CAIRNHILL STRUCTURES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-06 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+14.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+4.1% vs 2024
Employees
133
+15.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+54.6% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £15,197,171 | £22,983,237 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,913,790 | £2,871,892 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,873,799 | £2,896,218 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,715,158 | £2,114,160 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £2,380,726 | £2,722,399 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £3,950,463 | £4,187,849 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £3,764,154 | £3,919,314 | |
| Equity | £3,133,068 | £3,476,645 | £3,185,934 | £3,349,270 | £3,681,996 | £3,764,154 | £3,919,314 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 115 | 133 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £5,048,035 | £6,779,862 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £10,000 | £13,000 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+51.2%
£15,197,171 £22,983,237
-
Cash
+14.4%
£2,380,726 £2,722,399
-
Net assets
+4.1%
£3,764,154 £3,919,314
-
Employees
+15.7%
115 133
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Operating profit
+50.1%
£1,913,790 £2,871,892
-
Profit before tax
+54.6%
£1,873,799 £2,896,218
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Wages
+34.3%
£5,048,035 £6,779,862
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 12.6% | 12.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 11.3% | 9.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 48.4% | 68.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.83x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 47.86x | 908.54x |
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
- CAIRNHILL STRUCTURES LIMITED 1990-03-08 → present
- FRANK DUNCAN ENGINEERING LIMITED 1980-05-06 → 1990-03-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- 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 normal operations for the foreseeable future. In assessing the ability of the company to continue trading as a going concern, the directors have prepared detailed cash flow projections cover a period of at least 12 months from the date of authorising the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company has strong cash reserves and a substantial pipeline of work for 2025/2026 with a strategic focus on critical UK infrastructure projects.”
- “The company has chosen to derisk any market uncertainty by paying down its long-term debt.”
- “The company acknowledges the risks associated with the general increase in operating costs and in particular the rising cost of key items such as wages, utilites and insurances.”
- “Dividends totalling £1,959,000 (2024: £1,663,000) were paid or declared in the year in respect of shares ultimately held by the company's directors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENDRY, Steven | Director | 2015-08-14 | Sep 1978 | British |
| TOWERS, Fraser Macphail | Director | 2011-08-25 | Feb 1978 | British |
| WATSON, Neil | Director | 2011-08-25 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, Robert Brynes | Secretary | — | 2015-05-08 |
| DUNCAN, Frank | Director | — | 1990-04-01 |
| SANDERSON, John Hope | Director | 1993-01-05 | 2011-04-06 |
| TOWERS, David Hare | Director | — | 2015-05-08 |
| WATSON, Robert Brynes | Director | — | 2015-05-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Towers Holdings | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-01 | Active |
| Mr Fraser Towers | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-22 | Ceased 2016-09-23 |
| Mr Neil Watson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-22 | Ceased 2016-09-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.