25 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-29
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-10
- Next due by
- 2026-10-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 50100 Sea and coastal passenger water transport
- 50200 Sea and coastal freight water transport
Officers 9 current · 39 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ARCA SHIPPING LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2024 (period to 2024-03-30) as part of the ARCA TOPCO LIMITED group statement.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9899091 (Tier 3), registered since 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
19.9%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- wightlink.co.uk
- Phone
- 02392855260, 08000938236, 03339997333
Award-winning ferry service between the Isle of Wight and UK mainland, bringing 4.3 million people together every year. Crossing times from just 22 minutes.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| PASSRO(SHIPPING)CO.LIMITED | 1990-06-29 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| WIGHTLINK HOUSE, 70 BROAD STREET, PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE PO1 2LB | 2007-11-30 |
| POWELL DUFFRYN HOUSE, 70 BROAD STREET, PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE PO1 2LB | 1997-05-07 |
| 20 UPPER GROUND, LONDON, SE1 9PF | 1995-06-12 |
| 163/203 EVERSHOLT ST, LONDON NW1 1BG | 1988-08-24 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 41 similar companies in PO, trading since 1972
The class of 1972
53%
of the 6,034 companies incorporated in 1972 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.
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Property in England & Wales 14 titles
- Freehold
- 6
- Leasehold
- 8
- Most recent registration
- 2015-03-09
- Where
- Isle Of Wight (8), Hampshire (3), Portsmouth (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IW81051 | Isle Of Wight | Leasehold | 2015-03-09 | — |
| HP771824 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2014-06-06 | — |
| HP745839 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2012-02-08 | — |
| IW62515 | Isle Of Wight | Leasehold | 2006-06-02 | — |
| IW62516 | Isle Of Wight | Leasehold | 2006-06-02 | — |
| IW61995 | Isle Of Wight | Leasehold | 2006-03-09 | — |
| PM319 | Portsmouth | Leasehold | 1998-11-30 | — |
| IW35567 | Isle Of Wight | Freehold | 1995-06-15 | — |
| HP491540 | Portsmouth | Leasehold | 1994-11-11 | — |
| IW34115 | Isle Of Wight | Freehold | 1994-11-01 | — |
| HP435075 | Hampshire | Freehold | 1991-10-30 | — |
| IW26974 | Isle Of Wight | Freehold | 1991-10-30 | — |
| IW15044 | Isle Of Wight | Freehold | 1990-05-17 | — |
| HP287782 | Portsmouth | Freehold | — | — |
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