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Company description
H. CLARKSON & COMPANY LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 23 January 1919; registered for 107 years; registered office reported in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 52290 · Other transportation support activities.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 4 trade marks, 1 procurement record. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- H. CLARKSON & COMPANY LIMITED
- Company number
- 00152738
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 30 total · 0 outstanding · 30 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
12 June 2026Next statement due
26 June 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 66.7%
- Mean bonus gap
- 74.7%
- Women receiving bonus
- 85.4%
- Men receiving bonus
- 86.9%
- Women in top quartile
- 8.5%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 23.1%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 36.2%
- Women in lower quartile
- 41.2%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 99926.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49925.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49931.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99929.9% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99933.7% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99929.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99934.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49936.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 3 August 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £16,517,873
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £3,829,749
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £1,919,893
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £10,374,148
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 17.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
The company does not have standard supplier payment terms but endeavours to pay the suppliers invoices based on the payment terms as stipulated by the supplier, within reason.
- Dispute resolution process
We endeavour to resolve all disputes in a fair and timely manner. Disputes are resolved by discussion and agreement with a supplier and typically managed initially by the dedicated accounts payable team and, where necessary, the wider finance team.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 29.0 average days to pay26.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
- 28.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 32.0 average days to pay36.0% outside terms
- 28.0 average days to pay35.0% outside terms
- 28.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 30.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay40.0% outside terms
- 28.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
H. CLARKSON & COMPANY LIMITED
LEI 213800XQ9VCJI269GL16 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 23 January 1919
- Initial LEI registration
- 4 February 2014
- LEI last updated
- 1 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 2 March 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- COMMODITY QUAY, ST KATHARINE DOCKS, LONDON, GB-LND, E1W 1BF, GB
- Headquarters address
- COMMODITY QUAY, ST KATHARINE DOCKS, LONDON, GB-LND, E1W 1BF, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800XQ9VCJI269GL16 to LEI 2138007G6BGTEHI3OT22
- Related legal entity
- CLARKSON PLC →
- Initial registration
- 4 February 2014
- Last updated
- 1 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 2 March 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2023-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-12-19T14:35:31.013Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00152738/filing-history/MzQyODU0MTQ3MmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800XQ9VCJI269GL16 to LEI 2138007G6BGTEHI3OT22
- Related legal entity
- CLARKSON PLC →
- Initial registration
- 4 February 2014
- Last updated
- 1 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 2 March 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2023-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-12-19T14:35:44.120Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00152738/filing-history/MzQyODU0MTQ3MmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- H. CLARKSON & COMPANY LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- CLARKSON PLC
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 25 June 2026
- Sectors
- Transportation, logistics, and storage
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Not reported as covered
Due diligence
Not reported as covered
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 24 July 2026
Training described
Your whole organisation
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
H. Clarkson & Company Limited
Registration Z7114051
- Registered from
- 23 September 2002
- Current end date
- 22 September 2026
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
UKSBS PR18116 Marine Brokerage Services
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-9a3b88d0-22a6-4ac2-a4cd-1f19653ad56a
- Supplier named in award
- H.Clarkson and Company Ltd
- Award value
- £132,250
- Contract period
- 22 November 2018 – 19 November 2021
- Published
- 27 November 2018
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 63522000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9a3b88d0-22a6-4ac2-a4cd-1f19653ad56a-2018-11-27T14:15:31Z
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
Clarksons
Owner H. Clarkson & Company Limited · classes 12,16,36,39
- Filed / designated
- 21 February 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 February 2028
CLARKSON RESEARCH STUDIES
Owner H. Clarkson & Company Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 22 January 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 January 2028
C
Owner H. Clarkson & Company Limited · classes 12,16,36,39
- Filed / designated
- 23 April 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 April 2027
SONAR SONAR
Owner H. Clarkson & Company Limited · classes 9,42
- Filed / designated
- 5 July 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 July 2012
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Clarkson Shipbroking Group Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 1174759
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
11 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.