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Cash

£721k

-33.8% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£673k

-34.7% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£191k

+6.1% vs 2025

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £1,795,000£1,973,000£1,877,000 -4.9%
Operating profit £196,000£143,000£156,000 +9.1%
Profit before tax £229,000£180,000£191,000 +6.1%
Net profit £172,000£135,000£143,000 +5.9%
Cash £935,000£1,089,000£721,000 -33.8%
Total assets less current liabilities
Net assets £895,000£1,030,000£673,000 -34.7%
Equity £895,000£1,030,000£673,000 -34.7%
Average employees
Wages
Directors' remuneration £1,383,000
Directors' pension contributions £34,000£11,000
Highest paid director £618,000£689,000

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 . About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Operating margin 10.9%7.2%8.3%
Net margin 9.6%6.8%7.6%
Current ratio 16.70x17.61x15.02x

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. SSE TRADING LIMITED 2002-05-09 → present
  2. DWSCO 2250 LIMITED 2001-12-10 → 2002-05-09

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Not a going concern (break-up basis)

“The financial statements have been prepared on a break-up basis by the Directors of the Company. The Company has ceased trading and the Directors do not intend to seek another trading activity.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 20 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BELL, Gordon Director 2020-05-11 Oct 1980 British
DE ANGELI, Marco Jose Ambrogio Director 2024-10-01 Jan 1974 Italian
MACKAY, Mandy Director 2016-08-04 Jan 1976 British
Show 20 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BRUCE, Michelle Secretary 2013-03-27 2015-07-02
GRAY, Ailsa Mary Secretary 2002-05-09 2007-12-03
LAWNS, Peter Grant Secretary 2007-12-03 2013-03-27
DWS SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 2001-12-10 2002-05-09
ALEXANDER, Fraser Mcgregor Director 2007-06-04 2010-09-20
ARCHER, Ben Director 2024-10-01 2025-07-29
BENNS, Robert Arthur Director 2020-10-28 2024-11-01
BENT, Thomas Rowland Director 2013-03-18 2016-08-04
BRYDON, Antony Gavin Dominic, Dr Director 2013-08-30 2020-09-30
FERNIE, David Arthur Director 2016-08-04 2024-11-01
FRANKLIN, David Graham Director 2002-05-09 2013-02-28
MANSON, Ian Macdonald Director 2010-09-17 2013-08-23
MCCUTCHEON, Finlay Alexander Director 2021-01-25 2022-04-01
PHILLIPS-DAVIES, Paul Morton Alistair Director 2002-05-09 2013-02-28
PIBWORTH, Martin James Director 2011-05-01 2015-06-25
POWERS, Deirdre Director 2015-03-17 2016-08-04
SMITH, James Isaac Director 2015-02-23 2016-08-01
SQUIRE, John Michael Director 2002-05-09 2015-11-03
STANWIX, Rhys Gordon Director 2016-07-21 2018-12-31
DWS DIRECTORS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 2001-12-10 2002-05-09

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Sse Plc Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 128 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-08-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-07-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-07-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-29 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-11-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-11-19 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-08-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-05-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-04-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-08-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

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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