JACOBITE CRUISES LIMITED
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Cash
£2.5m
+73.8% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£5m
+53.6% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
74
+2.8% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.3m
+46.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £7,353,781 | £8,172,408 | £9,288,682 | +13.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,618,567 | £1,826,210 | £2,497,850 | +36.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,340,405 | £1,591,203 | £2,331,941 | +46.6% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £970,949 | £1,157,273 | £1,731,778 | +49.6% | |
| Cash | £1,050 | £1,307 | £2,595 | £180,998 | £1,453,963 | £2,526,945 | +73.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £5,426,709 | £6,323,444 | £7,871,767 | +24.5% | |
| Net assets | £890,541 | £456,916 | £1,103,721 | £2,073,670 | £3,230,443 | £4,961,721 | +53.6% | |
| Equity | £890,541 | £456,916 | £1,103,721 | £2,073,670 | £3,230,443 | £4,961,721 | +53.6% | |
| Average employees | 43 | 39 | 53 | 65 | 72 | 74 | +2.8% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,589,783 | £1,696,021 | £2,026,828 | +19.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £233,124 | £173,653 | £204,860 | +18% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £7,654 | £9,403 | £16,504 | +75.5% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £96,058 | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 22.0% | 22.3% | 26.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 13.2% | 14.2% | 18.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 29.8% | 28.9% | 31.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 72.5% | 63.1% | 48.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.27x | 0.81x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 5.82x | 7.59x | 13.31x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors anticipate that the company will continue to trade profitably in subsequent financial periods with forecasts demonstrating sufficient cash will be generated from its operations to meet obligations as they fall due, including all bank commitments, for a period of at least 12 months.”
Group structure
- JACOBITE CRUISES LIMITED · parent
- Discover Loch Ness Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the company repaid a fixed term loan of £622,220 outstanding at the year end further improving this ratio.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAUN, Alison Anne | Secretary | 2016-04-01 | — | — |
| CUMMING, Douglas Alan | Director | 2022-09-01 | Sep 1965 | British |
| DAUN, Alison Anne | Director | 2017-10-01 | Nov 1973 | British |
| MACDONALD, James Donald | Director | 2024-02-01 | Oct 1964 | British |
| NEWTON, Freda Mae | Director | 2002-03-20 | Nov 1964 | Scottish |
| RAPSON, Robert Newton | Director | 2016-10-23 | Oct 1991 | British |
| YULE, Douglas James | Director | 2023-04-10 | Jul 1956 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRASER, Jennifer Anne | Secretary | 2002-03-20 | 2016-04-01 |
| MICHIE, Roderick Harvey | Secretary | — | 2002-03-20 |
| MACDONALD, James Donald | Director | 2015-10-07 | 2016-09-30 |
| MICHIE, Henrietta | Director | — | 2002-03-20 |
| MICHIE, Roderick Harvey | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| MICHIE, Roderick Harvey | Director | — | 2002-03-20 |
| RENILSON, Neil John | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2018-01-17 |
| WILSON, Pauline Jennifer | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2023-03-29 |
| WOOD, Jonathan David | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2019-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Scottish Omnibuses Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-08-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2023-07-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.