DOUGLAS LAING & COMPANY 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

  -18.6%

  £14,363,097 → £11,689,240

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Cash

  -17%

  £716,507 → £594,709

• Net assets

  +0.4%

  £17,404,813 → £17,478,953

• Employees

  -3.4%

  59 → 57

• Operating profit

  -37.4%

  £3,157,731 → £1,975,861

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Profit before tax

  -67.4%

  £1,887,692 → £615,485

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Wages

  -2.2%

  £3,163,274 → £3,095,107

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

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

O'Haras Accountants Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors are satisfied that the Company will have access to sufficient funds to ensure that all liabilities will be met as they fall due over a period of at least 12 months from the approval date of these financial statements. Consequently, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. DOUGLAS LAING & COMPANY LIMITED. · parent
   1. The Laing Shipping and Export Agency Limited 100% · Dormant
   2. Douglas McGibbon and Company Limited 100% · Dormant
   3. The Laing Whisky Co Ltd 100% · Dormant
   4. Distilled Liquor Company Limited 100% · Dormant

Significant events

• “Market volatility, global inflationary & cost pressures combined with geopolitical lack of consumer confidence continued to impact performance throughout 2024.”
• “The global recovery following the pandemic continued to slow during 2024, and as markets were challenged, with significant growth in inflation, a trading down by the end user, and the subsequent effect on cost of living, we foresee continued volatility into 2025 and possibly beyond.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.