THE SCOTTISH MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-25 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-11
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+7.2% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£3M
+5.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
16
-11.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£202K
-43.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £5,041,948 | £4,550,181 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £344,401 | £182,181 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £358,960 | £201,756 | |
| Net profit | £124,911 | -£135,322 | -£427,817 | £358,960 | £176,213 | |
| Cash | £1,233,988 | £1,331,703 | £811,535 | £2,365,614 | £2,536,989 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,409,234 | £1,273,912 | £846,095 | £3,314,248 | £3,490,460 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £3,314,248 | £3,490,460 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £3,314,248 | £3,490,460 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 16 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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
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Turnover
-9.8%
£5,041,948 £4,550,181
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Cash
+7.2%
£2,365,614 £2,536,989
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
+5.3%
£3,314,248 £3,490,460
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Employees
-11.1%
18 16
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Operating profit
-47.1%
£344,401 £182,181
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Profit before tax
-43.8%
£358,960 £201,756
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 6.8% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 7.1% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 10.4% | 5.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.38x | 4.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 3826.68x | — |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Thomson Cooper
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE SCOTTISH MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION LTD. · parent
- Scotsure Insurance Company Limited 100%
- Scotsure MBI Limited 100%
- SMTA (Trading Partners) Limited 100%
- The Scottish Motor Show Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 88 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Alexander | Director | 2011-06-29 | Feb 1965 | British |
| FORBES, Gavin Richard Mckelvey | Director | 2025-07-30 | Jan 1970 | British |
| GALL, Alan Glen Paterson | Director | 2024-11-01 | Aug 1972 | Scottish |
| GREENWOOD, Graham Wallace | Director | 2011-06-29 | Apr 1962 | Scottish |
| GRIEVE, Ian | Director | 2009-06-24 | Aug 1946 | British |
| INGLIS, Gordon | Director | 2024-09-09 | May 1980 | Scottish |
| KINGHORN, Stuart | Director | 1993-06-24 | Sep 1950 | British |
| MALEY, Matt | Director | 2024-09-09 | Jun 1971 | Scottish |
| MCALLISTER, Colin Kenneth Walker | Director | 2021-10-20 | Apr 1967 | Scottish |
| MCGARVA, Alexander Rennie | Director | 2016-06-29 | Nov 1969 | British |
| MITCHELL, Alison | Director | 2025-07-30 | Feb 1969 | British |
| THOMSON, Edward | Director | 2021-10-20 | Sep 1971 | Scottish |
Show 88 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, David Buchanan | Secretary | 1986-03-14 | 1998-01-14 |
| GAYNOR, Moira Anne | Secretary | 2016-04-01 | 2025-06-12 |
| PHIMSTER, Ian Grant | Secretary | — | 1991-07-11 |
| ROBERTSON, Douglas Robert William | Secretary | 1998-01-14 | 2015-06-25 |
| ARMSTRONG, Gustauus Dick | Director | 1998-06-24 | 1998-12-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Gustauus Dick | Director | 1992-06-24 | 1994-09-07 |
| ARNOTT, Thomas Wright | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| BELL, Peter James | Director | 1998-06-24 | 1999-06-29 |
| BENZIE, Ian Alexander | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1998-12-31 |
| BERESFORD, Thomas Robert | Director | 1998-06-24 | 1999-06-29 |
| BERESFORD, Thomas Robert | Director | — | 1994-09-07 |
| BROWN, Iain Archibald | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1997-08-06 |
| BURGESS, William Alexander | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2025-05-29 |
| BURGESS, William Alexander | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1997-08-06 |
| CALLANDER, Irene Margaret | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1995-06-21 |
| CAMPBELL, Alastair Dick | Director | 2000-06-28 | 2010-06-23 |
| CAMPBELL, Alastair Dick | Director | 1992-06-24 | 1996-06-26 |
| CAMPBELL, Angus Donald | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1997-08-06 |
| CAMPBELL, Colin | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2000-06-28 |
| CHARNELL, Anthony | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2000-06-28 |
| CHESSOR, John Clinton | Director | 1995-06-21 | 2004-06-30 |
| CLARK, David Buchanan | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| CLARK, Hamish Duncan Donald | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2000-06-28 |
| CRIGHTON, Ian Macrae | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2000-06-28 |
| CUNNINGHAM, William | Director | — | 1994-09-07 |
| DOW, Alister Goodall | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2000-01-21 |
| DOWIE, Campbell | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| DUFF, Michael Duncan | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1999-06-29 |
| FEA, Alexander William Spence | Director | — | 1994-09-07 |
| FINLAYSON, Vincent Daniel | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2004-04-27 |
| FORREST, Allan Stewart | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| GALL, Walter Glen Paterson | Director | 2000-06-28 | 2016-06-29 |
| GRAHAM, Alan | Director | 2021-10-20 | 2023-05-17 |
| GRAHAM, Heather Amy | Director | 2014-06-25 | 2018-06-27 |
| GRANT, Gavin John | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| GREENWOOD, Graham | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2000-06-28 |
| HALDANE, David | Director | — | 1994-09-07 |
| HALLEY, Ralph Pearson | Director | 1992-06-24 | 1998-12-31 |
| HARRISON, Robert Brock | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| HIRD, James Clark | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| INNES, Henry William | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| JOHNSTON, Carol Anne | Director | 1998-06-24 | 1998-12-31 |
| KERR, Alastair Monteith | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| KIRKLAND, John Sutherland Gunn | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2002-06-26 |
| LEONARD, Michael John | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2012-06-22 |
| LEONARD, Michael John | Director | — | 1993-06-23 |
| LINDSAY, Nan Stewart | Director | 2000-06-28 | 2004-06-30 |
| LINDSAY, Nan Stewart | Director | — | 1996-06-26 |
| LIVINGSTONE, John Jeffrey Hay | Director | 1992-06-24 | 1994-09-07 |
| MACDONALD, David Roy | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| MACDONALD, George | Director | 2005-06-29 | 2009-06-24 |
| MACDONALD, George | Director | 1995-06-21 | 2004-06-30 |
| MACDONALD, George | Director | — | 1993-06-23 |
| MACFARLANE, Kenneth Alexander | Director | — | 1992-03-06 |
| MACHRAY, John | Director | — | 1995-06-21 |
| MACKIE, David George | Director | 1993-06-23 | 2000-06-28 |
| MACKIE, James | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2000-06-28 |
| MACKINNON, Duncan Fergus | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| MARTIN, Thomas David Laidlaw | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| MASTERTON, Robert | Director | — | 1993-06-23 |
| MATHIESON, Ronald A. | Director | — | 1993-03-19 |
| MCGEOCH, Colin William | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2024-06-26 |
| MCLINTOCK, David | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| MCNICOLL, Thomas | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2000-06-28 |
| METCALF, Peter Joseph | Director | 1995-06-21 | 2005-06-29 |
| MITCHELL, Alexander Ogilvie | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2000-06-28 |
| MORRISON, Archibald David | Director | 2005-03-30 | 2012-06-22 |
| MURRAY, Alexander | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| MUTCH, George | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| MUTCH, Joseph Carle | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1995-06-21 |
| NELSON, Paul Anthony | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2005-06-20 |
| NICOL, William Buchanan | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1997-08-06 |
| OGG, Frank Stewart | Director | 1995-06-21 | 2000-06-28 |
| OGG, Frank Stewart | Director | — | 1994-09-07 |
| PEARSON, Alasdair David Harvey | Director | — | 1992-06-24 |
| PEARSON, Geoffrey Donald | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1996-06-26 |
| PRIMROSE, Norman Mark | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2000-06-28 |
| PROCTOR, James Barclay | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1998-06-24 |
| RAMSAY, Charles Andrew Robertson | Director | 2011-06-29 | 2016-06-29 |
| RIDDELL, James Alexander Grant | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1998-06-24 |
| ROBERTSON, Douglas Robert William | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2019-04-16 |
| ROBERTSON, James Mckinnonb | Director | — | 1993-06-23 |
| SCHONEVILLE, Kenneth | Director | 2007-08-22 | 2011-08-18 |
| SCOTT, John Thor | Director | 1998-06-24 | 1999-06-29 |
| SHAW, Neil Alexander | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1996-06-26 |
| SIMPSON, Murray Robert Fairlie | Director | 1996-04-03 | 1997-08-06 |
| SMITH, Adrian James Simpson | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2022-11-07 |
| SMITH, Adrian James Simpson | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1997-08-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan Glen Paterson Gall | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-11-02 | Active |
| Mr William Alexander Burgess | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 217 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.