A.J. ALLAN (BRECHIN) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-25 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£54K
+2.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+24.4% vs 2024
Employees
11
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£501K
+9.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,409,687 | £2,852,248 | |
| Operating profit | £477,493 | £525,561 | |
| Profit before tax | £456,389 | £500,696 | |
| Net profit | £346,874 | £360,709 | |
| Cash | £53,192 | £54,383 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,863,706 | £2,208,137 | |
| Net assets | £1,478,373 | £1,839,082 | |
| Equity | £1,478,373 | £1,839,082 | |
| Average employees | 11 | 11 | |
| Wages | £405,016 | £440,330 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+18.4%
£2,409,687 £2,852,248
-
Cash
+2.2%
£53,192 £54,383
-
Net assets
+24.4%
£1,478,373 £1,839,082
-
Employees
0%
11 11
-
Operating profit
+10.1%
£477,493 £525,561
-
Profit before tax
+9.7%
£456,389 £500,696
-
Wages
+8.7%
£405,016 £440,330
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.8% | 18.4% | |
| Net margin | 14.4% | 12.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.6% | 23.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.39x | 1.86x | |
| Interest cover | 22.63x | 21.14x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO Ireland
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is in a net current asset position as of the year end date and has adequate resources to discharge all liabilities at that date. As such, and after review of the most recent forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue operations for the future and therefore the going concern basis of accounting remains appropriate.”
Group structure
- A.J. ALLAN (BRECHIN) LIMITED · parent
- A.J. Allan (Potato Merchants) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company recognises the impact of the war in Ukraine on market conditions and input costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRELAND, Ian | Secretary | 2012-11-30 | — | — |
| IRELAND, Ian | Director | 2011-11-09 | Dec 1961 | Irish |
| VANCE, Geoffrey | Director | 2012-11-30 | Jun 1951 | Irish |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN, David Martin | Secretary | — | 2011-11-09 |
| MC DERMOTT, John | Secretary | 2011-11-09 | 2012-11-30 |
| ALLAN, Alexander John | Director | — | 1997-02-09 |
| ALLAN, David Martin | Director | 1988-11-26 | 2011-11-09 |
| ALLAN, David Martin | Director | — | 1997-02-09 |
| ALLAN, Margaret Irene | Director | — | 1989-12-20 |
| GORDON, Marion | Director | 1997-02-17 | 1999-07-31 |
| KINNEAR, Margaret Marion | Director | — | 1991-04-30 |
| MC DERMOTT, John | Director | 2011-11-09 | 2012-11-30 |
| MELROSE, Alistair George | Director | 1997-02-17 | 2011-11-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipm Potato Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-29 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-07-27 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-08 | RP04CS01 | miscellaneous | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.