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DUNDAS BUILDING CO. LTD.

#SC059532 · Active · Incorporated 1976-03-05 (50y 7m) · Last filing 2026-09-07 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 41100 · F Construction · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-12-31 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-07-07 (in 9 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£64

-74.7% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£3.1m

+19.4% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

65

+12.1% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£726k

+498.2% highest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £22,534,877£29,607,748£42,739,449 +44.4%
Operating profit £588,672£687,922£1,096,015 +59.3%
Profit before tax £240,726£121,400£726,224 +498.2%
Net profit £192,269£90,888£552,473 +507.9%
Cash £448£253£64 -74.7%
Total assets less current liabilities £2,607,005£2,628,873£3,153,538 +20%
Net assets £2,607,005£2,601,603£3,105,516 +19.4%
Equity £2,607,005£2,601,603£3,105,516 +19.4%
Average employees 455865 +12.1%
Wages £2,236,791£2,815,100£3,351,039 +19%
Directors' remuneration £292,008£377,296£410,755 +8.9%
Directors' pension contributions £15,731£21,723— —
Highest paid director £133,000£133,000£142,900 +7.4%

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 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Operating margin 2.6%2.3%2.6%
Net margin 0.9%0.3%1.3%
Return on capital employed 22.6%26.2%34.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 82.3%——
Current ratio 1.20x1.22x1.21x
Interest cover 1.69x1.21x2.96x

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 2 times since incorporation

  1. DUNDAS BUILDING CO. LTD. 1994-06-03 → present
  2. HEATKEEPER HOMES (CONTRACTS) LIMITED 1987-11-02 → 1994-06-03
  3. CARRIDEN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 1976-03-05 → 1987-11-02

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Johnston Carmichael LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

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

People

6 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
FAIRFOULL, David Andrew Secretary — — British
CAMPBELL, John Charles Director — May 1950 British
FAIRFOULL, David Andrew Director — Jan 1959 British
MURPHY, William Andrew Director 2021-11-01 Jan 1962 British
SCOTT, Ian Stewart Director 2020-08-20 Apr 1965 British
WINTERS, Paul Director 2024-06-27 Nov 1968 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CUMMING, David Mclean Director 2019-08-01 2023-06-30
DUNLOP, John Bruce Director — 2018-11-02
FORSYTH, William Director 1991-04-01 1997-08-27
FREW, Andrew Director 1998-03-23 2003-07-31
GLENDINNING, Alexander Martin Director 2007-04-01 2018-09-28
MAITLAND, James George Director 2007-04-01 2019-07-05
WALKER, Michael James Director — 2012-11-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
James Walker (Leith) Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 120 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-06-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-11-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-11-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-11-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-11-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-11-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-11-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-09-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2020-06-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-12-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-11-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

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

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