R & K DRYSDALE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-11 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£301K
-74.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+15.6% vs 2023
Employees
274
+15.1% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£356K
+71.1% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2018-06-30 | 2019-06-30 | 2020-06-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £41,762,927 | £28,138,252 | £37,322,089 | £47,752,630 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,984,484 | -£776,314 | -£683,455 | £542,049 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £800,586 | -£1,421,874 | -£1,230,238 | -£355,653 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £388,040 | -£1,173,518 | -£1,382,772 | £1,159,549 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £182,646 | £5,539 | £1,162,293 | £300,678 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £11,085,169 | £9,761,936 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £7,425,878 | £8,585,427 | |
| Equity | £7,896,641 | £7,872,851 | £8,790,986 | £12,252,340 | £10,763,960 | £7,425,878 | £8,585,427 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 258 | 175 | 238 | 274 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £5,300,111 | £3,728,076 | £5,018,073 | £11,827,969 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £329,009 | £666,351 |
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 2024-12-27 vs 2023-12-29
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Turnover
+27.9%
£37,322,089 £47,752,630
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-74.1%
£1,162,293 £300,678
-
Net assets
+15.6%
£7,425,878 £8,585,427
-
Employees
+15.1%
238 274
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+179.3%
-£683,455 £542,049
first positive since 2023
-
Profit before tax
+71.1%
-£1,230,238 -£355,653
-
Wages
+135.7%
£5,018,073 £11,827,969
highest in 4 filed years
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 | 2018-06-30 | 2019-06-30 | 2020-06-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 4.8% | -2.8% | -1.8% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.9% | -4.2% | -3.7% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -6.2% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.82x | 0.83x | 0.96x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 3.86x | -1.20x | -1.25x | 0.60x |
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
- R & K DRYSDALE LIMITED 1992-09-15 → present
- CHAINSTREET LIMITED 1992-07-28 → 1992-09-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sedulo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, having considered the above and made enquiries, continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements which assumes that the Group will continue in operation for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “In February 2024, the company's then ultimate holding company (Clear 123 Limited) was acquired by Pease Bay Farms Limited ("PBF"). PBF is a member of East of Scotland Growers Limited "ESG", a recognised producer organisation focused on summer cropping vegetable production. The acquisition cements the trading agreement that was entered into by the company and ESG in March 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOTHAMS, Neil William | Director | 2024-12-30 | Mar 1973 | British |
| FAICHNEY, Andrew David Mitchell | Director | 2023-11-30 | Mar 1982 | British |
| ORR, James Gardiner | Director | 2023-11-30 | Jan 1968 | British |
| TRUSCOTT, Thomas James | Director | 2023-11-30 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRYSDALE, Kim | Secretary | 1992-08-06 | 1998-06-30 |
| ROSS, Charles Iain Mclean | Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 2009-09-30 |
| SIMPSON, Gavin | Secretary | 2009-10-01 | 2018-07-25 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-07-28 | 1992-08-06 |
| DRYSDALE, Kim | Director | 1994-11-01 | 2009-10-22 |
| DRYSDALE, Robin Hogg | Director | 1992-08-06 | 1997-03-27 |
| EDWARDS, Stuart Leslie | Director | 2007-08-23 | 2022-07-14 |
| FLEET, Christopher Ronald | Director | 2011-01-24 | 2022-07-14 |
| KEENAN, Christopher Stephen | Director | 1992-08-31 | 2024-02-09 |
| MEAR, David | Director | 2024-03-28 | 2025-08-29 |
| MIDWOOD, William Henry | Director | 2021-06-21 | 2023-03-16 |
| MILNE, Gavin Thomas | Director | 2023-03-13 | 2025-02-08 |
| PORTEOUS, Alan | Director | 1993-09-08 | 2004-09-03 |
| ROSS, Charles Iain Mclean | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2009-09-30 |
| THORBURN, Anne | Director | 1993-09-08 | 1997-03-26 |
| WILLIAMS, Stuart Ronald | Director | 2022-08-03 | 2023-03-16 |
| WOOD, Roderick Michael Haydn | Director | 1992-08-31 | 1997-03-27 |
| JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-07-28 | 1992-08-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R&K Drysdale (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-07-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 224 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-18 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2026-03-18 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2026-03-18 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- 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.