ALBERT BARTLETT & SONS (AIRDRIE) LIMITED
Trading as Albert Bartlett, the company is a Scottish grower, processor, and wholesale supplier of fresh, chilled, and frozen potato products.
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Cash
£556K
+8.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£55M
+8.3% vs 2024
Employees
1,373
+6.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£16M
+14.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £313,764,891 | £338,241,609 | +7.8% | |
| Operating profit | £15,128,367 | £17,445,363 | +15.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £13,965,379 | £16,034,052 | +14.8% | |
| Net profit | £8,846,000 | £10,761,024 | +21.6% | |
| Cash | £514,075 | £556,003 | +8.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £80,890,292 | £93,526,090 | +15.6% | |
| Net assets | £51,209,239 | £55,436,929 | +8.3% | |
| Equity | £51,209,239 | £55,436,929 | +8.3% | |
| Average employees | 1,285 | 1,373 | +6.8% | |
| Wages | £44,543,244 | £48,955,770 | +9.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £6,023,257 | £6,601,676 | +9.6% |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.7% | 18.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | 10.97x | 11.36x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have not identified any material uncertainties which would affect the ability of the company to continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements. The directors have considered the impact of the ongoing effects of the cost of living crisis, inflationary pressures and the availability of raw materials on the business and are satisfied that these factors will not have a significant effect on their going concern assessment.”
Group structure
- ALBERT BARTLETT & SONS (AIRDRIE) LIMITED · parent
- Simonsig Limited 100%
- Amal-grow Property Limited 100%
- Albert Bartlett & Sons (Jersey) Limited 100%
- The Jersey Royal Company Limited 100%
- Maincrop Holdings Limited 100%
- Maincrop Potatoes Limited 100%
- Maincrop Potatoes East Limited 100%
- Cullen Allen Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the company acquired 100% of Cullen Allen Limited.”
- “FY25 saw no respite in the excessively demanding operating conditions experienced in prior years, with ever mounting cost pressures continuing to be felt across all areas of the company and throughout the supply chain.”
- “The start of the year witnessed a shortage of the crop from the challenging 2023 harvest, brought about by extreme weather conditions, resulting in exceptionally high free market costs driven by the low availability.”
- “In contrast the 2024 harvest yielded strong volumes of potatoes, further compounded by UK growers exercising caution in light of prior years' shortages and planting higher volumes. The result has been a market wide oversupply of potatoes in 2024/25 year resulting in a softening of the trading market towards the end of the financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, Sara | Secretary | 2015-09-19 | — | — |
| ALLUM, Nicholas | Director | 2022-06-21 | Nov 1979 | British |
| BARTLETT, Alexander | Director | 2017-07-01 | Feb 1994 | British |
| BARTLETT, Ronnie Alexander | Director | — | Oct 1963 | British |
| CAMPBELL, Colin | Director | 2001-12-14 | Feb 1971 | British |
| GRAHAM-JONES, Patrick | Director | 2001-12-14 | Oct 1962 | British |
| HEGINBOTTOM, John | Director | 2001-12-14 | Mar 1968 | British |
| HICKS, John Thomson | Director | 2023-01-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
| MILLER, Sara Elizabeth | Director | 2012-08-01 | Jan 1975 | British |
| MUNCEY, Michael | Director | 2021-11-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
| ROBERTS, Alan Ramsay | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1985 | Scottish |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKLAND, William Gibson | Secretary | — | 1994-09-19 |
| MCGUINNESS, Kenneth | Secretary | 1994-12-19 | 2015-10-19 |
| BARTLETT, Agnes | Director | — | 1990-07-20 |
| BARTLETT, Alan | Director | — | 2009-05-29 |
| BARTLETT, Alexander | Director | — | 1990-02-17 |
| BARTLETT, Bertha | Director | — | 1990-08-31 |
| BARTLETT, David | Director | — | 2003-04-08 |
| BARTLETT, Douglas | Director | — | 1999-01-28 |
| BARTLETT, James | Director | — | 1990-08-31 |
| HOBBS, Steven | Director | 2010-04-21 | 2015-10-19 |
| JEARY, Tina Jayne | Director | 2016-07-20 | 2023-03-10 |
| MCGUINNESS, Kenneth | Director | 2001-12-14 | 2015-10-18 |
| MURRAY, Mark | Director | 2016-01-07 | 2024-10-31 |
| PARKINS, Paul Andrew | Director | 2013-03-04 | 2014-02-19 |
| QUINN, Richard | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2021-02-28 |
| SCOTT, Alistair Brian | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2011-11-14 |
| SMITH, Colin George | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2016-03-02 |
| TORLEY, James | Director | 2001-12-14 | 2022-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ronnie Bartlett | Individual | Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-07 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2026-03-07 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2026-03-07 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2026-03-07 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-28 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-04-17 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-04-17 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.