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DOUGLAS GILLESPIE PLANT LIMITED

#SC045887 · Active · Incorporated 1968-08-20 (58y 2m) · Last filing 2026-10-02 (this month)
Industrials · SIC 77390 · N Administrative & Support Service Activities · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-01-05 (in 3 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£2.7m

+156.7% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£9.3m

+16.5% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

42

0% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£1.9m

-7.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £11,344,688£13,104,928£11,775,806 -10.1%
Operating profit £2,417,514£2,384,933£2,232,820 -6.4%
Profit before tax £2,111,664£2,012,109£1,860,500 -7.5%
Net profit £1,592,376£1,488,721£1,279,061 -14.1%
Cash £902,446£1,032,597£2,650,568 +156.7%
Total assets less current liabilities £12,644,891£13,358,594£14,064,849 +5.3%
Net assets £6,494,923£7,983,644£9,300,380 +16.5%
Equity £6,494,923£7,983,644£9,300,380 +16.5%
Average employees 394242 0%
Wages £1,480,313£1,408,465£1,481,191 +5.2%
Directors' remuneration £86,250£151,752£376,109 +147.8%
Highest paid director —£151,752£376,109 +147.8%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 21.3%18.2%19.0%
Net margin 14.0%11.4%10.9%
Return on capital employed 19.1%17.9%15.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 64.2%56.9%53.3%
Current ratio 1.08x1.22x1.33x
Interest cover 7.63x6.19x5.82x

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 2 times since incorporation

  1. DOUGLAS GILLESPIE PLANT LIMITED 2004-08-16 → present
  2. DOUGLAS GILLESPIE GROUP LIMITED 1993-09-13 → 2004-08-16
  3. DOUGLAS GILLESPIE PLANT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1968-08-20 → 1993-09-13

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
DJH Audit Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 4 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
DOCHERTY, Brian Director 2016-03-14 Mar 1969 British
SCOTT, Stephen James Director 2016-03-04 Feb 1978 British
Show 4 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
GILLESPIE, Margaret Simpson Secretary — 2016-03-04
BARCLAY, Gordon James Director 2011-04-06 2014-12-19
GILLESPIE, Frank Douglas Director — 2016-03-04
GILLESPIE, Margaret Simpson Director — 2016-03-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Douglas Gillespie (Holdings) Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2023-09-07 Active
Mr Simon Sebastian Orange Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2023-09-07

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 156 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-09-01 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2026-01-09 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-01-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-01-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2023-09-07 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-09-07 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2023-09-07 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-01-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2022-02-15 466(Scot) mortgage Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2022-02-10 466(Scot) mortgage Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2022-02-10 466(Scot) mortgage Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2022-02-10 466(Scot) mortgage Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2022-02-03 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-02-03 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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