SOUTHAMPTON CONTAINER TERMINALS LIMITED
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† SOUTHAMPTON CONTAINER TERMINALS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 52242Where the company stands among the 458 active companies whose first SIC code is 52242 (Cargo handling for air transport activities).
- SOUTHAMPTON CONTAINER TERMINALS LIMITED£136.3m
- HEATHROW CARGO HANDLING LIMITED£33.3m
- QUICK INTERNATIONAL COURIERS (UK) LIMITED£16.2m
- CAI HOLDINGS LIMITED£16m
- WORLD CARGO LOGISTICS LTD£10m
- PREMIERSHIP LIMITED£4.9m
- CUSTOMS CLEARANCE LIMITED£4.9m
- INTERTRANS (CARGO SERVICES) LIMITED£4.2m
- TRANSIT HIRE LTD£4.2m
- ACTIVE FREIGHT MANAGEMENT LIMITED£4m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 458. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: SOUTHAMPTON CONTAINER TERMINALS LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
SOUTHAMPTON CONTAINER TERMINALS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01960484. It was incorporated on 18 Nov 1985. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (SW1E). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is cargo handling for air transport activities (52242).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £235,778,000. Profit for the year was £35,014,000. Net assets were £136,330,000, up 8.5% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £79,177,000. Total assets were £656,481,000 and total liabilities £513,969,000. The company had an average of 579 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 458 active companies whose first SIC code is 52242: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £3,544). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £21,969). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £21,721). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 4.7 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £2,000, from Department for Education.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, glass. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 30 days to pay suppliers, and 16% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 8.8% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 5 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 16 Nov 2026.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 210,513,000 | 235,778,000 |
| Profit for the year | 21,390,000 | 35,014,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 78,656,000 | 79,177,000 |
| Total assets | 628,228,000 | 656,481,000 |
| Total liabilities | 496,943,000 | 513,969,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 125,676,000 | 136,330,000 |
| Average number of employees | 583 | 579 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Government grants
1 grantSOUTHAMPTON CONTAINER TERMINALS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £2,000.
- Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £2,000
From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 30 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 16%
- Standard payment terms
- 0–90 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 65%
- 31 to 60 days 27%
- After 60 days 8%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 26
- 70%
- 13%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 28
- 69%
- 17%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 29
- 69%
- 24%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 29
- 77%
- 30%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 29
- 79%
- 23%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 23
- 79%
- 29%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 34
- 58%
- 13%
- Median hourly pay
- women 8.8% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 5.9% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 13.9% lower
- Employer size
- 500 to 999 employees
Earlier years (7)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 8.6% lower
- women 12.9% lower
- 2023/24
- women 18.2% lower
- women 14.1% lower
- 2022/23
- women 30.2% lower
- women 21.8% lower
- 2021/22
- women 30.6% lower
- women 31.4% lower
- 2020/21
- women 30.2% lower
- women 26.2% lower
- 2018/19
- women 28.9% lower
- women 22.9% lower
- 2017/18
- women 22.9% lower
- women 20% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY)
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, glass, electrical equipment and iron and steel articles.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: electrical equipment.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
6 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £235.8m, net assets £136.3m, 579 employees
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £210.5m, net assets £125.7m, 583 employees
- P&O Ports Ltd. ceased to be a person with significant control
- The Peninsular And Oriental Steam Navigation Company registered as a person with significant control
- P&O Ports Ltd. registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.