D. GEDDES (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9m
-27% vs 2024
Net assets
£29m
+9.5% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
113
-5% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.1m
-38.6% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £17,473,183 | £22,964,689 | £24,420,550 | £23,191,071 | £25,095,340 | £21,869,208 | -12.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,541,758 | £2,899,301 | £3,206,944 | £3,445,661 | £4,872,001 | £3,042,826 | -37.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,527,156 | £2,891,098 | £3,204,452 | £3,463,928 | £4,983,993 | £3,060,342 | -38.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,234,023 | £2,544,466 | £2,752,933 | £2,263,955 | £3,687,392 | £2,508,238 | -32% | |
| Cash | £1,255,388 | £1,100,718 | £1,515,917 | £4,246,980 | £3,927,101 | £2,865,224 | -27% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,819,690 | £18,426,350 | £21,220,937 | £23,932,132 | £27,754,789 | £30,254,790 | +9% | |
| Net assets | £15,246,484 | £17,790,950 | £20,543,883 | £22,807,838 | £26,495,230 | £29,003,468 | +9.5% | |
| Equity | £15,246,484 | £17,790,950 | £20,543,883 | £22,807,838 | £26,495,230 | £29,003,468 | +9.5% | |
| Average employees | 133 | 134 | 130 | 134 | 119 | 113 | -5% | |
| Wages | £5,136,808 | £5,890,505 | £5,873,816 | £5,944,836 | £5,677,137 | £5,779,367 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £485,280 | £677,573 | £699,692 | £633,710 | £635,222 | £699,618 | +10.1% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £130,973 | £131,578 | £144,542 | +9.9% |
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 | 8.8% | 12.6% | 13.1% | 14.9% | 19.4% | 13.9% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 11.1% | 11.3% | 9.8% | 14.7% | 11.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.7% | 15.7% | 15.1% | 14.4% | 17.6% | 10.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.1% | 14.1% | 13.5% | 14.7% | 13.8% | 9.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 6.14x | 7.20x | 12.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 51.67x |
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
- Findlays Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In August 2025, the company entered into a contract for the purchase of a new Liebherr Mobilmix 3.0 plant. At 31 December 2025, a deposit has been paid and has been included in debtors, with a further £1,000,000 committed to at the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEDDES, Frank | Director | — | Nov 1936 | British |
| GEDDES, Graham William Raitt | Director | — | Jun 1946 | British |
| GEDDES, Neil Birnie | Director | — | Feb 1948 | British |
| SMYTH, Derek Leighton | Director | — | Jul 1944 | British |
| SMYTH, Dorothy Janet | Director | — | Aug 1944 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTONS LAW LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2004-12-01 | 2026-01-15 |
| THORNTONS WS | Corporate Secretary | 1988-12-07 | 2004-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Geddes (Farms) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.