SCOTTS HOLDCO LTD
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Cash
£5.9K
-69.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.9M
-66% vs 2024
Employees
91
-2.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£260K
-117.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,227,795 | £17,397,173 | -4.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,644,319 | £57,139 | -96.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,471,215 | -£260,462 | -117.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,399,251 | -£195,869 | -114% | |
| Cash | £19,245 | £5,943 | -69.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,850,684 | £4,524,007 | -22.7% | |
| Net assets | £5,713,881 | £1,943,012 | -66% | |
| Equity | £5,713,881 | £1,943,012 | -66% | |
| Average employees | 93 | 91 | -2.2% | |
| Wages | £3,017,821 | £3,259,424 | +8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £417,760 | £403,298 | -3.5% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.7% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.1% | 1.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.64x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | 9.50x | 0.18x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Henderson Loggie LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the group as having sufficient resources to meet expected ongoing costs of the business for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. As a result, they have continued to adopt the going concern basis when preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SCOTTS HOLDCO LTD · parent
- R & W Scott Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Shortly after the exciting transition into a 100% employee-owned business through an Employee Ownership Trust sale, the business was affected by a 3rd party laboratory error. This stopped its production facility for 6 weeks and affected its ability to meet what would have been an increasing sales demand.”
- “Input prices continued to rise during the year predominantly in raw materials, insurances and distribution. The business is a commodity driven business which has seen unprecedented increases in cocoa throughout the past 12 months as well as other key ingredients.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURRIE, Stephen Joseph | Director | 2018-11-29 | Jun 1972 | British |
| HEWITT, Michael James | Director | 2018-11-29 | Feb 1981 | British |
| MCNEIL, Clare | Director | 2022-10-01 | Jun 1979 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EASTON, John Charles | Director | 2018-11-29 | 2018-12-19 |
| EASTON, John Charles | Director | 2018-11-29 | 2024-07-04 |
| MADDEN, Thomas Owen | Director | 2022-04-29 | 2024-07-08 |
| TAYLOR, Michael | Director | 2018-12-19 | 2022-04-13 |
| WRIGHT, David | Director | 2022-04-29 | 2024-07-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R & W Scott Eot Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2024-07-08 | Active |
| Mr Michael Taylor | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-19 | Ceased 2022-04-13 |
| Mr John Charles Easton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-11-29 | Ceased 2018-12-19 |
| Mr Michael James Hewitt | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-11-29 | Ceased 2018-12-19 |
| Mr Stephen Joseph Currie | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-11-29 | Ceased 2018-12-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-07 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-16 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-14 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.