PORT OF DUNDEE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-03 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+8.7% vs 2023
Employees
50
-2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-52.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,938,000 | £16,031,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,267,000 | £4,136,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,729,000 | £1,757,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,984,000 | £1,806,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,470,000 | £25,789,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,483,000 | £22,275,000 | |
| Equity | £20,483,000 | £22,275,000 | |
| Average employees | 51 | 50 | |
| Wages | £2,486,000 | £2,625,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
-10.6%
£17,938,000 £16,031,000
-
Cash
-100%
£1,000 £0
-
Net assets
+8.7%
£20,483,000 £22,275,000
-
Employees
-2%
51 50
-
Operating profit
-34%
£6,267,000 £4,136,000
-
Profit before tax
-52.9%
£3,729,000 £1,757,000
-
Wages
+5.6%
£2,486,000 £2,625,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 34.9% | 25.8% | |
| Net margin | 16.6% | 11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.7% | 16.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.2% | 66.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.12x | 0.09x | |
| Interest cover | 2.47x | 1.74x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Whilst noting the Company's net current liabilities of £37m, and with a letter of support from the Group, the Directors of the Company have a reasonable expectation that the Group will be able to support the Company for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the signing of this report. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PORT OF DUNDEE LIMITED · parent
- Grainfax Limited 100%
- AF Dundee Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMYTH, Pamela June | Secretary | 2012-08-31 | — | British |
| MACGREGOR, Stuart Alastair | Director | 2024-12-09 | Feb 1971 | British |
| WALLACE, Stuart James | Director | 2017-03-31 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNEILL, Morag | Secretary | 2005-03-15 | 2012-08-31 |
| THOMPSON, Hugh Macrae | Secretary | 1995-11-24 | 1995-11-24 |
| TOTHILL, John Alan | Secretary | 1995-11-24 | 2005-03-15 |
| SHIELD & KYD WS | Corporate Secretary | 1995-01-16 | 1995-11-24 |
| CRAN, Carole Jean | Director | 2018-01-03 | 2024-11-08 |
| DOBBIE, George Taylor, Captain | Director | 1995-11-24 | 1997-06-13 |
| DUNCAN, Brownlow Gregor | Director | 1995-01-16 | 1995-11-24 |
| FAIR, James Stuart | Director | 1995-01-16 | 1995-11-24 |
| FLEMING, Alistair | Director | 1996-02-09 | 2001-02-05 |
| HAMMOND, Charles Graham | Director | 2001-02-05 | 2024-06-30 |
| MORRISON, Alexander Charles | Director | 1995-11-24 | 2005-05-06 |
| MURRAY, William Wilson | Director | 1995-11-24 | 2011-05-06 |
| PALMER, Nicola Catharine | Director | 2011-07-15 | 2012-08-20 |
| PATERSON, Stuart Randall | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2018-01-03 |
| SMITH, Alexander Craig | Director | 1996-02-16 | 2003-08-27 |
| SMITH, Terence Patrick | Director | 1995-11-24 | 2006-05-03 |
| WATSON, John James, Captain | Director | 1995-11-24 | 1996-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forth Ports Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.