Peel Ports operates a network of ports, logistics services and BG Freight Line. Peel Group retains a 37.6% minority interest alongside AustralianSuper and the joint APG/GIP vehicle; port concessions and terminal joint ventures have separate scopes. [1][2][4][5][6]
01 / Behind the name
Who owns Peel Ports Group?
Private ports group · Peel minority investment and institutional co-investors [4]
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Disclosed investment scope
Peel Ports Group · Lemon 2021 Ltd investment [1][2]
As reported · 9 Oct 2026
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UK operating group; distinct from individual port subsidiaries and the Cayman Islands parent
Current disclosed 30% joint investment; individual APG/GIP split not supplied
Lemon 2021 Ltd · APG / Global Infrastructure Partners [4][5]
As reported · 13 Oct 2026
The current company page reports Peel Group 37.6%, AustralianSuper 32.4% and Lemon 2021 Ltd, jointly owned by APG and GIP, 30%. The combined vehicle’s 30% is not a verified individual GIP stake. Port users, cargo owners and shipping customers have separate owners. The 13 October 2026 review distinguishes the UK operating group, Peel Ports Group Limited, from its Cayman Islands immediate parent, Peel Ports Holdings (CI) Limited, identified in the 31 March 2025 accounts. Peel's 37.6% is a minority holding; the 30% Lemon vehicle is not a separately verified 30% GIP or 15%-each allocation. BG Freight Line is a full subsidiary of the ports group, while Peel's own interest in that group remains partial. Great Yarmouth is now branded Port of East Anglia and is operated as agent for the separate harbour authority; Dublin container services are under concession, rather than ownership of all Dublin Port. Liverpool2 operating ventures were each 50% group-owned at 31 March 2025, not 50% of the entire Port of Liverpool. CMAL completed the purchase of Ardrossan Harbour assets from Peel Ports on 18 March 2026; the earlier accounts' Ardrossan subsidiary listing does not establish current ownership of those assets. The asset sale does not itself establish transfer of the old legal company's shares. These ownership updates preserve the previous dated tax observations and do not infer tax residence or avoidance from holding-company incorporation. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
England and Wales · Peel Ports Group Limited, 05965116; immediate parent Peel Ports Holdings (CI) Limited is incorporated in the Cayman Islands [3][5]
Headquarters, incorporation and tax residence describe different things. A headquarters address does not tell you where all of a company’s tax is paid.
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Investor disclosures found
Selected investor disclosures have been found. Each names the held entity, basis and date; the complete investor register remains outside this review. A stake in a parent or operating company is shown against that entity. Dates refer to each disclosure and can differ from the profile review date. Evidence links are included with each record.
Held entity · Peel Ports Group · Lemon 2021 Ltd investment
Within 30% joint APG/GIP vehicle; individual split not supplied
Ownership evidence checked ·
The current company page reports Peel Group 37.6%, AustralianSuper 32.4% and Lemon 2021 Ltd, jointly owned by APG and GIP, 30%. The combined vehicle’s 30% is not a verified individual GIP stake. Port users, cargo owners and shipping customers have separate owners.
Held entity · Peel Ports Group · Lemon 2021 Ltd investment
Via GIP; investment within 30% joint APG/GIP vehicle
Ownership evidence checked ·
The current company page reports Peel Group 37.6%, AustralianSuper 32.4% and Lemon 2021 Ltd, jointly owned by APG and GIP, 30%. The combined vehicle’s 30% is not a verified individual GIP stake. Port users, cargo owners and shipping customers have separate owners. This is a link through BlackRock’s ownership of the GIP manager, not a verified direct BlackRock corporate stake in the asset.
Held entity · Peel Ports Group · issuer shareholder disclosure
37.6% minority investment
Shareholder page checked ·
The three issuer-reported interests form the stated ownership split. The existing GIP/BlackRock links describe exposure through the same joint vehicle and its manager, not additional independent percentages to add. No individual APG/GIP split is invented.
Peel Ports Group · Capital & Funding Structure: Peel Group 37.6%, AustralianSuper 32.4%, Lemon 2021 Ltd jointly owned by APG and GIP 30%; undated current web disclosure
Held entity · Peel Ports Group · issuer shareholder disclosure
32.4%
Shareholder page checked ·
The three issuer-reported interests form the stated ownership split. The existing GIP/BlackRock links describe exposure through the same joint vehicle and its manager, not additional independent percentages to add. No individual APG/GIP split is invented.
Peel Ports Group · Capital & Funding Structure: Peel Group 37.6%, AustralianSuper 32.4%, Lemon 2021 Ltd jointly owned by APG and GIP 30%; undated current web disclosure
Held entity · Peel Ports Group · issuer shareholder disclosure
30% · joint APG/GIP vehicle
Shareholder page checked ·
The three issuer-reported interests form the stated ownership split. The existing GIP/BlackRock links describe exposure through the same joint vehicle and its manager, not additional independent percentages to add. No individual APG/GIP split is invented.
Peel Ports Group · Capital & Funding Structure: Peel Group 37.6%, AustralianSuper 32.4%, Lemon 2021 Ltd jointly owned by APG and GIP 30%; undated current web disclosure
Selected port locations, terminal operations, shipping and logistics businesses. Statutory harbour duties, agencies, concessions, group subsidiaries, operating joint ventures and land title have separate scopes. Peel owns 37.6% of the shared ports investment, not every listed operation directly. Ardrossan harbour assets are a former holding following the March 2026 sale; customers, shipping lines and tenants retain separate owners.
Brand research reviewed . Ownership and tax figures elsewhere on this page describe the group, not individual brands.
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Port of Liverpool
Transport & infrastructure
Statutory harbour and group port operations. The separate Liverpool2 cargo-handling venture is not ownership of the whole port. [4]
Markets & sources (1)
Also listed or searchable as: Liverpool Port, Mersey Docks and Harbour Company
Deep-water terminal operating scope. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (L2) and MDHC Container Services operating ventures were each 50% group-owned at 31 March 2025; this is not a percentage for the entire Port of Liverpool. [5]
Warehousing and storage joint venture reported at 50% group ownership on 31 March 2025; this percentage does not describe the entire Clydeport business. [5]
Current name of the Great Yarmouth location. The group operates the port as agent for Great Yarmouth Port Authority; this is not another acquired port. [7]
Markets & sources (1)
Also listed or searchable as: Port of Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth Port, Peel Ports Great Yarmouth
Full subsidiary of Peel Ports Group. Peel Group's own interest in the ports group is 37.6%, rather than separate full ownership of this shipping business. [6]
Markets & sources (1)
Also listed or searchable as: B.G. Freight Line, BG Freight Line BV
Port of East Anglia is the current name for the Great Yarmouth location; it is not an additional acquired port. [7]
CMAL completed acquisition of Ardrossan Harbour assets from Peel Ports on 18 March 2026, on behalf of Scottish Government; the old harbour-company share ownership is a separate question. [8]
Peel Ports acquired the entire issued share capital of Cork freight forwarder Leeside Shipping Limited on 26 March 2025. [5]
03 / The figures, with context
What does it report in UK tax?
This ownership research has not established a dated UK cash corporation-tax payment for the relevant reporting entity.
United KingdomNot yet verified
UK corporation tax paid
Not yet verifiedCash payment
Peel Ports Group · UK reporting scope not verified Annual reporting period not yet verified
The sources establish investment or business information. The UK tax-paying entity, reporting period and cash corporation-tax payment have not been separately reconciled. Not verified does not mean no tax was paid. [1]
These figures have different scopes. They should not be added together or used as a like-for-like tax ranking.
Companies House · Active private company 05965116, incorporated 12 October 2006; distinct from the Cayman Islands parent and individual port operating companies
BG Freight Line · Current company description expressly identifies full subsidiary relationship to Peel Ports Group; shipping services do not establish ownership of every port served
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited · 18 March 2026 completion from Peel Ports on behalf of Scottish Government: full harbour area, Arran/Irish berths, linkspans, car park/marshalling, part boatyard land and approach road; not evidence of sale of the old legal company's shares