Stolt-Nielsen M. S. Ltd
Private Limited Company · London
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1992Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-11-30 · USD · Company accounts
Net assets
USD 2,440,557,428
Cash
USD 85,311
Turnover
USD 26,528,364
Profit / loss
−USD 1,522,560
Current assets
USD 211,938,020
Creditors < 1 year
USD 246,937,535
Equity
USD 2,440,557,428
Average employees
30
Balance-sheet trend
USD · companyFinancial statements
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| Reported figures | 2025-11-3012 months · Company · AI-read | 2024-11-30Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | USD 2,440,557,428 | USD 2,444,843,238 |
| Equity | USD 2,440,557,428 | USD 2,444,843,238 |
| Share capital | USD 1,337 | USD 1,337 |
| Retained earnings | USD 2,445,119,842 | USD 2,446,671,801 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | USD 2,483,008,363 | USD 2,402,931,028 |
| Investments | USD 2,469,114,041 | USD 2,389,689,363 |
| Current assets | USD 211,938,020 | USD 72,703,192 |
| Cash at bank | USD 85,311 | USD 742,385 |
| Debtors | — | USD 71,960,807 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | USD 246,937,535 | USD 24,614,728 |
| Provisions | USD 6,350,839 | USD 4,551,135 |
| Pension scheme surplus / deficit | USD 3,590,242 | USD 3,481,283 |
| Net current assets | −USD 35,655,352 | USD 47,521,613 |
| Assets less current liabilities | USD 2,447,353,011 | USD 2,450,452,641 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | USD 26,528,364 | USD 23,469,520 |
| Administrative expenses | USD 27,409,086 | USD 22,046,679 |
| Operating profit | −USD 880,722 | USD 1,422,841 |
| Interest payable | USD 67,668 | USD 3,908,623 |
| Profit before tax | −USD 948,390 | USD 642,514,218 |
| Tax | USD 574,170 | −USD 562,365 |
| Profit / loss | −USD 1,522,560 | USD 643,076,583 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | USD 441,015 | USD 430,326 |
| Audit fees | USD 22,700 | USD 19,500 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 30 | 30 |
| Staff costs | USD 20,627,643 | USD 16,919,231 |
| Wages & salaries | USD 8,977,459 | USD 7,434,907 |
| Social security costs | USD 1,701,555 | USD 1,892,541 |
| Pension costs | USD 755,489 | USD 684,697 |
| Directors' remuneration | USD 1,687,742 | USD 1,779,306 |
| Highest paid director | USD 1,010,258 | USD 1,050,642 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-11-30 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Principal activity
- The principal activity of the Company during the year was, and will continue to be, the provision of administrative and accounting services to the operating companies within the Stolt-Nielsen Limited group (“Group”) and to act as holding company for Group undertakings.
- What it does
- administrative services · accounting services · holding company (AI keywords)
- The year
- The Company is a holding company for businesses that operate chemical tankers, safe storage services for bulk liquids, door-to-door transportation services for bulk-liquid chemicals and food-grade products and high-tech sustainable seafood.
- Auditor
- Rawlinson & Hunter Audit LLP · senior statutory auditor Kulwarn Nagra
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- Stolt-Nielsen Limited · Bermuda
- Ultimate parent
- The Jacob Stolt-Nielsen Descendants 1996 Discretionary Trust · Cayman Islands
- Ultimate controlling party
- The Jacob Stolt-Nielsen Descendants 1996 Discretionary Trust
- Accounts
- FRS 101
- Approved
- 2026-08-19
Related parties (2)
- Avenir LNG M.S. Limited · related party · Amounts due to the Company · 1,168,953
- Avenir LNG M.S. Limited · related party · Amounts due to the Company · 1,125,548
Acquisitions (1)
- Suttons International Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries (“Suttons”)
Directors' report (1)
- N G Stolt-Nielsen
Share classes (1)
- 1,004 ordinary shares of £1 each
Principal risks (8)
- Bunker fuel and freight costs
- Tanker and tank container industry risk
- Climate change risk
- Newbuilding risk
- Political and geopolitical risk
- Project development risks
- Inventory price risks
- Currency risks
Events after the year end (1)
- On June 26, 2026, Kingfish announced the completion of the conversion of all outstanding commitments, including accrued and unpaid interest, under the convertible loan agreement. The Company now owns 4.41% of Kingfish (39,565,122 shares), following the conversion of its $2,652,209 convertible loan.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
1 outstanding chargesShares · created 2004-08-10
All monies
Outstanding