TAYLOR & FRASER LIMITED
Get an alert when TAYLOR & FRASER LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
£2.1m
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.2m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
166
Average over period
Profit before tax
£692k
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,402,753 | £34,672,199 | £60,834,147 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,441,872 | £1,104,248 | £705,815 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,439,165 | £1,096,647 | £691,898 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,237,646 | £877,566 | £506,202 | — | |
| Cash | £3,089,024 | £2,477,490 | £2,093,139 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,884,514 | £5,922,672 | £6,338,946 | — | |
| Net assets | £4,824,059 | £5,701,625 | £6,207,827 | — | |
| Equity | £4,824,059 | £5,701,625 | £6,207,827 | — | |
| Average employees | 164 | 167 | 166 | — | |
| Wages | £7,454,627 | £7,439,683 | £13,027,399 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £538,795 | £525,056 | £792,016 | — |
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 18 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 3.2% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 2.5% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.5% | 18.6% | 11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.2% | 64.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.51x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 50.62x |
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
- TAYLOR & FRASER LIMITED 1995-03-02 → present
- COMLAW NO. 378 LIMITED 1994-12-20 → 1995-03-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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
- “The Company was acquired by Suir Engineering UK Limited on 3 January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTER, Robert Dalglish | Secretary | 2025-01-03 | — | — |
| HUNTER, Robert Dalglish | Director | 2025-05-06 | Jan 1979 | British |
| KELLY, John Joseph Patrick | Director | 2025-01-03 | Mar 1969 | British |
| MACINNES, Angus Donald John Macquien | Director | 2025-05-06 | Nov 1966 | British |
| MCGILL, William | Director | 2025-05-06 | Jan 1959 | British |
| NAIRN, Ian Alexander | Director | 2025-05-06 | Sep 1987 | British |
| NORRIS, Andrew James | Director | 2025-01-03 | Apr 1978 | Irish |
| TYRRELL, Ronan | Director | 2025-01-03 | Nov 1977 | Irish |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY, Evelyn Marjory | Secretary | 1996-10-09 | 2025-01-03 |
| KENNEDY, John | Secretary | 1995-03-01 | 1996-09-20 |
| COMLAW SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-12-20 | 1995-03-01 |
| AGNEW, David | Director | 2025-05-06 | 2025-12-31 |
| AGNEW, David | Director | 2021-10-25 | 2025-01-03 |
| ANDERSON, Lindsay Marshall | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| CLARKE, Timothy John | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2017-01-19 |
| FINGLAND, Gordon Strathdee | Director | 1997-11-28 | 2019-01-21 |
| HAMILTON, James Hewitson | Director | 1996-10-09 | 2021-07-23 |
| HUNTER, Robert Dalglish | Director | 2022-09-14 | 2025-01-03 |
| KENNEDY, Evelyn Marjory | Director | 2018-02-22 | 2025-01-03 |
| KERR, John Lindsay | Director | 2021-10-25 | 2021-12-19 |
| MACINNES, Angus Donald John Macquien | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2025-01-03 |
| MCGILL, William | Director | 2021-10-25 | 2025-01-03 |
| NAIRN, Ian Alexander | Director | 2021-10-25 | 2025-01-03 |
| TAYLOR, Colin Scott | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2007-04-16 |
| TAYLOR, Percy Scott | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2005-10-10 |
| TEAPE, Stuart James | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2021-07-23 |
| VERNON, Roy Edward | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2015-02-01 |
| COMLAW DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-12-20 | 1995-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suir Engineering Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-03 | Active |
| Barnaigh Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2025-01-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-27 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2025-01-20 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2025-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-01-10 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-01-10 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-10 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.