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Company · Portsmouth

Portico Shipping Limited

Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities

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Previous officers 28

  1. Simon John Bosher 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Robert Gerald Van Cortlandt Vernon-Jackson 2019-2024 Director View profile
  3. Michael John Lane 2018-2020 Director View profile
  4. Benjamin Thanh Liem Dowling 2018-2019 Director View profile
  5. Jones, Donna, Councillor 2018-2021 Director View profile
  6. Michael Andrew Sellers 2016-2022 Director View profile
  7. Christopher Ward 2011-2022 Director View profile
  8. Martin Stephen Putman 2008-2016 Director View profile
  9. Roger Patrick Ching 2008-2011 Director View profile
  10. Anthony Timothy John O'Niell 2007-2008 Director View profile
  11. Sir Michael John Wilkes 2006-2007 Director View profile
  12. Paul Richard Tate 2006-2008 Director View profile
  13. Simon Graham Holt 2006-2006 Director View profile
  14. Clive Nicholas Boothman 2004-2006 Director View profile
  15. John Campbell Boothman 2004-2006 Director View profile
  16. Ian Harrison Cameron Walton 2004-2007 Director View profile
  17. Andrew David Willson 1998-2002 Director View profile
  18. Janet Lynne Martin 2006 Director View profile
  19. Harry Charles Eames 2001 Director View profile
  20. Roger Brouard Norman 2004 Director View profile
  21. Robert Melville Norris 1993 Director View profile
  22. Timothy John Denham Hough 2000 Director View profile
  23. Michael John Lane 2017-2020 Secretary View profile
  24. Mark Robin Willcox 2008-2017 Secretary View profile
  25. Andrew Timothy Smith 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
  26. Clare Louise Norris 2001-2005 Secretary View profile
  27. Timothy John Maclure 1998-2004 Secretary View profile
  28. Donald Scattergood 1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities
Incorporated
22/04/1986
Registered office
Portsmouth
Previous names
MMD (Shipping Services) Limited (until 01/03/2019)

Ownership

Owned by (5) 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.

  • Mark Robin Willcox ceased 2017-07-27
    significant influence · notified 2016-08-01
  • Martin Stephen Putman ceased 2016-11-06
    significant influence · notified 2016-08-01
  • Christopher Ward ceased 2017-04-08
    significant influence · notified 2016-08-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Michael John Lane ceased 2020-04-30
    significant influence · notified 2017-07-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Portico Holdings Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence (firm) · notified 2024-11-19

Group

  1. Portico Shipping Limited is controlled by Mark Robin Willcox
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-08-01, ceased 2017-07-27 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Mark Robin Willcox.

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
£5,473,934
Total assets
£18,063,372
Cash
£491,601
Employees
1.68
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£38,273

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.

6 directors on the board

4.4y median 4.4y
average tenure
8.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (6)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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.

Transport 12Professional services 7Business services 3Dormant 1Finance 1Other services 1

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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02012886
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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