Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
JOHN MCLOUGHLIN & SON (SHIPPING) LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Unit 3, Mackean Logistics Centre, Larne Port, Larne, Co. Antrim BT40 1AJ
- Classification (SIC)
- Inland freight water transport (50.40 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 16/01/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-15 with no updates
- 13/10/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 22/01/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-15 with updates
- 20/12/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
29/12/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 15/12/2025Due 29/12/2026
- Next statement date
- 15/12/2026
- Last statement dated
- 15/12/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures JOHN MCLOUGHLIN & SON (SHIPPING) LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£1.19M2025
1.83%vs 20242024: £1.17M
Total Assets
£1.98M2025
35.39%vs 20242024: £1.46M
Cash in Bank
£1.81M2025
571.66%vs 20242024: £268.95K
Total Liabilities
£791.23K2025
168.55%vs 20242024: £294.63K
Employees
162025
-9vs 20242024: 25
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Cash in bank moved furthest, up 571.66% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for JOHN MCLOUGHLIN & SON (SHIPPING) LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through JOHN MCLOUGHLIN & SON (SHIPPING) LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -<0.1% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | -9 |
| 2024 | 25 | -13 |
| 2023 | 38 | +5 |
| 2022 | 33 | +12 |
| 2021 | 21 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 21 in 2021 to 16 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 17/05/1979–21/09/2008 | 1 | |
| Director | 17/05/1979–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 17/05/1979–Present | 2 | |
| Secretary | 17/05/1979–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 17/05/1979–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 17/05/1979–13/05/2016 | 1 | |
| Director | 17/05/1979–30/06/2023 | 2 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2016–Present | 3 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 15
- Since 04/11/2022
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 16/01/2026
- 8 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 16/01/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 13/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 16/01/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-15 with no updates
- 13/10/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 22/01/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-15 with updates
- 20/12/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 27/06/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 1 in full
- 20/02/2024View PDF (4 pages)
Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 2023-06-30
- 05/02/2024View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-12-15 with updates
- 30/11/2023View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 09/11/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Purchase of own shares.
- 18/08/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of John M.S.A. Mcloughlin as a director on 2023-06-30
- 18/08/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of John Mcloughlin as a director on 2016-05-13
- 14/07/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Resolutions
Showing 12 of 15 filings
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About JOHN MCLOUGHLIN & SON (SHIPPING) LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
JOHN MCLOUGHLIN & SON (SHIPPING) LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Unit 3, Mackean Logistics Centre, Larne Port, Larne, Co. Antrim BT40 1AJ. Companies House classifies its business as Inland freight water transport. It has been on the register for 47 years 4 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £1.19M and 16 employees.
JOHN MCLOUGHLIN & SON (SHIPPING) LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records JOHN MCLOUGHLIN & SON (SHIPPING) LIMITED under one registered business activity: Inland freight water transport (50.40 - SIC 2007).
JOHN MCLOUGHLIN & SON (SHIPPING) LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 17/05/1979.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £1.19M, total assets of £1.98M, cash in bank of £1.81M and total liabilities of £791.23K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 16/01/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-15 with no updates, 8 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 29/12/2026.
Companies House lists 7 officers (4 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.