"RED BAND" CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
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Cash
£3.2m
+16.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£12m
-5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
351
-3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£374k
+17.7% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of "RED BAND" CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED's latest filing
Scottish pharmacy chain Lindsay & Gilmour saw sales stall and costs rise, swinging the core business to a £156k loss. But the dividend still paid out. 💊📉
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £43,619,507 | £43,470,568 | £41,359,832 | -4.9% | |
| Operating profit | £305,553 | -£156,406 | -£163,343 | -4.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,327,050 | -£454,778 | -£374,332 | +17.7% | |
| Net profit | -£1,234,088 | -£420,378 | -£303,904 | +27.7% | |
| Cash | £3,721,336 | £2,742,221 | £3,200,174 | +16.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,130,669 | £17,911,315 | £16,797,157 | -6.2% | |
| Net assets | £13,561,194 | £12,799,990 | £12,155,350 | -5% | |
| Equity | £13,561,194 | £12,799,990 | £12,155,350 | -5% | |
| Average employees | 329 | 362 | 351 | -3% | |
| Wages | £8,627,846 | £9,339,316 | £9,168,077 | -1.8% | |
| 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. 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | -0.4% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | -2.8% | -1.0% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.6% | -0.9% | -1.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.9% | 45.9% | 46.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.75x | 1.73x | |
| Interest cover | 0.96x | -0.49x | -0.66x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Wbg (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the Company's current position and are of the opinion that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future by meeting its liabilities as they fall due for payment.”
Group structure
- "RED BAND" CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED · parent
- Bonnybridge Pharmacy Company Limited 100%
- Woodside Pharmacy Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUMMING, Charles Nigel Coulson | Director | — | Dec 1952 | British |
| CUMMING, Verity Charlotte | Director | 2021-05-06 | Mar 1985 | British |
| RAMSAY, Osmond | Director | 2022-06-06 | Mar 1966 | British |
| ROBERTS, Angus | Director | 2012-02-24 | Jun 1979 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Yvonne Elizabeth | Director | 2024-02-12 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARGH, Frederick Charles | Secretary | — | 1990-06-13 |
| O'TOOLE, Moira | Secretary | — | 2015-05-11 |
| VALENTINE, Dianne Davidson | Secretary | 2015-05-11 | 2024-12-31 |
| CLARK, David Robertson | Director | — | 1995-01-19 |
| CLUBB, Malcolm Richard | Director | 2018-05-09 | 2021-11-25 |
| CUMMING, Alexander Coulson | Director | — | 2026-06-18 |
| CUMMING, Charles Coulson | Director | — | 2005-09-01 |
| GALT, Philip Callaghan | Director | 2014-08-19 | 2023-09-30 |
| JESS, Norman Walker | Director | 1995-01-19 | 2013-06-30 |
| MCGREGOR, Robert Alexander | Director | 2003-04-30 | 2014-08-19 |
| ROBERTSON, Elaine | Director | 2012-02-24 | 2016-11-30 |
| STEWART, Robert | Director | — | 1990-06-13 |
| WILLIAMS, Yvonne Elizabeth | Director | 2012-02-24 | 2016-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy Finance Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.