The UKHO is a government Trading Fund and part of the Ministry
of Defence. Our primary activity is the provision of navigational
products and services to the Royal Navy and the merchant
marine in compliance with Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS)
Regulations.
Marketed under the Admiralty brand, the UKHO's product
portfolio offers worldwide coverage in the form of 3,300
Standard Navigational
Charts and 220 Navigational
Publications. In addition to these more 'traditional'
products, we also produce a range of electronic charts known
as ARCS (Admiralty Raster
Chart Service) and a popular range of Leisure
Charts and Editions produced specifically for the small
craft and leisure mariner.
Recently, a number of products have been added to our digital
product portfolio including TotalTide
- a Tidal Prediction Program exclusively designed for SOLAS
shipping, and the Digital
List of Lights - a CD-ROM version of one of our most
popular publications. We are continuing to expand our range
of web-based services with the introduction of EasyTide,
a popular online tidal prediction service and Searchable
Notices to Mariners. The UKHO’s first online product
catalogue, the Admiralty
Online Catalogue, was launched in March 2004.
Based in Taunton in the South West of England, the UKHO
employs nearly 1,000 people across a range of specialisms
including Chart Compilation and production, navigational
textual editing and publishing, Physical Oceanography, Geodesy
and Law of the Sea as well as Finance, Marketing, Human
Resources and Information Technology.
The UKHO’s Annual Report and Accounts 2004/2005 were published in May and detailed excellent results for the year with revenues at a record level of £68 million.
To view the Annual Report in PDF format, click here. Annual Report
