HUDSON BOAT WORKS U.K. LIMITED

Active
Company number 09921705Private limited companyIncorporated 2015

Key figures

£245,931-4.2%
Net assets 2024/25
+33.1%
Average annual growth 2020/21–2024/25
0100 k200 k300 k2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25

Like most small UK companies, HUDSON BOAT WORKS U.K. LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 33150

Where the company stands among the 1,930 active companies whose first SIC code is 33150 (Repair and maintenance of ships and boats).

Net assets£245,931
Higher than 84% · median £10,177
Total assets£393,952
Higher than 82% · median £45,070
Employees3
Higher than 75% · median 1
Company age10.9 years
Older than 72% · median 5.3 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. SRAM MRAM MORPHOSIS OIL AND GAS LIMITED£125m
  2. SHIELD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED£17.3m
  3. DALES MARINE SERVICES LIMITED£10.9m
  4. AECOR MARINE LTD£9.3m
  5. DALES MARINE SERVICES (GREENOCK) LIMITED£9.2m
  6. HARRIS PYE ENGINEERING GROUP LIMITED£8.9m
  7. W.H.MUNSEY LIMITED£8.2m
  8. WARTSILA DEFENCE SOLUTIONS LTD£7.9m
  9. DICKERMAN OVERSEAS CONTRACTING COMPANY LIMITED£7m
  10. MMS SHIP REPAIR AND DRY DOCK CO. LTD£6.9m

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 1,930. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: HUDSON BOAT WORKS U.K. LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

HUDSON BOAT WORKS U.K. LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 09921705. It was incorporated on 18 Dec 2015. Its status is active. The registered office is in Reading (RG6). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is 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 28 Feb 2025); the company files micro-entity accounts. Net assets were £245,931, down 4.2% on the previous year. The company had an average of 3 employees. Figures are available for 5 financial years (2020/21–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,930 active companies whose first SIC code is 33150: By net assets it ranks higher than 84% of them (median £10,177). By total assets it ranks higher than 82% of them (median £45,070). By number of employees it ranks higher than 75% of them (median 1). It is older than 72% of them (median age 5.3 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2022. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £359.1k.

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 ships and boats, rubber, toys, games and sports goods. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly ships and boats, toys, games and sports goods, footwear.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 3 current directors. One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Nov 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 2 Nov 2027.

Filed accounts2020/21–2024/25
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
Cash at bank and in hand33,81666,519105,506——
Total assets272,014407,842411,636356,722393,952
Total liabilities—————
Net assets / total equity78,43381,803187,750256,746245,931
Average number of employees33333

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

2 contracts

HUDSON BOAT WORKS U.K. LIMITED is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2022. Their combined published value is £359.1k.

Contracts per year
Main buyers2
University Of Edinburgh
1 contract · £325k
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
1 contract · £34.1k
Contracts
  1. EC1046 University Rowing Fleet‡University Of Edinburgh · £325,000
  2. Ultimate SHARK Predator boat‡NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY · £34,123

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.

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 8 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: ships and boats, rubber, toys, games and sports goods, footwear and aluminium.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 9 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: ships and boats, toys, games and sports goods, footwear and aluminium.

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

12 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £245.9k, 3 employees
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £256.7k, 3 employees
  3. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets £187.8k, 3 employees
  4. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets £81.8k, 3 employees
  5. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £78.4k, 3 employees
  6. Mr John Coughlan ceased to be a person with significant control
  7. Andrew Richard GROVES appointedDirector
  8. Mr Glen Burston registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (4)
  1. Mr John Coughlan registered as a person with significant control
  2. Glen BURSTON appointedDirector
  3. Ruud PEPPING appointedDirector
  4. 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.