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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

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2023-03-312024-03-312025-03-31
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 767275
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

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 2023-03-312024-03-312025-03-31
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 1.34x1.47x
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

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 PDF
2025-10-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-02-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-01-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-01-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-11-27 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-11-27 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-10-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-01-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF
2022-03-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-07-28 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2021-03-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-08-24 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2020-01-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates 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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