SCANTECH OFFSHORE LIMITED
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Cash
£10m
-9.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£45m
+29.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
108
+18.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£14m
+5.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,594,148 | £49,636,558 | £42,266,246 | -14.8% | |
| Operating profit | £9,481,251 | £13,534,287 | £14,041,978 | +3.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,674,161 | £13,431,560 | £14,151,239 | +5.4% | |
| Net profit | £6,521,940 | £11,322,171 | £10,168,478 | -10.2% | |
| Cash | £3,111,938 | £11,429,581 | £10,388,666 | -9.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,505,092 | £37,243,961 | £45,852,533 | +23.1% | |
| Net assets | £23,664,329 | £34,986,500 | £45,154,978 | +29.1% | |
| Equity | £23,664,329 | £34,986,500 | £45,154,978 | +29.1% | |
| Average employees | 83 | 91 | 108 | +18.7% | |
| Wages | £5,471,781 | £6,055,602 | £6,805,649 | +12.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £398,854 | £445,958 | £452,430 | +1.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 23.9% | 27.3% | 33.2% | |
| Net margin | 16.5% | 22.8% | 24.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.7% | 36.3% | 30.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.3% | 39.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.88x | 1.20x | 1.70x | |
| Interest cover | 10.41x | 53.86x | 69.22x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SCANTECH OFFSHORE LIMITED 2012-03-15 → present
- SCAN TECH AIR SUPPLY UK LIMITED 2010-01-11 → 2012-03-15
- JAMES FISHER (LOGISTICS) LIMITED 2000-03-08 → 2010-01-11
- JAMES FISHER (SHIPPING SERVICES) LIMITED 1998-10-26 → 2000-03-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has a positive cash position but continues to be reliant on financial support from its Parent Company James Fisher and Sons PLC in the form of continued access to pooled cash. The Director's consideration of the financial ability and intention of the Parent Company to provide financial support is disclosed in further detail in note 1, where the Directors have concluded that it remains appropriate to continue to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Michael Ian | Director | 2023-02-24 | Jul 1986 | British |
| MACTAGGART, Dugald | Director | 2023-02-24 | Feb 1963 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLYTH, John Terence | Secretary | 1998-10-26 | 2003-05-31 |
| HOGGAN, Michael John | Secretary | 2016-04-26 | 2017-07-03 |
| MARSH, James Henry John | Secretary | 2017-07-03 | 2022-09-01 |
| SPEIRS, Peter Alexander | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| VICK, Jonathan Procter | Secretary | 2003-06-01 | 2016-04-26 |
| SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-10-26 | 1998-10-26 |
| ALLISTER, Charles Hugh Joseph | Director | 1998-12-31 | 2000-04-30 |
| BOYD, Gary Mcdonald | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2014-10-24 |
| BUCHANAN, Richard Angus Fownes | Director | 1998-10-26 | 2004-12-06 |
| COBB, David Bilsland | Director | 1998-10-26 | 2001-12-31 |
| HAMBIDGE, Duncan Paul | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2016-10-13 |
| HARRIS, Timothy Charles | Director | 2009-12-22 | 2012-07-31 |
| HART, Trevor Charles | Director | 1998-10-26 | 2000-01-14 |
| HENRY, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2004-12-06 | 2019-10-01 |
| KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2021-04-29 |
| KIZILCIK, Cem | Director | 2021-06-09 | 2025-04-04 |
| O'LIONAIRD, Eoghan Pol | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| RYAN, Shaun Colin | Director | 2009-12-22 | 2023-01-26 |
| SERJENT, Ian Malcolm | Director | 1998-10-26 | 2006-05-04 |
| SHIELDS, Michael John | Director | 1998-10-26 | 2010-11-30 |
| SPEIRS, Peter Alexander | Director | 2022-10-31 | 2022-12-31 |
| WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-10-26 | 1998-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Fisher Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-08-28 | Active |
| James Fisher And Sons Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-08-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-16 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.