THE SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY
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Cash
£22K
-75.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£678K
+8% vs 2024
Employees
24
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£59K
+1,676% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,567,560 | £1,838,810 | +17.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,300 | £59,671 | +1,908.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,744 | £59,007 | +1,676% | |
| Net profit | -£3,744 | £59,007 | +1,676% | |
| Cash | £88,649 | £21,551 | -75.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£245,759 | -£270,699 | -10.1% | |
| Net assets | -£737,345 | -£678,337 | +8% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 24 | 24 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £107,042 | £109,873 | +2.6% |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.2% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 331.4% | 389.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.43x | 0.36x | |
| Interest cover | -5.96x | 78.51x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- THE SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY 2000-02-25 → present
- THE SCOTTISH COUNCIL (DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY) 1946-11-08 → 2000-02-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 89 resigned
Showing the first 100 officers on file — Companies House returns these 100 per page and this record sits at that limit, so the list (and any former officers) may be incomplete. Full register on Companies House
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKETT, Graeme | Director | 2024-02-21 | Jun 1970 | Scottish |
| BUXTON, Carroll Carson | Director | 2024-12-19 | Mar 1964 | British |
| GIBBONS, Gwilym Meredith Lloyd | Director | 2022-08-29 | Apr 1971 | British |
| HAVELOCK, Kevin Alan | Director | 2024-02-21 | May 1974 | British |
| SANGUINETTI, Hector Robert | Director | 2023-11-21 | Jul 1965 | British |
| STANNING, Jennifer Claire | Director | 2024-04-24 | Mar 1983 | British |
| THIAM, Sara | Director | 2019-06-17 | Sep 1965 | British |
| THOMPSON, Anthony Richard | Director | 2024-02-21 | Sep 1976 | British |
| THOMSON, Lisa Jean | Director | 2024-04-24 | Jul 1982 | British |
| WALKER, Ian Blyth Lathangie | Director | 2026-01-23 | Jun 1965 | British |
| WALLS, Andrew Peter Lindsay | Director | 2023-02-22 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 89 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNCAN, Alistair | Secretary | 2020-07-08 | 2021-03-02 |
| FERGUS, Scott William | Secretary | 2021-03-02 | 2026-02-28 |
| HUNTER, Hope Helm | Secretary | — | 1988-12-31 |
| MCHUGH, Audrey | Secretary | 2016-06-06 | 2017-11-24 |
| MCTAGGART, Iain Fleming | Secretary | 2008-03-28 | 2016-06-06 |
| MORRISON, Hamish Robertson | Secretary | 1988-12-31 | 1993-01-27 |
| SCOTT, Catriona Marion | Secretary | 2017-11-24 | 2020-07-08 |
| WILSON, Alan | Secretary | 1993-01-27 | 2008-03-28 |
| AITKEN, Oonagh Melrose | Director | 2000-12-12 | 2001-09-30 |
| AITKENHEAD, Geoffrey | Director | 2006-12-07 | 2012-08-31 |
| ALEXANDER, Kenneth John Wilson, Sir | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
| ALLAN, William Macdonald | Director | 2003-12-10 | 2004-12-07 |
| ARCHER, Gilbert Baird | Director | 1993-12-14 | 1996-12-17 |
| ARMOUR, Robert Malcolm | Director | 2002-12-11 | 2013-06-21 |
| BAXTER, Stephen Roy | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2011-12-31 |
| BETTS, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2018-09-25 |
| BEVAN, Mark | Director | 2017-05-22 | 2018-08-10 |
| BLACK, Cheryl | Director | 2005-12-08 | 2006-12-07 |
| BLAKE, Christopher, Professor | Director | — | 1993-12-14 |
| BOAG-THOMSON, Joanna Susan | Director | 2019-08-28 | 2025-12-31 |
| BOYLE, Stephen Edward | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2019-08-28 |
| BRAND, William Harty Frew | Director | 1994-12-13 | 1996-12-17 |
| BRUCE, Susan Margaret, Dame | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2016-12-01 |
| BURNS, Allan | Director | 2004-05-05 | 2006-12-07 |
| BURT, Peter Alexander, Sir | Director | 1995-12-14 | 1997-12-17 |
| CAMERON, David Macdonald | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2020-08-28 |
| CAMERON, Douglas Ronald | Director | 1997-12-17 | 1999-08-05 |
| CAMERON, James | Director | — | 1991-01-01 |
| CARRUTH, Stewart William | Director | 2016-02-25 | 2024-04-24 |
| CHRISTIE, Campbell, Dr | Director | — | 1998-12-16 |
| CHRISTIE, Ian | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1997-12-17 |
| CLARK, Susan Michelle | Director | 1998-12-16 | 2001-09-30 |
| COCKBURN, William | Director | 1998-12-16 | 2003-12-10 |
| COLE-HAMILTON, Arthur Richard | Director | — | 1995-12-14 |
| CUMMING, Jane | Director | 2016-08-09 | 2021-09-01 |
| DALGLEISH, Douglas Russell | Director | 2024-04-24 | 2026-01-26 |
| DALYELL, Tam | Director | 2005-12-08 | 2008-12-11 |
| DEMPSTER, Alastair Cox | Director | 1993-12-14 | 1995-12-14 |
| DICK, Brendan Sweeney | Director | 2005-12-08 | 2019-05-20 |
| DON, John Gavin Marow Douglas | Director | 2000-12-12 | 2008-08-26 |
| DONAGHEY, Bryan Harold | Director | 2007-12-06 | 2013-09-13 |
| DOWDS, Donal Joseph | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2006-08-03 |
| DRUMMOND, Robbie | Director | 2020-04-09 | 2024-04-24 |
| DRUMMOND, William | Director | 2004-12-07 | 2015-02-25 |
| DUNCAN, James Blair, Sir | Director | — | 2002-12-11 |
| DUNK, Heather | Director | 2016-05-05 | 2017-01-05 |
| DUNLOP, Andrew James, Lord | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2019-11-14 |
| DUNN, William Andrew | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2003-12-10 |
| FOWLIE, Anna Gwen | Director | 2020-04-09 | 2026-04-14 |
| FOWLIE, James | Director | 2007-09-12 | 2020-03-03 |
| FOYER, Rozanne | Director | 2021-02-04 | 2024-04-24 |
| FURNESS, William Arthur | Director | 1995-12-14 | 2004-12-07 |
| GARLICK, Trevor William | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2020-01-16 |
| GARLICK, Trevor William | Director | 2011-12-31 | 2015-12-14 |
| GOODALL, John Scott | Director | 1990-12-01 | 1992-01-01 |
| GRANT, Jane | Director | 2019-08-28 | 2025-12-31 |
| GRANT, Matthew Alistair, Sir | Director | 1996-12-17 | 1998-12-16 |
| GREEN, David Russell | Director | 2019-08-28 | 2022-07-22 |
| GREGSON, William Derek Hadfield | Director | — | 1989-12-31 |
| GRIMSHAW, Stuart Ian | Director | 2000-12-12 | 2001-09-30 |
| HAMILTON, David | Director | 1997-12-19 | 2000-12-12 |
| HANNAY, Alfred | Director | 1993-12-14 | 1994-12-13 |
| HARRIS, Edel Bridget | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2019-09-13 |
| HENDERSON, Ian Maxwell Hume | Director | — | 1991-01-01 |
| HOOD, George | Director | — | 1993-12-14 |
| INNES, Caroline | Director | 2019-08-28 | 2024-01-19 |
| JAMESON, Carolyn | Director | 2018-03-05 | 2018-03-13 |
| JOHNSTON, Geoffrey E F | Director | 1996-12-17 | 2000-12-12 |
| JOHNSTONE, Roderick James | Director | 1997-02-21 | 2002-12-11 |
| KELLY, Barbara Mary, Dame | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2018-09-18 |
| KILPATRICK, Alan John Stewart | Director | 2005-12-08 | 2008-12-11 |
| LARG, Fiona Margaret | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2024-12-19 |
| LAWSON, Hugh Murdoch | Director | 1993-12-14 | 1997-02-21 |
| LINDSAY, Barbara | Director | 2005-12-08 | 2007-09-12 |
| LOONEY, Bernard | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2009-12-15 |
| LOONEY, Bernard | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2010-12-31 |
| LOUDON, Sally-Ann | Director | 2021-05-19 | 2023-07-13 |
| LOVE, Charles Marshall | Director | 1992-12-15 | 1993-12-29 |
| MACDIARMID, John Douglas | Director | 1991-01-01 | 1993-12-14 |
| MACDONALD, Ian Hamish | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
| MACLEOD, Calum Alexander, Dr | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1994-12-13 |
| MACPHERSON, Agnes Lawrie Addie Shonaig | Director | 1999-12-14 | 2009-12-10 |
| MACTAGGART, Iseabail | Director | 2016-02-25 | 2017-02-16 |
| MALTMAN, William | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2020-04-09 |
| MARTIN, Ross Bruce | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2016-12-01 |
| MATHEWSON, George Ross, Sir | Director | 1997-12-17 | 1999-12-14 |
| MCCALLUM, Donald Murdo | Director | — | 1993-12-14 |
| MCCOLL, Jim | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2018-11-15 |
| MCFADDEN, Jean Alexander, Mrs. | Director | 1990-12-11 | 1992-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 346 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.