The Firmwatch take
Freston Shipping Limited (09571599) currently shows: At risk signal detected, based on accounts to 31 March 2025; last refreshed 24 May 2026. Net liabilities of £814k — assets do not cover obligations.
Companies House source·Accounts to 31 Mar 2025·Refreshed 24 May 2026·Methodology and caveats
Firmwatch signals are generated from public filings and are not credit ratings or financial advice.
Incorporated
1 May 2015
11 years on the register
Sector
Other transportation support activities
SIC 52290
Size
Not classified
Net assets
−£814k
Bottom 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Analytics
Risk, value and sector comparison
Insolvency risk
68/100
high risk
Estimated public-data value
-£813,865 - £0
low confidence - negative net assets visible value
Sector comparison
Sector: Transport and Haulage
Sample: 62,537 companies
Negative net assets: 16.8%
- Net assets vs sector median
- -£815,542
- Working capital vs sector median
- -£4,944,430
- Sector median current ratio
- 1.12
Negative net assets
Visible liabilities exceed visible assets in the extracted accounts.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Weak current ratio
Current assets are less than 75% of current liabilities.
Risk and value are estimates from public accounts only. They are not a credit score, valuation opinion or insolvency prediction guarantee. See methodology.
Balance sheet
Full extracted balance sheet
Bottom 10% in sector · Sector medians shown for 62,537 filers in this sector (2025).
Cash at bank
Bank balances disclosed in the public accounts.
Not disclosed
Current assets
Assets expected to turn into cash within one year.
£1,668,178
Current liabilities
Amounts due within one year (short-term creditors).
£6,610,918
Working capital
Current assets minus current liabilities.
-£4,942,740
Median £2k
Fixed assets
Long-term tangible and intangible assets.
Not disclosed
Total assets less current liabilities
Fixed assets plus working capital.
-£134,189
Net assets
What's left after liabilities are deducted from assets.
-£813,865
Median £2k
Equity (capital & reserves)
Shareholder funds.
£100
Current ratio
Current assets divided by current liabilities. Above 1.0× is usually easier to fund.
0.3×
Median 1.1×
Figures extracted from the company's public XBRL/iXBRL filing. Fields shown as Not disclosed are not legally required for this filing type and are absent from the source document — they are not necessarily zero.
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