SCRUTTONS (NI) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+31.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+38.4% vs 2023
Employees
189
+2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-40.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,496,005 | £17,209,550 | |
| Operating profit | £1,795,805 | £1,314,335 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,843,736 | £1,099,672 | |
| Net profit | £1,453,203 | £755,652 | |
| Cash | £1,134,667 | £1,488,099 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,982,929 | £5,737,800 | |
| Net assets | £1,965,733 | £2,721,385 | |
| Equity | £1,965,733 | £2,721,385 | |
| Average employees | 185 | 189 | |
| Wages | £8,244,458 | £8,499,328 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £442,484 | £357,283 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.3%
£16,496,005 £17,209,550
-
Cash
+31.1%
£1,134,667 £1,488,099
-
Net assets
+38.4%
£1,965,733 £2,721,385
-
Employees
+2.2%
185 189
-
Operating profit
-26.8%
£1,795,805 £1,314,335
-
Profit before tax
-40.4%
£1,843,736 £1,099,672
-
Wages
+3.1%
£8,244,458 £8,499,328
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.0% | 22.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.3% | 70.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.81x | 1.76x | |
| Interest cover | 7.98x | 4.08x |
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
- SCRUTTONS (NI) LIMITED 1999-10-01 → present
- SNI PORT LIMITED 1999-09-02 → 1999-10-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors having considered the company's forecasts, cash resources, facilities, and projected costs (based on a range of possible outcomes), have concluded that there is no material uncertainty arising in relation to going concern and that the company has a reasonable expectation that it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and to meet its obligations as they fall due. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SCRUTTONS (NI) LIMITED · parent
- William Reid Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANIELS, Craig David George | Secretary | 2020-12-31 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Samuel Robert | Director | 1999-09-14 | Feb 1968 | British |
| HALL, Martin Kieran | Director | 2023-06-30 | Oct 1978 | British |
| HUGHES, Stephen Barrie | Director | 2012-08-01 | Nov 1973 | British |
| PLATT, Alan Oliver | Director | 2024-05-29 | Nov 1969 | British |
| POWERS, Michael George | Director | 2022-01-01 | Dec 1968 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAIG, James Kenneth | Secretary | 1999-09-02 | 2012-08-01 |
| HANSON, Gregory Albert | Secretary | 2012-08-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| BEVERIDGE, Michael John | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2015-07-31 |
| BOYLE, Declan Gabriel | Director | 1999-09-14 | 2015-08-01 |
| CLEGG, Derek | Director | 1999-09-02 | 1999-09-13 |
| CRAIG, James Kenneth | Director | 1999-09-13 | 2012-08-01 |
| CROSSAN, Michael David | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-11-04 |
| DENHOLM, James Niall William | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2024-05-03 |
| HALL, Kieran Joseph | Director | 2020-01-03 | 2023-06-30 |
| HAMILTON, Gordon Fredric | Director | 1999-09-13 | 2015-08-01 |
| SEWELL, Jeremy Paul | Director | 1999-09-02 | 2000-09-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Shipping (Port Services) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
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.