Mersey Ferries Limited
Registered name: MERSEY FERRIES LIMITED
Part of Merseytravel groupMersey Ferries Limited made £4.3m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Mersey Ferries Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £4.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £0 profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “inland passenger water transport” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £233k | £239k |
| Operating profit | — | £108k | £111k |
| Profit before tax | — | £0 | £12.7k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 71 | 74 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | — | 5.9% | 5.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £55.2k | £58k |
| Profit per employee | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cash conversion | — | 128.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲9.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6% | ▲4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £30.8k | £0 |
| Net assets | −£549k | −£549k | −£549k |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £969k | £1.2m | £846k |
| Debtors | £105k | £168k | £124k |
| Deferred income | £320k | £448k | £439k |
| Cash from operations | £104k | £139k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £0
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 57.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£549k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £439k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £2.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Merseytravel (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Mersey Ferries Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- The Beatles Story LimitedRev. — · Profit £257k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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