DONALD MACKENZIE LIMITED
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Cash
£907k
-39.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£8.3m
+2.6% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
49
-5.8% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£276k
-27.5% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,292,007 | £8,972,490 | £11,675,769 | £12,958,400 | £11,632,095 | -10.2% | |
| Operating profit | £602,620 | £149,031 | £176,585 | £126,548 | £66,380 | -47.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £649,421 | £170,810 | £300,996 | £380,341 | £275,614 | -27.5% | |
| Net profit | £543,643 | £94,200 | £231,542 | £282,620 | £211,828 | -25% | |
| Cash | £2,152,766 | £1,980,286 | £1,594,272 | £1,502,090 | £907,434 | -39.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,850,753 | £7,925,361 | £8,098,015 | £8,388,730 | £8,644,748 | +3.1% | |
| Net assets | £7,617,769 | £7,671,969 | £7,863,511 | £8,101,131 | £8,312,959 | +2.6% | |
| Equity | £7,617,769 | £7,671,969 | £7,863,511 | £8,101,131 | £8,312,959 | +2.6% | |
| Average employees | 51 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 49 | -5.8% | |
| Wages | £1,340,180 | £1,466,033 | £1,621,773 | £1,678,814 | £1,611,416 | -4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £171,768 | £171,525 | £183,159 | £187,289 | £165,862 | -11.4% |
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 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.7% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 26.0% | 22.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 4.53x | 2.57x | 2.91x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 11.27x | 4.63x | 2.33x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DONALD MACKENZIE LIMITED 1986-06-30 → present
- DONALD MACKENZIE MOTORS LIMITED 1975-08-25 → 1986-06-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mackenzie Kerr Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Addition of Mitsubishi vehicle franchise from April 2026.”
- “Toyota authorised service centre agreement ceased in December 2025.”
- “The Schedule of Contributions agreed on 30 July 2025 requires the employer to pay no further deficit recovery contributions for the defined benefit pension scheme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACKENZIE, Dugald George | Secretary | 2016-03-31 | — | — |
| GRAHAM, Stephen | Director | 2019-05-10 | Jan 1974 | British |
| MACAULEY, John | Director | 2010-02-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
| MACKENZIE, David Donald | Director | 2014-12-01 | May 1989 | Scottish |
| MACKENZIE, Dugald George | Director | 1991-02-01 | Oct 1958 | British |
| MACKENZIE, Rory Callum | Director | 2014-12-01 | Aug 1986 | Scottish |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACKENZIE, Catherine Younie | Secretary | — | 2016-03-31 |
| BEATON, John | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| FORBES, James | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2025-08-11 |
| GUNN, George | Director | — | 1999-04-26 |
| MACKENZIE, Catherine Younie | Director | — | 2016-03-31 |
| MACKENZIE, Donald | Director | — | 2000-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Dugald George Mackenzie | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.