GEORGE BAKER (SHIPPING) LIMITED
Company number 01613385 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
name shown to subscribers (Shipping) Limited presents a low credit risk profile, underpinned by 40+ years of trading history, zero bank borrowings, and a cash position of £6.37M that alone covers 77% of total liabilities. Net assets have grown from £1.28M to £5.27M over the reporting period, and the company remains profitable despite a 24% profit decline in FY2024. The primary monitoring consideration is the aggressive dividend policy (£2M paid against £1.85M profit), which if sustained could gradually erode reserves, though current balance sheet strength provides a substantial buffer.
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Shareholders' funds
£7,483,239
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be the provision of shipping related services across supply chains, based at the container port of Felixstowe and with satellite locations in Europe. Services provided encompass:
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1982-02-12
- Employees
- 111 (2025 accounts · was 112 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Felixstowe Mega Distribution Centre, Clickett Hill Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, United Kingdom, IP11 4BA
- Postcode
- IP11 4BA
- Capital
- 6,750 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-08
- Next due by
- 2026-11-22
Nature of business (SIC)
- 52290 Other transportation support activities
Officers 7 current · 7 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by GEORGE BAKER GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA884205 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| NO 1 BUILDING, PARKER AVENUE, FELIXSTOWE, SUFFOLK, IP11 4BD | 2008-04-29 |
| NO 1 BUILDING, PARKER AVENUE, FELIXSTOWE, SUFFOLK, IP11 4BD | 2008-04-29 |
| 3 CROMWELL COURT, GREYFRIARS ROAD, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK , IP1 1XG | 2003-05-17 |
| 37 LOWER BROOK STREET, IPSWICH, NORFOLK, IP4 1AQ | 1989-03-23 |
| 37 LOWER BROOK STREET, IPSWICH, NORFOLK, IP4 1AQ | 1989-03-23 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 163 similar companies in IP
3rd largest employer among its local peers (111 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1982.
No.4 of the largest other transportation support activities companies in Ipswich →
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 4 among other transportation support activities in Ipswich.
The class of 1982
53%
of the 12,656 companies incorporated in 1982 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.