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EDINBURGH BUS TOURS LIMITED

#SC230326 · Active · Incorporated 2002-04-12 (24y 4m) · Last filing 2026-07-24 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 49390 · H Transportation & Storage · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2026-10-09 (in 2 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£188k

-66.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£15m

+2.2% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

111

-7.5% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£413k

-29.1% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-27

Metric Trend 2023-12-302024-12-282025-12-27 Δ vs prior
Turnover £7,843,688£8,408,150£7,992,389 -4.9%
Operating profit £1,320,901£582,619£413,117 -29.1%
Profit before tax £1,320,901£582,619£413,117 -29.1%
Net profit £1,014,302£436,964£309,874 -29.1%
Cash £385,569£563,275£187,973 -66.6%
Total assets less current liabilities £14,230,989£14,667,612£14,996,452 +2.2%
Net assets £13,810,070£14,247,034£14,556,908 +2.2%
Equity £13,810,070£14,247,034£14,556,908 +2.2%
Average employees 101120111 -7.5%
Wages £2,563,274£3,060,653£2,960,966 -3.3%
Directors' remuneration ——— —

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 2023-12-302024-12-282025-12-27
Operating margin 16.8%6.9%5.2%
Net margin 12.9%5.2%3.9%
Return on capital employed 9.3%4.0%2.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 6.7%5.4%5.4%
Current ratio 20.68x30.78x32.40x

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

  1. EDINBURGH BUS TOURS LIMITED 2013-08-22 → present
  2. EDINBURGH TOURS LIMITED 2002-04-12 → 2013-08-22

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
IFRS
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
CT Audit Limited
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

2 active · 12 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BURNESS PAULL LLP Corporate Secretary 2025-01-06 — —
BOYD, Sarah Jean Director 2016-11-25 Sep 1980 British
Show 12 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COTTON, Roger Secretary 2017-06-05 2018-05-17
MOORHOUSE, Graham Alan Secretary 2018-05-17 2018-10-08
STRACHAN, Norman James Secretary 2002-04-12 2017-01-31
CAMPBELL, William Watson Director 2002-04-26 2016-03-31
COUPAR, Iain Gilmour Director 2002-04-26 2010-12-31
CRAIG, William Ian Gold Director 2008-11-10 2016-01-31
DEVLIN, William Director 2002-04-26 2016-11-25
HALL, Richard John Director 2016-05-01 2020-03-31
MOORHOUSE, Graham Alan Director 2018-06-29 2018-10-08
RENILSON, Neil John Director 2002-04-12 2008-11-10
SERAFINI, Nigel Murray Director 2016-11-25 2022-08-12
STRACHAN, Norman James Director 2002-04-12 2016-11-25

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Lothian Buses Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 80 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-07-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-10-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-03-21 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-01-21 AP04 officers Appoint corporate secretary company with name date PDF
2024-10-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-09-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-08-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-09-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-06-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-10-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-06-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-04-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2019-09-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-06-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-02-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

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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