D. GEDDES (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-01 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-18

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

-7.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£26M

+16.2% vs 2023

Employees

119

-11.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£5M

+43.9% vs 2023

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

D. GEDDES (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED·Basic Materials median · n=2039

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	£23,191,071	£25,095,340
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	£3,445,661	£4,872,001
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	£3,463,928	£4,983,993
Net profit	—	—	—	—	£2,263,955	£3,687,392
Cash	—	—	—	—	£4,246,980	£3,927,101
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	—	£23,932,132	£27,754,789
Net assets	—	—	—	—	£22,807,838	£26,495,230
Equity	—	—	—	—	£22,807,838	£26,495,230
Average employees	—	—	—	—	134	119
Wages	—	—	—	—	£5,944,836	£5,677,137
Directors' remuneration	—	—	—	—	£633,710	£635,422

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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+8.2%

£23,191,071 £25,095,340
Cash

-7.5%

£4,246,980 £3,927,101
Net assets

+16.2%

£22,807,838 £26,495,230
Employees

-11.2%

134 119
Operating profit

+41.4%

£3,445,661 £4,872,001
Profit before tax

+43.9%

£3,463,928 £4,983,993
Wages

-4.5%

£5,944,836 £5,677,137

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	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	14.9%	19.4%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	9.8%	14.7%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	14.4%	17.6%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	6.14x	7.20x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	1092.82x	1812.50x

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

“The completion of the tar plant in 2021 has had the desired effect of increasing capacity of the business, and the Company continue to look at opportunities to improve efficiencies and increased revenue. The company remains committed to maintaining a high quality and modern fleet of plant and equipment.”

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 104 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2026-01-15	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2025-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-01-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-12-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-01-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-10-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-12-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-12-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2018-12-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2018-10-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2017-12-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2017-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2017-01-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

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