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Company Number

04039524

Shareholders

undisclosed

carnival investments ltd

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Group Structure

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Industry

Sea and coastal freight water transport

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Registered Address

carnival house, 100 harbour parade, southampton, hampshire, SO15 1ST

carnival plc Estimated Valuation

£10.2b

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of CARNIVAL PLC at £10.2b based on a Turnover of £7.5b and 1.37x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

carnival plc Estimated Valuation

£19b

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of CARNIVAL PLC at £19b based on an EBITDA of £2.7b and a 6.94x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

carnival plc Estimated Valuation

£2.6b

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of CARNIVAL PLC at £2.6b based on Net Assets of £1.6b and 1.62x industry multiple (adjusted for liquidity).

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Carnival Plc Overview

Carnival Plc is a live company located in southampton, SO15 1ST with a Companies House number of 04039524. It operates in the activities of head offices sector, SIC Code 70100. Founded in July 2000, it's largest shareholder is undisclosed with a 86.4% stake. Carnival Plc is a mature, mega sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £7.5b with rapid growth in recent years.

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Carnival Plc Health Check

Pomanda's financial health check has awarded Carnival Plc a 4.5 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 7 measures and has 4 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

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Health Rating4.5out of 5
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size

Size

annual sales of £7.5b, make it larger than the average company (£14.7m)

£7.5b - Carnival Plc

£14.7m - Industry AVG

growth

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 135%, show it is growing at a faster rate (8.4%)

135% - Carnival Plc

8.4% - Industry AVG

production

Production

with a gross margin of 32.6%, this company has a comparable cost of product (32.6%)

32.6% - Carnival Plc

32.6% - Industry AVG

profitability

Profitability

an operating margin of 30.1% make it more profitable than the average company (8.4%)

30.1% - Carnival Plc

8.4% - Industry AVG

employees

Employees

with 42919 employees, this is above the industry average (64)

42919 - Carnival Plc

64 - Industry AVG

paystructure

Pay Structure

on an average salary of £26.5k, the company has a lower pay structure (£57.8k)

£26.5k - Carnival Plc

£57.8k - Industry AVG

efficiency

Efficiency

resulting in sales per employee of £174.3k, this is less efficient (£362.1k)

£174.3k - Carnival Plc

£362.1k - Industry AVG

debtordays

Debtor Days

it gets paid by customers after 8 days, this is earlier than average (36 days)

8 days - Carnival Plc

36 days - Industry AVG

creditordays

Creditor Days

its suppliers are paid after 25 days, this is quicker than average (34 days)

25 days - Carnival Plc

34 days - Industry AVG

stockdays

Stock Days

it holds stock equivalent to 12 days, this is less than average (32 days)

12 days - Carnival Plc

32 days - Industry AVG

cashbalance

Cash Balance

has cash to cover current liabilities for 4 weeks, this is less cash available to meet short term requirements (16 weeks)

4 weeks - Carnival Plc

16 weeks - Industry AVG

debtlevel

Debt Level

it has a ratio of liabilities to total assets of 85.3%, this is a higher level of debt than the average (54.6%)

85.3% - Carnival Plc

54.6% - Industry AVG

CARNIVAL PLC financials

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Carnival Plc's latest turnover from November 2024 is £7.5 billion and the company has net assets of £1.6 billion. According to their latest financial statements, Carnival Plc has 42,919 employees and maintains cash reserves of £315.5 million as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies HousePomanda Estimates

Nov 2024Nov 2023Nov 2022Nov 2021Nov 2020Nov 2019Nov 2018Nov 2017Nov 2016Nov 2015Nov 2014Nov 2013Nov 2012Nov 2011Nov 2010Nov 2009
Turnover7,479,539,1346,342,471,1963,124,306,326575,234,6351,826,369,9676,206,030,1516,761,580,2715,847,191,3565,259,872,2425,257,125,1554,931,581,8284,485,076,1023,864,376,6664,621,143,6693,986,082,8873,925,830,013
Other Income Or Grants
Cost Of Sales5,044,021,7564,185,616,8102,094,772,162415,705,6331,308,501,1414,518,313,3714,900,647,1444,292,926,2113,859,470,4593,896,775,6733,734,170,9443,411,392,7342,883,177,9413,435,217,2572,871,966,5883,140,664,011
Gross Profit2,435,517,3782,156,854,3861,029,534,164159,529,002517,868,8261,687,716,7801,860,933,1271,554,265,1451,400,401,7821,360,349,4821,197,410,8841,073,683,368981,198,7251,185,926,4111,114,116,298785,166,003
Admin Expenses181,760,2601,199,202,4693,332,530,8342,592,922,8862,940,666,283799,705,294812,016,116623,072,474504,684,981691,204,501626,803,331789,701,026553,725,744330,473,734235,040,164-80,508,835
Operating Profit2,253,757,118957,651,917-2,302,996,670-2,433,393,884-2,422,797,457888,011,4861,048,917,011931,192,671895,716,801669,144,981570,607,553283,982,342427,472,981855,452,677879,076,134865,674,838
Interest Payable262,216,925252,681,764110,987,79172,661,21761,307,90214,357,50217,035,77595,754,92937,746,80644,144,98147,892,72078,408,11881,137,104114,237,769102,838,845116,201,859
Interest Receivable30,989,27227,016,2891,585,5392,270,6635,743,0003,244,9091,532,684725,900774,4731,368,3633,294,4582,961,2083,227,0553,694,80818,592,297
Pre-Tax Profit1,184,743,743195,470,799-2,217,377,517-2,568,119,891-2,589,312,746890,882,986967,794,273711,165,607654,761,905620,353,160522,030,651195,690,848165,827,658543,436,169566,537,348587,782,205
Tax3,178,3871,589,193-11,891,549-9,839,5401,513,775-28,715,004-23,525,594-33,719,059-26,132,404-23,234,201-13,683,634-658,892-8,883,625-12,262,81111,084,426-10,491,368
Profit After Tax1,187,922,130197,059,992-2,229,269,066-2,577,959,431-2,587,798,971862,167,983944,268,679677,446,548628,629,501597,118,959508,347,017195,031,956156,944,033531,173,357577,621,775577,290,837
Dividends Paid321,246,045175,805,452147,783,251212,822,033191,886,290133,600,10343,721,904200,664,011
Retained Profit1,187,922,130197,059,992-2,229,269,066-2,577,959,431-2,587,798,971862,167,983623,022,633677,446,548628,629,501421,313,507360,563,766-17,790,077-34,942,256397,573,254533,899,871372,709,163
Employee Costs1,136,273,3411,067,143,425927,540,828123,336,174408,852,953887,293,6111,021,335,280899,685,800750,580,720728,004,957636,288,998640,442,775517,619,189560,862,269475,398,731480,610,890
Number Of Employees42,91942,85935,7872,5198,48841,54240,09339,16425,66936,46335,60535,76633,65034,02335,43732,457
EBITDA*2,738,461,1311,449,507,300-1,685,428,889-2,433,393,884-2,422,797,4571,399,138,5501,623,266,001931,192,671895,716,8011,184,169,7651,061,850,027822,955,788808,876,5941,264,643,3311,231,314,5722,935,395,953

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

Nov 2024Nov 2023Nov 2022Nov 2021Nov 2020Nov 2019Nov 2018Nov 2017Nov 2016Nov 2015Nov 2014Nov 2013Nov 2012Nov 2011Nov 2010Nov 2009
Tangible Assets9,114,819,2299,446,960,66711,630,727,76312,127,611,26212,493,188,01110,628,858,57910,926,421,67610,517,281,0188,967,770,0359,982,187,1139,493,021,3469,535,481,3208,357,121,7069,100,942,3008,315,782,9928,352,523,240
Intangible Assets397,298,371495,033,770214,956,101417,803,302482,680,295489,692,697439,895,470494,114,002457,717,570476,378,731418,122,594574,415,903538,210,481657,768,924
Investments & Other77,075,88367,540,723728,555,573133,524,766173,959,690120,499,419
Debtors (Due After 1 year)204,211,362257,449,344246,231,155
Total Fixed Assets9,512,117,6009,941,994,43711,630,727,76212,127,611,26212,708,144,11111,046,661,88011,409,101,97111,006,973,7149,407,665,50510,476,301,1159,950,738,91610,011,860,0518,775,244,2999,675,358,2038,853,993,4729,010,292,164
Stock & work in progress177,195,073191,497,814153,004,598110,505,600102,179,836165,111,270187,393,526159,399,18790,011,61497,583,64386,891,07893,562,62794,166,41998,747,90283,748,99988,778,220
Trade Debtors166,865,316177,989,670129,221,50067,363,003104,450,500157,214,645128,173,927117,250,364104,529,61789,838,91099,206,349121,236,08172,845,72187,130,50286,212,205130,942,895
Group Debtors331,346,841
Misc Debtors238,379,022213,746,523201,363,56438,601,27137,087,49640,201,00535,694,005129,511,83924,783,14731,981,04823,880,21122,784,65497,941,567
Cash315,454,9061,085,419,149199,778,024328,489,252695,579,775157,932,519300,154,133203,080,695163,327,526635,842,627148,467,432173,288,528174,711,282211,694,849201,982,880286,321,381
misc current assets82,500,757165,758,401161,521,895127,362,700152,439,024168,835,192201,833,607317,585,821328,694,10749,696,65750,495,720131,474,104
total current assets1,290,425,1091,731,426,301683,367,687627,459,8851,105,056,010681,981,335778,778,292609,242,088510,307,7821,016,883,519536,398,467705,673,058702,398,579471,150,123445,224,460735,458,167
total assets10,802,542,70911,673,420,73812,314,095,44912,755,071,14713,813,200,12111,728,643,21512,187,880,26311,616,215,8029,917,973,28711,493,184,63410,487,137,38310,717,533,1099,477,642,87810,146,508,3269,299,217,9329,745,750,331
Bank overdraft
Bank loan25,830,013
Trade Creditors 352,006,357386,968,613373,394,641259,152,907266,082,583282,780,290222,125,436202,912,020224,411,604232,588,786177,672,490198,786,627192,130,057205,644,090
Group/Directors Accounts11111,105,589,260887,985,7131
other short term finances735,001,986826,380,6111,053,591,247367,847,411264,910,687402,010,050824,207,025374,741,359527,729,38423,234,2009,578,544285,300,125711,282,203459,532,722246,320,586
hp & lease commitments104,092,173106,475,96326,161,40726,491,06832,546,170
other current liabilities2,460,071,5134,384,584,8226,135,246,5505,977,898,8795,669,845,5942,297,918,1602,250,344,7703,058,471,9121,665,940,7653,218,711,2752,612,889,9822,816,762,2042,366,597,5711,072,673,2911,073,341,9532,069,322,707
total current liabilities3,651,172,0305,704,410,0127,588,393,8486,372,237,3605,967,302,4522,959,081,1203,340,634,3803,715,993,5632,415,795,5873,444,857,4972,846,880,1313,334,651,1173,255,552,2652,836,581,9032,399,778,3112,300,796,813
loans5,629,717,9175,624,950,3375,448,707,7844,601,877,0813,464,274,9004,676,238,3343,256,266,7302,043,834,7752,998,760,8422,914,614,1202,700,138,3662,096,535,3863,561,378,5982,129,216,467
hp & lease commitments324,195,470411,601,112202,949,104225,552,528209,657,886
Accruals and Deferred Income12,979,63825,863,661
other liabilities197,854,588222,487,087225,146,662230,093,854208,144,111215,362,526279,873,4481,814,024,390164,188,351193,623,426146,932,85865,738,8211,996,428,35162,416,998
provisions111,243,542160,508,540125,555,225172,111,551
total long term liabilities5,558,998,8085,516,090,5845,470,905,3434,606,418,4073,462,761,1262,553,481,6941,920,986,4521,122,691,3931,814,024,3901,663,568,7731,650,930,4871,497,002,0421,176,784,1271,780,689,2992,022,292,0132,277,689,243
total liabilities9,210,170,83811,220,500,59613,059,299,19110,978,655,7679,430,063,5785,512,562,8145,261,620,8324,838,684,9564,229,819,9775,108,426,2704,497,810,6184,831,653,1594,432,336,3924,617,271,2024,422,070,3244,578,486,056
net assets1,592,371,871452,920,142-745,203,7421,776,415,3804,383,136,5426,216,080,4016,926,259,4316,777,530,8465,688,153,3106,384,758,3645,989,326,7655,885,879,9505,045,306,4855,529,237,1244,877,147,6075,165,537,849
total shareholders funds1,592,371,871452,920,143-745,203,7421,776,415,3804,383,136,5436,216,080,4026,926,259,4316,777,530,8455,688,153,3106,384,758,3645,989,326,7655,885,879,9505,045,306,4855,529,237,1244,877,147,6085,165,537,849
Nov 2024Nov 2023Nov 2022Nov 2021Nov 2020Nov 2019Nov 2018Nov 2017Nov 2016Nov 2015Nov 2014Nov 2013Nov 2012Nov 2011Nov 2010Nov 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit2,253,757,118957,651,917-2,302,996,670-2,433,393,884-2,422,797,457888,011,4861,048,917,011931,192,671895,716,801669,144,981570,607,553283,982,342427,472,981855,452,677879,076,134865,674,838
Depreciation484,704,013491,855,383617,567,782511,127,064574,348,990515,024,783491,242,474538,973,447381,403,613409,190,654352,238,4382,069,721,116
Amortisation
Tax3,178,3871,589,193-11,891,549-9,839,5401,513,775-28,715,004-23,525,594-33,719,059-26,132,404-23,234,201-13,683,634-658,892-8,883,625-12,262,81111,084,426-10,491,368
Stock-14,302,74138,493,21642,498,9988,325,764-62,931,434-22,282,25627,994,33969,387,573-7,572,02910,692,565-6,671,549-603,792-4,581,48314,998,903-5,029,22188,778,220
Debtors291,617,004318,600,473224,620,790-35,573,721-302,108,809279,778,872-82,894,272142,232,588-10,092,44115,415,708-22,029,73116,409,311-6,183,9442,013,854-119,887,603228,884,462
Creditors-34,962,25713,573,973373,394,641-259,152,907-6,929,676-16,697,70760,654,85419,213,416-21,499,584-8,177,18254,916,295-21,114,1376,656,570-13,514,033205,644,090
Accruals and Deferred Income-1,924,513,309-1,750,661,728157,347,671308,053,2853,371,927,43434,593,752-795,147,5041,392,531,147-1,552,770,510605,821,293-203,872,222450,164,6331,293,924,280-26,532,323-970,117,0932,069,322,707
Deferred Taxes & Provisions-49,264,998160,508,540-125,555,225125,555,225-172,111,551172,111,551
Cash flow from operations455,584,691-482,576,411-1,433,697,913-2,107,932,1821,056,531,0881,140,591,006842,795,1292,139,039,452-646,308,2271,719,148,999864,818,2691,186,017,0812,209,123,7641,215,492,010211,573,1455,054,320,252
Investing Activities
capital expenditure-54,827,1751,196,877,942-120,684,283580,532,850-1,661,482,230-148,686,974-976,477,247-1,599,308,2091,068,635,610-1,040,586,983-430,121,339-1,775,589,198518,710,290-1,230,555,384-195,939,747-11,080,013,280
Change in Investments9,535,160-661,014,850728,555,573-133,524,766133,524,766-173,959,69053,460,271120,499,419
cash flow from investments-64,362,3351,857,892,792-849,239,856580,532,850-1,527,957,464-282,211,740-802,517,557-1,652,768,480948,136,191-1,040,586,983-430,121,339-1,775,589,198518,710,290-1,230,555,384-195,939,747-11,080,013,280
Financing Activities
Bank loans-25,830,01325,830,013
Group/Directors Accounts1-1,105,589,260217,603,547887,985,7131
Other Short Term Loans -91,378,625-227,210,636685,743,836102,936,724-137,099,363-422,196,975449,465,666-152,988,025504,495,18413,655,656-275,721,581-425,982,078251,749,481213,212,136246,320,586
Long term loans4,767,580176,242,553846,830,7031,137,602,181-1,211,963,4341,419,971,6041,212,431,9552,043,834,775-2,998,760,84284,146,722214,475,754603,602,980-1,464,843,2123,561,378,598-2,129,216,4672,129,216,467
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments-89,789,432288,966,564-22,933,0859,839,540242,204,056
other long term liabilities-24,632,499-2,659,575-4,947,19221,949,743-7,218,415-64,510,922279,873,448-1,814,024,3901,649,836,039-29,435,07546,690,56881,194,03765,738,821-1,996,428,3511,934,011,35362,416,998
share issue-48,470,4021,001,063,893-292,350,056-28,761,732754,855,112-1,572,347,011-474,294,048411,930,987-1,325,234,555-25,881,908-257,116,951858,363,542-448,988,383254,516,262-822,290,1124,792,828,686
interest-231,227,653-225,665,475-109,402,252-72,661,217-59,037,239-8,614,502-13,790,866-94,222,245-37,020,906-43,370,508-46,524,357-75,113,660-78,175,896-111,010,714-99,144,037-97,609,562
cash flow from financing-480,731,0311,010,737,3241,102,941,9541,170,905,239-418,259,283-647,697,8061,453,686,155394,531,102-2,206,685,079-885,113-318,196,5671,042,064,821-2,780,108,4492,139,271,478-8,162,9776,912,682,603
cash and cash equivalents
cash-769,964,243885,641,125-128,711,228-367,090,523537,647,256-142,221,61497,073,43839,753,169-472,515,101487,375,195-24,821,096-1,422,754-36,983,5679,711,969-84,338,501286,321,381
overdraft
change in cash-769,964,243885,641,125-128,711,228-367,090,523537,647,256-142,221,61497,073,43839,753,169-472,515,101487,375,195-24,821,096-1,422,754-36,983,5679,711,969-84,338,501286,321,381

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Carnival Plc Competitor Analysis

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carnival plc Ownership

CARNIVAL PLC Shareholders

undisclosed 86.43%
carnival investments ltd 13.57%
nicholas lawrence luff 0%
law debenture trust corp. (cayman) ltd 0%
richard michael gradon 0%

carnival plc directors

Carnival Plc currently has 11 directors. The longest serving directors include Mr Stuart Subotnick (Apr 2003) and Mr Micky Arison (Apr 2003).

officercountryagestartendrole
Mr Stuart SubotnickUnited Kingdom83 years Apr 2003- Director
Mr Micky ArisonUnited Kingdom75 years Apr 2003- Director
Ms Laura WeilUnited Kingdom68 years Jan 2007- Director
Mr Randall WeisenburgerUnited Kingdom66 years Jan 2009- Director
Sir Jonathon BandUnited Kingdom75 years Apr 2010- Director
Mrs Helen Deeble CbeUnited Kingdom63 years Jul 2016- Director
Mr Jason CahillyUnited Kingdom55 years Jul 2017- Director
Ms Kathleen LaheyAustralia74 years Jan 2019- Director
Mr Jeffrey GearheartUnited Kingdom60 years Apr 2020- Director
Mr Joshua WeinsteinUnited States51 years Aug 2022- Director

P&L

November 2024

turnover

7.5b

+18%

operating profit

2.3b

0%

gross margin

32.6%

-4.25%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

November 2024

net assets

1.6b

+2.52%

total assets

10.8b

-0.07%

cash

315.5m

-0.71%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

carnival plc company details

company number

04039524

Type

Public limited with Share Capital

industry

50200 - Sea and coastal freight water transport

70100 - Activities of head offices

incorporation date

July 2000

age

25

incorporated

UK

ultimate parent company

None

accounts

Group

last accounts submitted

November 2024

previous names

p&o princess cruises plc (April 2003)

accountant

-

auditor

-

address

carnival house, 100 harbour parade, southampton, hampshire, SO15 1ST

Bank

-

Legal Advisor

-

carnival plc Charges & Mortgages

A charge, or mortgage, refers to the rights a company gives to a lender in return for a loan, often in the form of security given over business assets.

We found 77 charges/mortgages relating to carnival plc. Currently there are 31 open charges and 46 have been satisfied in the past.

carnival plc Capital Raised & Share Issues BETA

When a company issues new shares, e.g. to new investors following a funding round, it is required to notify Companies House within one month of making an allotment of shares.

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