KIRKCALDY VE LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
9
+12.5% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£234k
+1.3% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £682,000 | £866,000 | £1,078,000 | £1,176,000 | £1,260,000 | +7.1% | |
| Operating profit | £178,000 | £191,000 | £209,000 | £223,000 | £224,000 | +0.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £177,000 | £190,000 | £212,000 | £231,000 | £234,000 | +1.3% | |
| Net profit | £141,000 | £153,000 | £163,000 | £172,000 | £175,000 | +1.7% | |
| Cash | £3,000 | £5,000 | £6,000 | £1,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £125,000 | £78,000 | £122,000 | £120,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £93,000 | £61,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £93,000 | £61,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | +12.5% | |
| Wages | £204,000 | £213,000 | £286,000 | £294,000 | £291,000 | -1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £87,000 | £96,000 | £96,000 | £95,000 | -1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £22,000 | £33,000 | £63,000 | +90.9% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.1% | 22.1% | 19.4% | 19.0% | 17.8% | |
| Net margin | 20.7% | 17.7% | 15.1% | 14.6% | 13.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 142.4% | 244.9% | 171.3% | 185.8% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.4% | 76.8% | 60.7% | 70.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.27x | 1.22x | — |
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
- KIRKCALDY VE LIMITED 2011-09-15 → present
- COLGAN OPTICAL SERVICES LIMITED 2006-05-19 → 2011-09-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBEYFIELD V.E. LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-08-24 | — | — |
| COLGAN, Nigel | Director | 2006-05-19 | Oct 1973 | British |
| COOKE, Lindsay Anne | Director | 2018-07-10 | Apr 1984 | Scottish |
| ABBEYFIELD V.E.LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-08-24 | — | — |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLGAN, Aedamer | Secretary | 2006-05-19 | 2010-08-24 |
| ALLAN, Ranald George | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2025-08-18 |
| COLGAN, Aedamer | Director | 2006-05-19 | 2010-08-24 |
| HASSAN, Omar | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2017-09-30 |
| HYDE, Philip Martin | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2025-08-18 |
| LAWSON, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2025-08-18 |
| NOBLE, Stephen Mark | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2017-09-30 |
| LINKMEL V.E. LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-08-24 | 2013-04-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeyfield V.E. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-07-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-17 | 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.