Orkney Ferries

Sea and coastal passenger water transport · Orkney

Orkney Ferries

Orkney Ferries Limited

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Losses 3 years runningActiveLatest figures: 2025Filed as a medium-sized companyCompany only65 years on the register

Private limited company registered in Orkney, classed under “Sea and coastal passenger water transport”.

Headline figures

FY to Mar 2025 · Company only

Turnover

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Profit after tax

−£724k

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£20232024*2025
Profit after tax−£724k
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate. * Restated: the next year's accounts printed different figures for this year, and those later figures are shown.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet202320242025
Fixed assets
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

7 balance-sheet lines and 7 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-21

  1. Accounts
    Accounts for a medium company made up to 31 March 2025
  2. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 March 2024
  3. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mrs Mellisa-Louise Thomson on 3 June 2024
  4. Accounts
    Accounts for a small company made up to 31 March 2023
  5. Accounts
    Accounts for a small company made up to 31 March 2022
  6. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Ivan Alexander Taylor as a director on 17 June 2022
  7. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Owen Tierney as a director on 4 May 2022
  8. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Stephen Gregory Clackson as a director on 4 May 2022
  9. Directors
    Termination of appointment of David Dawson as a director on 4 May 2022
  10. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Magnus Olaf Thomson as a director on 4 May 2022
  11. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Andrew Drever as a director on 4 May 2022
  12. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Peter Lindsay Hall as a director on 17 June 2022
  13. 25 earlier
    1. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Raymond Stockan Peace as a director on 17 June 2022
    2. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Mellisa-Louise Thomson as a director on 17 June 2022
    3. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Heather Nicola Woodbridge as a director on 17 June 2022
    4. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 March 2021
    5. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Kevin Francis Woodbridge as a director on 19 April 2020
    6. Directors
      Appointment of Mr David Dawson as a director on 2 July 2020
    7. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 March 2020
    8. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 March 2019
    9. Accounts
      Amended accounts for a small company made up to 31 March 2018
    10. Ownership
      Notification of Orkney Islands Council as a person with significant control on 6 April 2016
    11. Ownership
      Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement on 30 October 2018
    12. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 March 2018
    13. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Gavin Rattray Mitchell as a secretary on 30 October 2017
    14. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Sheila Mary Shearer as a secretary on 30 October 2017
    15. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 March 2017
    16. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Magnus Olaf Thomson as a director on 15 June 2017
    17. Directors
      Appointment of Dr Stephen Gregory Clackson as a director on 15 June 2017
    18. Directors
      Appointment of Dr Kevin Francis Woodbridge as a director on 15 June 2017
    19. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Andrew Drever as a director on 15 June 2017
    20. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Graeme Luke Sinclair as a director on 15 June 2017
    21. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Stephen Hagan as a director on 15 June 2017
    22. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Robin William Crichton as a director on 15 June 2017
    23. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Janice Annal as a director on 15 June 2017
    24. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 March 2016
    25. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 March 2015

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Orkney Ferries do?

Private limited company registered in Orkney, classed under “Sea and coastal passenger water transport”.

›How much turnover does Orkney Ferries make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Orkney Ferries profitable?

No: it made a loss after tax of £724k in the year to 31 March 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at Orkney Ferries?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns Orkney Ferries?

Answered in the full report

›Where is Orkney Ferries based?

Its registered office is Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY, in Orkney.

›When was Orkney Ferries founded?

Orkney Ferries Limited was incorporated on 1 September 1961.

›Is Orkney Ferries still trading?

The register lists Orkney Ferries Limited as active.