The Ferry House

What The Ferry House does

The Ferry House is a UK-based business founded in 2000 and headquartered in Leysdown-on-Sea, Kent. The company operates a website at theferryhouse.co.uk and, per the firmographic record, currently has a headcount of 19 employees. The name and the coastal Kent location are suggestive of a hospitality or local-services operation, but no specific business activity, product line, or service offering is disclosed in the available source data. The company's website returned only a verification/loading message at the time of collection, and no first-party descriptions of products, services, customers, pricing, or operating model were surfaced.

No information on revenue, ownership structure, management team, funding history, partnerships, certifications, technology stack, distribution channels, or competitive positioning is present in the supplied data. The firm's revenue model, go-to-market motion, customer segmentation, and value proposition therefore cannot be characterized from the input. The available evidence supports only a basic firmographic profile, and any deeper business-level inference would extend beyond what the sources justify.

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Name

The Ferry House

Website

https://theferryhouse.co.uk

Company type

Private

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Ferry House is a UK-based business founded in 2000, headquartered in Leysdown-on-Sea, Kent, with 19 employees and a website at theferryhouse.co.uk. Its specific products, services, and operating model are not disclosed in the available source data.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pub and Inn Hospitality Services

NAICS

Water Transportation (483), Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water (48721)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Tourist & Scenic Passenger Ferries (Non-Cruise) (THAIAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Ferry Terminals & Water Transit Piers (THAIALAH)

Keywords

• Pub and inn services
• Seaside hospitality
• Casual dining
• Bed and breakfast
• Local food and drink

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

The Ferry House is a small hospitality business (founded 2000, ~19 employees) located in Leysdown-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Based on the trading name and location adjacent to the Swale ferry route, it most plausibly operates as a pub, inn, and/or restaurant serving local residents and visitors. No product, menu, or service menu is disclosed in the available source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Wightlink: UK passenger and vehicle ferry operator on Solent routes. Comparable as a small/medium British ferry specialist competing on coastal passenger transit — directly relevant business model anchor.
• Red Funnel: UK vehicle and passenger ferry operator running routes to and from the Isle of Wight (close to Kent / south-coast passenger ferry profile). Directly comparable as a UK-coastal passenger ferry peer with similar regulatory and seasonal dynamics.
• Sheppey Ferries: Vehicle ferry historically connecting the Isle of Sheppey to mainland Kent. Geographic direct peer for any Sheppey-based ferry or ferry-terminal operator, sharing the same Swale crossing market.

Emerging players

• Spirit of Sheppey / Isle of Sheppey Sailing Club ferry operators: Small ferry and water-transport services clustered around the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Close geographic and operational analog to The Ferry House's Leysdown-on-Sea base, though specific entities vary.
• MBNA Thames Clippers: London passenger river transport operator running scheduled commuter and tourist services. Comparable as a UK passenger water-transport specialist serving a defined corridor with a small dedicated fleet.

Broad incumbents

• Stena Line: One of the world's largest ferry operators with multiple UK routes. A broad incumbent overlap: same passenger-ferry category, but operates an international/networked portfolio rather than a single-site coastal crossing.
• P&O Ferries: Historic UK-based ferry operator with passenger and freight services. Comparable as a major incumbent in British coastal/short-sea passenger shipping, against which a small Kent operator benchmarks.
• Brittany Ferries: UK-France passenger and freight ferry operator with cruising passenger offerings. Comparable on passenger ferry business model and UK departure-port operations; much larger incumbent.

Regional players

• Caledonian MacBrayne: Scotland's west-coast ferry and island-link operator. Comparable small/regional passenger ferry business model with strong dependence on local tourism and commuter traffic; a regional analog.
• Hythe Ferry: Small passenger ferry operating in the Hythe/Kent area — one of the closest geographic peers to a Leysdown-on-Sea ferry operator in scale, setting, and route character.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/theferryhouse

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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