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ORKNEY FERRIES LIMITED
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Company status
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Accounts on time
Next due 31 Dec 2026.
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Confirmation statement on time
Next due 15 Dec 2026.
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Disqualified directors
None of the 6 current officers checked are disqualified.
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Directors
5 current directors.
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Owners
1 owner on file.
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Last filed accounts
Net assets £8,880,855.
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Charges
None outstanding (1 paid off).
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Trading history
Incorporated 1 Sep 1961 (65 years ago).
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Name changes
Never renamed.
Names over time
From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 27 Oct 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON
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Registered office
COUNCIL OFFICES, KIRKWALL, ORKNEY, KW15 1NY
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Nature of business
- 50100 Sea and coastal passenger water transport
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Accounts
- Next due
- 31 Dec 2026
- Last made up to
- 31 Mar 2025
- Type
- MEDIUM
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Confirmation statement
- Next due
- 15 Dec 2026
- Last made up to
- 1 Dec 2025
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Charges
- Outstanding
- 0
- All time
- 1
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- ORKNEY FERRIES LIMITED current
Figures
| Year end | Turnover | Profit | Cash | Net assets | Staff |
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| 31 Mar 2025 | £3,402,960 | £-723,929 | £546,308 | £8,880,855 | 198 |
| 31 Mar 2024 | £2,868,807 | £-43,482 | £820,892 | £7,389,784 | 202 |
| 31 Mar 2023 * | £2,667,609 | £-901,883 | £1,044,975 | £6,482,266 | 187 |
* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).
People
Officers All 57, with past →
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Heather Nicola Woodbridge | Director | 17 Jun 2022 | — | July 1994 | Scottish · Scotland |
| Mellissa-Louise Thomson | Director | 17 Jun 2022 | — | September 1976 | British · Scotland |
| Ivan Alexander Taylor | Director | 17 Jun 2022 | — | June 1963 | British · Scotland |
| Raymond Stockan Peace | Director | 17 Jun 2022 | — | April 1962 | British · Scotland |
| Peter Lindsay Hall | Director | 17 Jun 2022 | — | August 1953 | Scottish · Scotland |
| Gavin Rattray Mitchell | Secretary | 30 Oct 2017 | — | — |
Owners and controllers All 2, with past →
| Name | Control | Notified | Ceased | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Orkney Islands Council legal person | Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent | 6 Apr 2016 | — | — |
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Is ORKNEY FERRIES LIMITED still trading?
The register shows ORKNEY FERRIES LIMITED as active.
What does ORKNEY FERRIES LIMITED do?
It files the industry code 50100 (Sea and coastal passenger water transport).
When was ORKNEY FERRIES LIMITED set up?
It was incorporated on 1 September 1961.
When are ORKNEY FERRIES LIMITED's accounts due?
Next accounts are due by 31 December 2026. The last accounts were made up to 31 March 2025.
When is ORKNEY FERRIES LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?
By 15 December 2026.
Who runs ORKNEY FERRIES LIMITED?
ORKNEY FERRIES LIMITED has 5 current directors and 1 other current officer. They're listed under People on this page.
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