S.C.W.S. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£466K
+258.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+7.7% vs 2024
Employees
75
+4.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£188K
+111.5% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,952,598 | £19,560,168 | £19,221,858 | |
| Operating profit | £953,414 | -£1,650,043 | £188,401 | |
| Profit before tax | £953,414 | -£1,645,690 | £188,456 | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,304,612 | £138,592 | |
| Cash | £508,357 | £129,812 | £465,669 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,280,743 | £1,931,158 | £2,069,750 | |
| Net assets | £3,115,270 | £1,810,658 | £1,949,250 | |
| Equity | £3,115,270 | £1,810,658 | £1,949,250 | |
| Average employees | 76 | 72 | 75 | |
| Wages | £2,857,607 | £2,738,113 | £3,003,850 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £362,672 | £411,136 | £404,973 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-1.7%
£19,560,168 £19,221,858
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+258.7%
£129,812 £465,669
-
Net assets
+7.7%
£1,810,658 £1,949,250
-
Employees
+4.2%
72 75
-
Operating profit
+111.4%
-£1,650,043 £188,401
first positive since 2024
-
Profit before tax
+111.5%
-£1,645,690 £188,456
first positive since 2024
-
Wages
+9.7%
£2,738,113 £3,003,850
highest in 3 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | -8.4% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | — | -6.7% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.1% | -85.4% | 9.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.34x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | — | -33000.86x | — |
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
- MA Partners Audit LLP
- 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
- “Following the bad debt experienced in February 2024 which significantly impacted the prior year's financial performance, the Company has spent the past twelve months developing relationships with new customers and consolidating its financial position.”
- “The new financial year has started much more brightly with a number of significant contracts won across a wide range of sectors and customers, with activity levels returning to those that the board consider satisfactory.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCALES, Andrew Walter | Secretary | — | — | British |
| SCALES, Andrew Walter | Director | — | Mar 1952 | British |
| THURSTON, Ryan John | Director | 2016-04-01 | May 1983 | British |
| WATSON, Benjamin George | Director | 2012-04-01 | Jun 1975 | British |
| WATSON, Emma Lindsey | Director | 2019-03-01 | Nov 1977 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURCHNALL, Ian | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| COULSON, Christopher | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2012-03-31 |
| GREEN, David Edward | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2022-04-30 |
| SCALES, Lindsey Margaret Paterson | Director | — | 2018-09-01 |
| STIMPSON, Peter | Director | — | 1999-11-30 |
| WILLIAMSON, Christopher | Director | — | 2001-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Walter Scales | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Scws (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-05 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2022-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.