SCOTIA UK PLC
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Cash
£1.8M
+13.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.9M
-1.4% vs 2024
Employees
12
-7.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£137K
-58.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,808,314 | £2,185,195 | -22.2% | |
| Operating profit | £295,086 | £80,388 | -72.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £331,177 | £136,769 | -58.7% | |
| Net profit | £269,625 | £116,428 | -56.8% | |
| Cash | £1,556,383 | £1,771,588 | +13.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £2,960,810 | £2,919,890 | -1.4% | |
| Equity | £2,960,810 | £2,919,890 | -1.4% | |
| Average employees | 13 | 12 | -7.7% | |
| Wages | £622,826 | £566,635 | -9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £292,907 | £270,090 | -7.8% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.5% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.4% | 14.5% | |
| Current ratio | 5.55x | 9.68x |
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
- SCOTIA UK PLC 1990-10-09 → present
- SCOTIA OFFICE MACHINES LIMITED 1963-08-15 → 1990-10-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Haines Watts Scotland
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In determining whether the going concern basis of preparation for the financial statements is appropriate the directors have considered the sources of revenue, the ongoing costs of all aspects of the Company's business and the availability of funding. The directors have prepared a base case cash flow forecast and a severe but plausible downside forecast covering the going concern period and beyond. Indicating that the company can continue to trade, to service its debts and meet its obligations for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the Annual report and financial statements. The directors consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSTONE, Colin | Secretary | 2016-09-09 | — | — |
| JOHNSTONE, Colin | Director | 2023-04-17 | Aug 1986 | British |
| MCLOUGHLIN, James Gordon | Director | 1991-05-24 | May 1959 | British |
| SINCLAIR, Stuart William | Director | 2016-09-08 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AINSLIE, Frederick Arthur | Secretary | — | 1991-05-24 |
| ERSKINE, Patricia Thornton | Secretary | 1991-05-24 | 1992-09-25 |
| FORBES, Michael Jack | Secretary | 1992-09-25 | 2016-09-09 |
| AINSLIE, Frederick Arthur | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| FORBES, Michael Jack | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2016-09-09 |
| KERR, Gary Allan | Director | 2016-09-08 | 2021-04-16 |
| MACKAY, Susan | Director | 1991-05-24 | 2015-12-11 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Samuel James | Director | — | 2014-01-24 |
| MCNEILL, Donald Alexander | Director | — | 1992-12-24 |
| MIDDLETON, Andrew | Director | 2016-09-08 | 2026-03-31 |
| WILLIAMSON, Kenneth | Director | 2016-09-08 | 2020-05-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Morag Joy Kinghorn | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-08-18 | Active |
| Mrs Carine Joy Mcloughlin | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-18 |
| Mr James Gordon Mcloughlin | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-09 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.