THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY LIMITED

Active
Company number 07438262Private limited companyIncorporated 2010

Key figures

£115,200,000-33.0%
Net assets 2024/25
-33.0%
Average annual change 2023/24–2024/25
050 m100 m150 m200 m2023/242024/25

† THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY 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

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 50300

Where the company stands among the 334 active companies whose first SIC code is 50300 (Inland passenger water transport).

Net assets£115,200,000
Higher than 99% · median £35,600
Total assets£2,653,300,000
Higher than 99% · median £129,801
Cash£11,100,000
Higher than 97% · median £37,264
Company age16.0 years
Younger than 57% · median 19.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY LIMITED£115.2m
  2. LARNE HARBOUR LIMITED£41.2m
  3. COLLINS RIVER ENTERPRISES LIMITED£18.4m
  4. WOODS RIVER CRUISES LIMITED£16.8m
  5. WINDERMERE LAKE CRUISES LIMITED£12m
  6. CRAFT LEISURE LIMITED£7.3m
  7. HOBBS OF HENLEY LIMITED£6m
  8. BLACK PRINCE HOLIDAYS LIMITED£5.5m
  9. THE DARTMOUTH-KINGSWEAR FLOATING BRIDGE COMPANY LIMITED£4.9m
  10. CAPITAL PLEASURE BOATS LIMITED£4.9m

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 334. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 07438262. It was incorporated on 12 Nov 2010. Its status is active. The registered office is in Liverpool (L21). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is inland passenger water transport (50300).

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. Turnover was £248,200,000. Profit for the year was £23,300,000. Net assets were £115,200,000, down 33% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £11,100,000. Total assets were £2,653,300,000 and total liabilities £2,522,300,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 334 active companies whose first SIC code is 50300: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £35,600). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £129,801). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £37,264). It is younger than 57% of them (median age 19.5 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 4 central government grants worth £15.5m, from Department for Transport.

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, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 46 days to pay suppliers, and 33% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 13.4% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 4 of 5 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 4 Mar 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover224,400,000248,200,000
Profit for the year58,700,00023,300,000
Cash at bank and in hand18,700,00011,100,000
Total assets2,027,000,0002,653,300,000
Total liabilities1,835,200,0002,522,300,000
Net assets / total equity171,900,000115,200,000

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.

Government grants

4 grants

THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 4 central government grants since 2021, together worth £15.5m.

Grants
  1. Ports Infrastructure Fund PIF 21/22Department for Transport · £5,166,137
  2. Ports Infrastructure Fund PIF 21/22Department for Transport · £5,602,289
  3. Ports Infrastructure Fund PIF 21/22Department for Transport · £1,722,046
  4. Ports Infrastructure Fund PIF 21/22Department for Transport · £3,007,939

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
46 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
33%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 29%
  • 31 to 60 days 42%
  • After 60 days 29%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2026
42
40%
30%
30 Sep 2025
40
39%
22%
31 Mar 2025
33
56%
16%
30 Sep 2024
32
53%
12%
30 Sep 2023
32
60%
14%
30 Sep 2023
32
62%
18%
31 Mar 2023
37
61%
22%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 13.4% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 6.5% lower
Median bonus pay
women 15% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter22% womenLower middle15% womenUpper middle13% womenUpper pay quarter17% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 11.6% lower
women 10.1% lower
2023/24
women 15.3% lower
women 14.9% lower
2022/23
women 12.5% lower
women 15.7% lower
2021/22
women 14.8% lower
women 20% lower
2020/21
women 8.6% lower
women 10.9% lower
2018/19
women 2.5% lower
women 13.5% lower
2017/18
women 25.5% lower
women 20.1% 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, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, plastics and iron and steel articles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 6 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, electrical equipment and optical, medical and measuring instruments.

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

4 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £248.2m, net assets £115.2m
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £224.4m, net assets £171.9m
  3. Peel Ports Investments Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.