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Mr. Trotter
asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether, for each of the companies of the Court Line group now in public ownership, he will list for each of the last five years (a) the turnover and (b) the profit before tax, distinguishing in the case of turnover between that in respect of shipbuilding, ship repairing and marine engineering and that in respect of other activities.
Mr. Meacher
, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 10th December 1974; Vol. 883, c. 122], gave the following information:The information requested is as follows:
| APPLEDORE SHIPBUILDERS GROUP | ||||||||||||||||
| £'000's | ||||||||||||||||
| Years to 30th September | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | ||||||||||||
| Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax | |||||||
| Companies engaged in shipbuilding, ship-repairing and marine engineering3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | … | … | … | … | 2,576 | 192 | 3,025 | 268 | 3,763 | 287 | 4,647 | 1,017 | 8,001 | 1,374 | ||
| Companies engaged in other activities | ||||||||||||||||
| Appledore Constructions Ltd. | … | … | … | 8 | (·120) | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | N/T4 | N/T4 | N/T4 | N/T4 | |||
| Seemark Switches Ltd. | … | … | … | … | 8 | (5) | 7 | (2) | 7 | (·03) | 7 | 1 | 32 | 10 | ||
| R. Harris & Son (Builders) Ltd. | … | … | … | 8852 | 452 | 8902 | 462 | 1,6832 | 552 | 1,7002 | 1012 | 2,1602 | 1712 | |||
| R. Harris & Son (Concrete) Ltd. | … | … | … | 1332 | 162 | 1572 | 222 | 1892 | 242 | 2922 | 262 | 3792 | 412 | |||
| R. Harris & Son (Plant Hire) Ltd. | … | … | … | Formed in 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Devon Concrete Works Ltd. | … | … | … | … | 204 | ·2 | 168 | (11) | 235 | ·9 | 303 | 8 | 2171 | 101 | ||
| Warethorn Pronerties Ltd. | … | … | … | … | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 353 | 67 | ||
| Lintsgress Ltd. | … | … | … | … | … | … | 11 | (·7) | ·4 | (15) | N/T4 | N/T4 | 208 | 76 | 64 | 10 |
| K & L Marine Equipment Ltd. | … | … | … | — | — | 54 | 11 | 429 | 31 | 388 | 60 | 573 | 44 | |||
| NOTES: | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 Figures for 1973 are for nine months to 30th September, the company's year ending having been altered from 31st December. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 Figures are for year ending 31st August | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 Marine engineering is taken to mean the manufacture of marine engines. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 N/T indicates non-trading. | ||||||||||||||||
| NORTH EAST COAST SHIPREPAIRERS GROUP | |||||||||||||||
| £'000's | |||||||||||||||
| Years to 31st March | Six months to 30th September 1970 | Years to 30th September | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | |||||||||||
| Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax | ||||
| Companies engaged in ship building, shiprepairing and marine engineering3 | |||||||||||||||
| North East Coast Ship-repairers Ltd. | … | … | N/A4 | 41 | N/A4 | 91 | N/A4 | 70 | N/A4 | 162 | N/A4 | 117 | N/A4 | 272 | |
| The Middle Docks & Eng. Co. Ltd. | … | … | … | 1,382 | 226 | 1,672 | 300 | 910 | 208 | 2,277 | 454 | 2,191 | 266 | 3,048 | 517 |
| The Mercantile Dry Dock Co. Ltd. | … | … | … | 922 | 43 | 864 | 28 | 698 | 132 | 1,660 | 272 | 1,635 | 125 | 1,536 | (20) |
| Brigham & Cowan Ltd. | … | 1,124 | 230 | 1,270 | 264 | 769 | 143 | 2,049 | 457 | 1,772 | 105 | 2,213 | 193 | ||
| Brigham & Cowan (Hull) Ltd. | … | … | … | 687 | 47 | 685 | 41 | 378 | 48 | 800 | 76 | 697 | 8 | 587 | (25) |
| Greenwell Dry Docks Ltd. | … | N/T5 | N/T5 | N/T5 | N/T5 | N/T5 | N/T5 | N/T5 | N/T5 | N/T5 | N/T5 | 934 | (126) | ||
| Companies engaged in other activities | |||||||||||||||
| North East Coast Contractors Ltd. | … | … | … | 14 | 1 | 7 | — | 4 | — | 13 | 1 | 13 | — | 16 | — |
| NOTES: | |||||||||||||||
| 1 Minor adjustments have been made for rounding errors. | |||||||||||||||
| 2 Extraordinary items have been included. | |||||||||||||||
| 3 Marine engineering is taken to mean the manufacture of marine engines. | |||||||||||||||
| 4 N/A indicates not applicable. | |||||||||||||||
| 5 N/T indicates non-trading. | |||||||||||||||
| SUNDERLAND SHIPBUILDERS GROUP (FORMERLY DOXFORD AND SUNDERLAND GROUP) | |||||||||||||||
| £'000's | |||||||||||||||
| Years to 31st March | Six months to 30th September 1972 | Year to 30th September 1973 | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax3 | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax3 | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax3 | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax3 | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax3 | Turnover | Profit (Loss) before tax3 | ||||
| Companies engaged in shipbuilding, shiprepairing and marine engineering4 | |||||||||||||||
| Sunderland Shipbuilders Ltd. (formerly Doxford and Sunderland Ltd.): | |||||||||||||||
| (A)1 | … | … | … | 16,853 | 1,599 | 17,070 | 562 | 21,581 | (1,249) | 26,196 | |||||
| (B) | … | … | … | 23,572 | (1,542) | 12,203 | 105 | 21,405 | (179) | ||||||
| Doxford Enigines Ltd. | … | N/T2 until 30th September 1972 | 4,200 | 462 | |||||||||||
| Companies engaged in other activities | |||||||||||||||
| Sunderland Magnetic Ltd. | … | N/T2 until 30th September 1972 | 80 | 7 | |||||||||||
| The Sunderland Forge and Eng. Co. Ltd. | … | … | N/T2 until 30th September 1972 | 4,052 | 500 | ||||||||||
| Wolsingham Steel Co. Ltd. | … | N/T2 until 30th September 1972 | 1,942 | 223 | |||||||||||
| NOTES: | |||||||||||||||
| 1 The basis of calculation of turnover of Sunderland Shipbuilders Ltd. was changed during the period hence the distinction between (A) and (B). | |||||||||||||||
| 2 N/T indicates non-trading. | |||||||||||||||
| 3 Profit (Loss) before tax figures exclude movements on reserves and extraordinary items during the period. | |||||||||||||||
| 4 Marine engineering is taken to mean the manufacture of marine engines. | |||||||||||||||