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Company description
FORTH PORTS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 24 October 1991; registered for 34 years; registered office reported in MIDLOTHIAN. Its primary declared activity is 52220 · Service activities incidental to water transportation.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 3 trade marks. 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
- FORTH PORTS LIMITED
- Company number
- SC134741
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 9 total · 1 outstanding · 8 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 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
24 June 2026Next statement due
8 July 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 8.6%
- Women receiving bonus
- 93.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 90.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 16.6%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 16.6%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 7.6%
- Women in lower quartile
- 30.3%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 9996.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9996.6% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4996.4% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-3.2% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9994.5% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-3.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4992.8% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-0.4% 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
- 30 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 45 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
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
- £23,082,279
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £8,132,192
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £254,343
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £3,281,940
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 29.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 1.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Retention circumstances
Retention clauses are normally, but not limited to, higher value construction contracts. However the use of retention clauses will depend on the construction work being undertaken.
Retention release
The release of retention monies will usually be undertaken in conjunction with the supplier. This involves a review of the completed work to identify if any defects have arisen that require to be remedied before the retention will be released.
Retention release stages
The release of retention monies will be contract specific, with a usual policy of 50% of the retention released on completion of the contract with the remaining 50% paid after 12 months.
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- 100.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 3.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
It is the Group's policy to agree appropriate terms of payment with suppliers for each transaction or series of transactions, and to abide by those terms based on the timely submission of satisfactory invoices. The Company normally settled trade payables on 45 days terms, however variations to these terms do exist based on agreements with certain suppliers.
- Dispute resolution process
The Company is committed to dealing with its suppliers in a fair, honest and professional manner whilst seeking best value for the business. We seek to resolve queries as quickly as possible to everyone's satisfaction prior to payment being made. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved by our Accounts Payable team, it would escalate in the first instance to the relevant Head of Department to seek a resolution.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 25.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay13.0% 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 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- FORTH PORTS LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 22 April 2026
- Sectors
- Automotive, machinery and heavy electrical equipment Transportation, logistics, and storage
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 30 June 2026
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination
Training described
Your whole organisation
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Civil society organisations Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Other monitoring
We perform checks as part of our onboarding procedures. Ad-hoc worker checks are undertaken. Further steps have been taken in 2026, which will be included in our next statement update.
Demonstrated progress
We report on: - number of cases reported/identified of modern slavery, forced labour or human trafficking in our organisation and supply chains. We will provide KPIs on training completion rates and checks/audits going forward.
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Facilities services: the Group engages with agencies to deliver cleaning and security functions, which inherently carries a risk given the Group is not employing those individuals directly.
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Tier 1 suppliers
- Group: Women Migrants Refugees
- Location: United Kingdom
- Mitigation: • We stipulate all suppliers must have a policy or Code of Conduct relating to Modern Slavery or agree to adhere to ours; • We use an external supplier risk assessment platform to assist with risk profiling for new and existing suppliers; • For suppliers who employ non-UK employees we ask for citizenship rights/visas where applicable and request additional assurances that they are monitoring for signs of human rights abuses.
- Risk: Quayside services: the Group procures stevedoring and other quayside services across its ports with some services being provided by agencies.
- Group: Migrants
- Mitigation: • For suppliers who employ non-UK employees we ask for citizenship rights/visas where applicable and request additional assurances that they are monitoring for signs of human rights abuses; •We stipulate that all suppliers must have a policy or Code of Conduct relating to Modern Slavery or agree to adhere to ours; • Workers can raise concerns directly to us.
- Risk: Vessel crews: vessels originating from higher risk jurisdictions may have crew members who are forced to work in conditions which would constitute modern slavery under the Act.
- Area: Vessel crews - these are not always part of our supply chains but can be part of our value chains and can originate from high risk jurisdictions. Our own vessel crews would not pose a risk.
- Group: Migrants Refugees
- Location: China Philippines
- Mitigation: Our security teams and port police can provide support and checks, and there are opportunities for crews to be supported through 'on port' welfare organisations. Providing a list of countries is less practical, although we can endeavour to provide this in future. Vessel and crew members may originate from numerous countries across the globe.
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TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
Capital Cruising London Edinburgh
Owner Forth Ports Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 9 March 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 March 2026
Capital Cruising into Edinburgh and London
Owner Forth Ports Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 10 August 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 August 2025
CAPITAL CRUISING
Owner Forth Ports Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 22 July 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 July 2025
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.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Otter Ports Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Register Of Companies England
- Registration number
- 07549545
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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07 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.
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08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
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09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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11 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.
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12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 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.
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14 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
15 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.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
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.
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