# Metro Shipping Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [01487078](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01487078)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 24 Mar 1980
- **Registered office:** 2700 THE CRESCENT, BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS PARK, BIRMINGHAM, B37 7YE
- **Nature of business:** [50200](/sic/50200) Sea and coastal freight water transport, [51210](/sic/51210) Freight air transport
- **Corporate group:** [GB Europe Holdings Limited](/group/2588) (42 companies)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURFORD, Laurence James | director | 22 Oct 2025 |  |
| SMITH, Andrew Phillip | director | 3 Jan 2023 |  |
| LIDDELL, Grant Anthony | director | 14 Dec 2021 |  |
| LIDDELL, Iain Robert | director | 22 Oct 2010 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Carlile | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 2 May 2023 |
| Metro Global Holdings Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 15 Nov 2024 |  |
| Mr Iain Robert Liddell | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 2 May 2023 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Turnover | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2024 | £169,736,250 | £92,630,908 | £85,278,494 | 194 |
| 31 Dec 2022 | - | £75,101,657 | £73,968,970 | 173 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £235,526,410 | £44,907,062 | £27,970,733 | 144 |
| 30 Jun 2020 | £146,543,523 | £24,370,709 | £20,624,747 | 144 |



## Owned by

Metro Shipping Limited → [Metro Global Holdings Limited](/company/07317590) → [GB Global Management Limited](/company/02234562) → [GB Europe Holdings Limited](/company/13411913)




## Directors' other companies

- [BURFORD, Laurence James](/person/6622074) - director at [Metro Global Holdings Limited](/company/07317590)
- [LIDDELL, Grant Anthony](/person/6622065) - director at [Metro Global Holdings Limited](/company/07317590)
- [LIDDELL, Iain Robert](/person/5857135) - director at [Saville`s Catering Limited](/company/04833331)
- [LIDDELL, Iain Robert](/person/5857135) - director at [TRI State Lines Inc. Limited](/company/02020992)
- [LIDDELL, Iain Robert](/person/5857135) - director at [Metro Global Holdings Limited](/company/07317590)
- [LIDDELL, Iain Robert](/person/5857135) - director at [Pelican Two Limited](/company/02097332)
- [LIDDELL, Iain Robert](/person/5857135) - director at [GB Europe Holdings Limited](/company/13411913)
- [LIDDELL, Iain Robert](/person/5857135) - director at [Uniserve Drinks Logistics Limited](/company/01240152)
- [LIDDELL, Iain Robert](/person/5857135) - director at [Corby Property Holdings Limited](/company/09153895)
- [LIDDELL, Iain Robert](/person/5857135) - director at [Supply Chain Academy Holdings Limited](/company/07703491)