DAVID MACBRAYNE LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  +11.4%

  £295,310,000 → £328,867,000

• Cash

  +12.9%

  £64,479,000 → £72,821,000

• Net assets

  +12%

  £45,526,000 → £51,000,000

• Employees

  +7.9%

  1,954 → 2,109

• Operating profit

  +68%

  £3,423,000 → £5,752,000

• Profit before tax

  +64.4%

  £3,798,000 → £6,245,000

• Wages

  +10.1%

  £94,038,000 → £103,541,000

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

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.

Accounting basis

IFRS

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on the information available to them, the Directors have assessed that these accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the Company or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. DAVID MACBRAYNE LIMITED · parent
   1. CalMac Ferries Limited 100% · Scotland · operates Clyde and Hebrides ferry services
   2. NorthLink Ferries Limited 100% · Scotland · non-trading
   3. Argyll Ferries Limited 100% · Scotland · no trading
   4. David MacBrayne HR (UK) Limited 100% · Scotland · provides human resource services
   5. Caledonian MacBrayne Crewing (Guernsey) Limited 100% · Guernsey · administers offshore crewing arrangements

Significant events

• “Introduction of six major new vessels to join our fleet by early 2027, with MV Glen Sannox already delivered in January 2025, and MV Isle of Islay and MV Loch Indaal expected in the coming year.”
• “Secured an extension of the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) contract until 30 September 2025, and subsequently secured a direct award of the new 10-year CHFS3 contract commencing 1 October 2025.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

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.