Company
Thornton Shipbrokers Limited
Thornton Shipbrokers Limited is an active UK company (number 01177124), incorporated 1974, with 1 current director, Nicholas Charles Southcott. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 4
- William Gordon Southcott 2023-2025 View profile
- Gordon John Southcott 2002-2024 View profile
- Nicholas Southcott 1998-2014 View profile
- Gillian Southcott 2002 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 12/07/1974
Ownership
Owned by (4) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- William Gordon Southcott
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-11 - Gillian Southcott ceased 2024-10-11
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Gordon John Southcott ceased 2024-10-11
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - David Stewart Southcott ceased 2024-10-11
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-11
Group
- Thornton Shipbrokers Limited
is controlled by William Gordon Southcott
Evidence
active 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-11 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by William Gordon Southcott.
2 other companies in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £3,060,097
- Total assets
- £2,588,332
- Cash
- £349,971
- Employees
- 4
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Five-year trend
| Period ending | Turnover | Net assets |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-31 | Not reported | £3,060,097 |
| 2024-07-31 | Not reported | £2,967,282 |
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
1 directors on the board
- Nicholas Charles Southcott Director · appointed 2023
Left in the last 12 months
- William Gordon Southcott Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision
Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01177124
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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