EDINBURGH ST JAMES RESIDENTIAL BUILDING COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£4.5m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11m
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£7.9m
-663.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £13,155,000 | £41,621,725 | £11,049,547 | -73.5% | |
| Operating profit | £221,251 | -£1,111,511 | -£7,936,997 | -614.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £259,325 | -£1,030,225 | -£7,862,403 | -663.2% | |
| Net profit | £259,325 | -£1,030,225 | -£7,862,403 | -663.2% | |
| Cash | — | — | £4,481,832 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £11,074,590 | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | £11,074,590 | — | |
| Equity | — | — | £11,074,590 | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | — | — |
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 | 1.7% | -2.7% | -71.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | -2.5% | -71.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -71.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.32x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position and the support letter received, the Directors believe that the Company will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due and continue in operational existence for the going concern review period.”
Significant events
- “On 25 March 2025, the related-party loans outstanding from Albina Investments Holding Limited ('Albina') and HSCF Edinburgh LP ('HSCF') were restructured and converted into equity. As part of this transaction, the Company issued 1 ordinary share of £1, with the remaining consideration of £19,999,999 recognised as share premium.”
- “Prior to 23 October 2025, ESJLP was 25% owned by HSCF. On 23 October 2025, HSCF disposed of its 25% interest in ESJLP and related entities through the sale of units in the St James Edinburgh Unit Trust ('ESJUT') to URW UK Holdco Limited ('URW'). Following this transaction, URW now holds 25% interest in ESJLP.”
- “There have been no significant events after the balance sheet date which would require adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHER, Janice Andrea | Secretary | 2026-01-16 | — | — |
| FOKKE, Vincent | Director | 2026-01-01 | Sep 1981 | Dutch |
| JEAN-PIERRE, Vincent Paul Rene | Director | 2025-10-23 | Dec 1980 | French |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUINATO, Gillian Claire | Secretary | 2025-10-23 | 2026-01-16 |
| NUVEEN CORPORATE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-04-27 | 2025-10-23 |
| PECK, David Howard | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2024-06-20 |
| REID, Kevin David | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2024-06-20 |
| RIPPINGALE, Andrew James | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2016-12-07 |
| SPIKKER, Hans | Director | 2019-09-04 | 2026-01-01 |
| VAN INGEN, Tom | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2022-06-17 |
| VAN STIPHOUT, Paul | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2019-09-04 |
| VOS, Martijn | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2021-07-14 |
| WAUGH, Nicholas Antony George | Director | 2018-08-02 | 2024-06-20 |
| WHITE, Myles Bernard | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2016-12-07 |
| WICKS, Stephen, Mr. | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2025-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh St James Residential Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-30 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company | |
| 2025-12-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.