CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
Company details
- Registered name
- CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
- Company number
- 00006005
- Registered office
- SWIRE HOUSE, 59 BUCKINGHAM GATE, LONDON, SW1E 6AJ, UNITED KINGDOM
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated on
- 31 January 1872
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 154 years
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
- Accounts — next due
- 30 Sept 2026
- Accounts — last made up to
- 31 Dec 2024
- Confirmation statement — next due
- 15 Oct 2026
- Confirmation statement — last
- 01 Oct 2025
What the register says
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- A person with significant control here also controls 20 other companies.
Companies House register snapshot, read 02/09/2026.
Officers
3 active · 43 resigned
People with significant control
Beneficial owners holding over 25% of shares, voting rights or the right to appoint directors
Corporate structure
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Connections
Serving officers
Change history
Reconstructed from the dated records Companies House publishes
| Date | Change | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/03/2026 | Director resigned | SWIRE, Samuel Compton | — |
| 17/03/2026 | Director resigned | SUTTON, Jeremy David Churchill | — |
| 17/03/2026 | Director appointed | — | PELLING, Sean Colin |
| 08/08/2022 | Director resigned | WOODROW, James Hugh | — |
| 08/08/2022 | Director appointed | — | SUTTON, Jeremy David Churchill |
| 03/10/2018 | Secretary appointed | — | MORRIS, David Charles |
| 13/07/2018 | Secretary resigned | DIBBEN, Ann Marie | — |
| 29/06/2018 | Director resigned | SWIRE, Merlin Bingham | — |
| 29/06/2018 | Director appointed | — | SWIRE, Samuel Compton |
| 19/09/2016 | Director resigned | RAE-SMITH, John Bruce | — |
| 23/08/2016 | Secretary resigned | MORRIS, David Charles | — |
| 23/08/2016 | Secretary appointed | — | DIBBEN, Ann Marie |
| 06/04/2016 | Person with significant control added | — | John Swire & Sons Limited |
| 01/10/2015 | Secretary resigned | FARMERY, Joanna Louise | — |
| 01/10/2015 | Secretary appointed | — | MORRIS, David Charles |
| 01/09/2015 | Director resigned | SWIRE, Merlin Bingham | — |
| 01/09/2015 | Director resigned | BLACKBURN, Timothy Joseph | — |
| 01/09/2015 | Director appointed | — | WOODROW, James Hugh |
| 01/09/2015 | Director appointed | — | SWIRE, Merlin Bingham |
| 23/10/2012 | Director resigned | HUGHES-HALLETT, James Edward | — |
Financial highlights
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Charges
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About CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED(THE) (00006005)
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED(THE) is a private limited company incorporated on 31 January 1872 and registered in the United Kingdom under company number 00006005. Its registered office is at SWIRE HOUSE, 59 BUCKINGHAM GATE, LONDON, SW1E 6AJ, UNITED KINGDOM. The recorded nature of business is activities of other holding companies n.e.c. (SIC 64209). The company is currently active , with statutory accounts last made up to 31 December 2024. 46 active officers are on record , and the person with significant control is John Swire & Sons Limited. This profile is provided by opendata.bot by Noetikos, aggregating official data from Companies House bulk data , last refreshed 10 September 2026.
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