P&O Ferries: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
P&O Ferries Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd. In the year to December 2025 P&O Ferries Limited reported turnover of £98m.
- In the year to December 2025, P&O Ferries had turnover of £98m, up 8.9% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £4m.
- P&O Ferries Limited's turnover comes from 'intercompany charters, port services and back-office services' to other P&O Ferries companies 'in support of their trading activity': £97.5m of ports and back-office services in 2025. Fares and freight charges are recorded by those other companies (accounts to 31 December 2025, pp. 4 and 48).
- It employed an average of 600 people, with staff costs of £39m.
- P&O Ferries Limited is controlled by P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from P&O Ferries Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 2 October 2026.
- Registered name
- P&O FERRIES LIMITED
- Company number
- 00237626
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 2 March 1929
- Registered office area
- Turnbridge Wells
- Industry code on the register
- 50100: Water transport
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 2 October 2026
What does P&O Ferries do?
P&O Ferries is a ferry operator carrying passengers, cars and freight on routes between Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe, including Dover to Calais and Hull to Rotterdam. It makes money from passenger and vehicle fares, onboard shops, food and drink, and freight carried for hauliers. Freight is a large part of its business on the short sea and Irish Sea crossings. It is owned by DP World, the Dubai-based ports and logistics group.
In brief: ferries · passengers and freight · Channel, North Sea and Irish Sea · owned by DP World
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: poferries.com.
Who owns P&O Ferries?
The Companies House register records P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd as the person with significant control of P&O Ferries Limited, company number 00237626. P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd is itself company number 06038090.
That places P&O Ferries Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs P&O Ferries?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for P&O Ferries Limited.
All 3 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Anoushka Rafia Kachelo | 31 December 2024 |
| Tushar Patel | 28 August 2025 |
| Kasper Moos | 20 October 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did P&O Ferries file?
P&O Ferries Limited reported turnover of £98m in the year to December 2025. That was up 8.9% on £90m the year before.
It reported 600 employees. The year before it reported 636.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £4m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £0.7m the year before.
Staff costs came to £39m. That is an average of £65,000 a head. It ended the year with £1.3m at the bank and net liabilities of £62m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £98m | £90m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£4m (filed) | £0.7m (filed) |
| Employees | 600 | 636 |
| Staff costs | £39m | £37m |
| Average staff cost per head | £65,000 | £59,000 |
| Bank and cash | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | -£62m | -£64m |
| Interest paid | £6m | |
| Interest received | £3m |
What these figures cover: P&O Ferries Limited's turnover comes from 'intercompany charters, port services and back-office services' to other P&O Ferries companies 'in support of their trading activity': £97.5m of ports and back-office services in 2025. Fares and freight charges are recorded by those other companies (accounts to 31 December 2025, pp. 4 and 48).
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against P&O Ferries?
P&O Ferries Limited has registered 27 charges at Companies House, of which 1 is still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Sy Roro 1 Pte. LTD. | 13 February 2026 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How P&O Ferries compares
Of the 4 ferry operators, P&O Ferries is 2nd on turnover, 3rd on profit margin and 1st on growth. Stena Line keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £6.33.
| Rank | Ferry operators | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Stena Line | £591m | £6.33 |
| 2nd | P&O Ferries | £98m | −£4.12 |
| + 2 more ferry operators ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
P&O Ferries files as P&O Ferries Limited, whose person with significant control is P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd, with turnover of £98m in its latest filed year.
Questions about P&O Ferries
What does P&O Ferries do?
P&O Ferries is a ferry operator carrying passengers, cars and freight on routes between Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe, including Dover to Calais and Hull to Rotterdam. It makes money from passenger and vehicle fares, onboard shops, food and drink, and freight carried for hauliers. Freight is a large part of its business on the short sea and Irish Sea crossings. It is owned by DP World, the Dubai-based ports and logistics group.
How does P&O Ferries compare with its rivals?
By turnover, P&O Ferries is 2nd of the 4 companies in our battle of the ferry operators, behind Stena Line. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the ferry operators →
Who owns P&O Ferries?
The Companies House register records P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd as the person with significant control of P&O Ferries Limited.
How much does P&O Ferries make?
P&O Ferries Limited reported turnover of £98m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £4m.
How many people work at P&O Ferries?
P&O Ferries Limited reported 600 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs P&O Ferries?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for P&O Ferries Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from P&O Ferries Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 00237626, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “P&O Ferries: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/pando-ferries/. Figures from Companies House filings for P&O FERRIES LIMITED (00237626).
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