MUIR HOMES LIMITED
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Cash
£9.1m
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16m
Equity attributable
Employees
35
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.6m
Period ending 2026-02-01
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-01
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-04 | 2025-02-02 | 2026-02-01 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,564,000 | £19,803,000 | £20,807,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£6,753,000 | -£2,103,000 | -£1,640,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,066,000 | -£2,404,000 | -£1,594,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£7,447,000 | -£2,404,000 | -£7,000 | — | |
| Cash | £1,307,000 | £2,538,000 | £9,100,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £18,591,000 | £16,187,000 | £16,180,000 | — | |
| Equity | £18,591,000 | £16,187,000 | £16,180,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 48 | 39 | 35 | — | |
| Wages | £2,826,000 | £2,255,000 | £1,986,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £422,000 | £232,000 | £267,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-02-04 | 2025-02-02 | 2026-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -40.8% | -10.6% | -7.9% | |
| Net margin | -45.0% | -12.1% | -0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.06x | 1.98x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | -20.71x | -6.39x | -9.76x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- 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.”
Significant events
- “Included within cash and cash equivalents is £8.2m of funds received during the year from an escrow account which the company contributed to along with a fellow housebuilder. Following the administration of the fellow housebuilder and the acquisiton of land from this company, the cash held in the Escrow account was transferred to Muir Homes Limited along with the outstanding S75 obligations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATT, John Shearer Hardie | Secretary | 2025-10-05 | — | — |
| HERD, Robert | Director | 2025-03-01 | Jul 1953 | British |
| MUIR, Alan Crawford | Director | 2021-02-01 | Jan 1959 | British |
| MUIR, Christina | Director | — | Feb 1935 | British |
| MUIR, John Wood | Director | — | May 1936 | British |
| SHEIKH, Ashraf | Director | 2018-06-01 | Jan 1978 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAM, Derek Laurence | Secretary | 2023-09-15 | 2025-10-05 |
| CRAYTHORNE, Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1996-03-22 |
| MUIR, Christina | Secretary | 1996-03-22 | 1999-06-14 |
| WATT, John Shearer Hardie | Secretary | 1999-06-14 | 2023-09-15 |
| BROGAN, Peter George | Director | 2011-01-12 | 2015-10-06 |
| BROWNLOW, Grace Wilson | Director | 2017-01-09 | 2017-12-20 |
| BUNDY, Anthony James | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2021-08-31 |
| CROSBIE, David Wilson | Director | 2024-01-04 | 2024-05-01 |
| CUNNINGHAM, George Gordon | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2024-06-07 |
| MCKAY, Paul | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2023-01-31 |
| MUIR, Ian Murray | Director | 1990-11-01 | 2011-09-30 |
| MUIR, Ronald William | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2025-05-02 |
| RITCHIE, Donald Mccoll | Director | — | 2011-07-31 |
| SCOBBIE, David Thomson | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2021-01-31 |
| SHEPHERD, Peter Glenn | Director | 2023-02-06 | 2023-09-28 |
| SIME, Craig | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2021-07-30 |
| SMITH, Martin | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| URQUHART, Gordon Alexander | Director | 1997-11-03 | 2010-07-31 |
| WHITE, Alastair | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2020-08-31 |
| YULE, Andrew Alexander | Director | 2017-01-09 | 2017-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Wood Muir | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-19 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.