Who owns UK companies in Building of ships and floating structures?

141 of the 520 companies registered under SIC 30110 (Building of ships and floating structures) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 329 individual shareholders and 114 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 16% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies — about twice the national rate.
• 35% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.
• 50% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 51 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 9.6 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Manufacture of other transport equipment n.e.c. SIC 30990 · 323 companies · 38% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery SIC 30300 · 255 companies · 29% majority-owned by a company
• Building of pleasure and sporting boats SIC 30120 · 222 companies · 22% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of bicycles and invalid carriages SIC 30920 · 99 companies
• Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock SIC 30200 · 42 companies
• Manufacture of motorcycles SIC 30910 · 36 companies
• Manufacture of military fighting vehicles SIC 30400 · 7 companies

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 112 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 30110, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 5 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 25 November 2017 and 3 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.