CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED

Active
Company number 04211637Private limited companyIncorporated 2001

Key figures

£17,530,000+205.6%
Net assets 2024/25
-20 m-10 m010 m20 m2023/242024/25

† CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS 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.

CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 30110

Where the company stands among the 408 active companies whose first SIC code is 30110 (Building of ships and floating structures).

Net assets£17,530,000
Higher than 95% · median £9,737
Total assets£75,963,000
Higher than 95% · median £124,797
Cash£8,434,000
Higher than 97% · median £42,560
Company age25.5 years
Older than 80% · median 7.3 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED£859.8m
  2. BAE SYSTEMS MARINE LIMITED£840.6m
  3. BABCOCK MARINE (ROSYTH) LIMITED£165.7m
  4. BERTHON BOAT COMPANY LIMITED£45.1m
  5. MACDUFF SHIPYARDS LIMITED£24.9m
  6. CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED£17.5m
  7. SURVITEC SURVIVAL CRAFT LTD£14.1m
  8. FERGUSON MARINE (801- 802) LIMITED£10.4m
  9. UK DOCKS MARINE SERVICES NORTH LIMITED£10.3m
  10. BARNES MARINE UNITS LIMITED£10.2m

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 408. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04211637. It was incorporated on 4 May 2001. Its status is active. The registered office is in Birkenhead (CH41). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is building of ships and floating structures (30110), repair and maintenance of ships and boats (33150).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Mar 2025); the company files full accounts. Profit for the year was £3,740,000. Net assets were £17,530,000, up 205.6% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £8,434,000. Total assets were £75,963,000 and total liabilities £58,433,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 408 active companies whose first SIC code is 30110: By net assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £9,737). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £124,797). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £42,560). It is older than 80% of them (median age 7.3 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 8 public contract award notices from 4 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £764m. Its most frequent buyer is MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (3 contracts). It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £2.1m, from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, iron and steel articles, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 80 days to pay suppliers, and 85% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 23.5% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 2 of 4 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 28 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover146,517,000—
Profit for the year5,453,0003,740,000
Cash at bank and in hand16,747,0008,434,000
Total assets63,066,00075,963,000
Total liabilities79,672,00058,433,000
Net assets / total equity-16,606,00017,530,000

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.

Public contracts

8 contracts

CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 8 public contract award notices from 4 public sector buyers since 2015. Their combined published value is £764m.

Contracts per year
Main buyers4
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
3 contracts · £619.1m
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
2 contracts · £144m
Merseytravel
2 contracts · £684.4k
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
1 contract · £194.8k
Contracts
  1. UK SOV Manufacture Business Case Development - ORE/24/101‡Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult · £194,750
  2. Out of Water Survey Works and General Repairs of Mersey Ferries 2024 - 2025‡Merseytravel · £430,000
  3. Provision of Bespoke Semi-Bulk StowageMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £53,545
  4. SSAPR20081 Synapsis NX Upgrade for the SDAUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £38,000
  5. The Future In Service Support for RFA Fort Austin, Fort Rosalie, Fort Victoria, Wave Knight, and Wave RulerMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £357,000,000 · runs until Mar 2028
Show 3 more
  1. The Future In Service Support for RFA Tideforce, Tidespring, Tiderace and TidesurgeMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £262,000,000 · runs until Mar 2028
  2. 2015 Out of Water Survey, Repairs and Refurbishment of Crew Areas & Toilets of MV Royal Iris‡Merseytravel · £254,442
  3. For the Design and Construction of a New Poler Research Vessel‡UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £144,000,000

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

1 grant

CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £2.1m.

Grant
  1. Cammell Laird Green Shore Power ProjectDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £2,074,781 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme

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

Payment practices1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sep 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
80 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
85%
Standard payment terms
30–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 10%
  • 31 to 60 days 18%
  • After 60 days 72%
Earlier periods (6)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2026
88
14%
74%
30 Sep 2025
88
14%
81%
31 Mar 2025
72
13%
73%
30 Sep 2024
61
17%
24%
31 Mar 2024
60
19%
30%
30 Sep 2023
59
17%
29%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 23.5% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 5.8% lower
Median bonus pay
women 60% lower
Employer size
500 to 999 employees
Lower pay quarter6% womenLower middle21% womenUpper middle2.4% womenUpper pay quarter7.8% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 26.2% lower
women 9.3% lower
2023/24
women 19.4% lower
women 11.5% lower
2022/23
women 20% lower
women 10.4% lower
2021/22
women 26.2% lower
women 11.8% lower
2020/21
women 26.2% lower
women 17.9% lower
2018/19
women 26% lower
women 19.1% lower
2017/18
women 26.3% lower
women 19.3% 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

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

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, iron and steel articles, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments and rubber.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 9 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment, wadding, felt and rope and tools and cutlery.

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

15 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £17.5m
  2. Apcl Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Mr John Whittaker ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Mr Christopher Eves ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Mrs Sheila Greenwood ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £146.5m, net assets −£16.6m
  7. Mr John Raymond Syvret ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Mr John Whittaker registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (7)
  1. Mr Christopher Eves registered as a person with significant control
  2. Mrs Sheila Greenwood registered as a person with significant control
  3. Peel Port Investments Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Mr John Raymond Syvret registered as a person with significant control
  5. Peel Port Investments Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Name changed to CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LIMITEDPreviously NORTHWESTERN SHIPREPAIRERS AND SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED
  7. 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.