# Portico Shipping Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [02012886](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02012886)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 22 Apr 1986
- **Registered office:** PORTICO HOUSE, 2 PROSPECT ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4QY
- **Nature of business:** [52101](/sic/52101) Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities
- **Corporate group:** [Portico Holdings Limited](/group/68956) (3 companies)


## Previous names

- MMD (Shipping Services) Limited (until 1 Mar 2019)




## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Martin Stephen Putman | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Aug 2016 | 6 Nov 2016 |
| Mr Christopher Ward | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Aug 2016 | 8 Apr 2017 |
| Mr Mark Robin Willcox | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Aug 2016 | 27 Jul 2017 |
| Mr Michael John Lane | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Jul 2017 | 30 Apr 2020 |
| Mr Mike Sellers | significant-influence-or-control | 5 Dec 2016 | 25 Jul 2021 |
| Portsmouth City Council | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 7 Apr 2016 | 19 Nov 2024 |
| Portico Holdings Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 19 Nov 2024 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | £5,473,934 | £491,601 | 2 |
| 31 Mar 2024 | £5,435,661 | £1,705,857 | 190 |



## Owned by

Portico Shipping Limited → [Portico Holdings Limited](/company/16087414)





## Companies at the same address

- [Portico Logistics Limited](/company/16090209) (16090209)
- [Portico Port Services Limited](/company/16126259) (16126259)