DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-06 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£573K
-24.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£737K
-17.5% vs 2024
Employees
68
-4.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£381,255 | -£155,852 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £759,521 | £573,460 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £893,037 | £737,185 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £893,037 | £737,185 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £893,037 | £737,185 | |
| Average employees | 82 | 74 | 71 | 76 | 71 | 68 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,409,733 | £1,388,458 | |
| 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-24.5%
£759,521 £573,460
-
Net assets
-17.5%
£893,037 £737,185
-
Employees
-4.2%
71 68
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Wages
-1.5%
£1,409,733 £1,388,458
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 23.2% | 26.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.75x | 3.50x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Findlays Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have reviewed the budgets and are of the view that DCA holds sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from the approval date of these accounts and the financial statement have therefore been prepared in accordance with that.”
Group structure
- DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS LIMITED · parent
- 152 Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Our nomination to the shortlist for Art Fund Museum of the Year in March 2024 meant that we started the new financial year with incredible energy, enthusiasm and focus.”
- “With this in mind, we were delighted to receive good news from Creative Scotland in January 2025, with a significant increase in our funding from 2025-2028.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
17 active · 82 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAND, Jennifer Louise | Secretary | 2022-11-10 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Heather Jane Dow, Cllr | Director | 2022-06-23 | Jan 1959 | Scottish |
| DOUGLAS, Heidi | Director | 2022-03-17 | Dec 1968 | British |
| DURRANT, Nancy Ruth | Director | 2025-09-25 | Dec 1978 | British |
| FORBES, Douglas Robert | Director | 2018-02-06 | Mar 1982 | British |
| GIBSON, Kirsty Jemma | Director | 2025-09-25 | Nov 1983 | British |
| GRIMMOND, Steven David | Director | 2024-06-27 | Jun 1963 | British |
| LOCKHART, Adam | Director | 2025-09-25 | Aug 1976 | British |
| MACKAY, Scott George | Director | 2022-03-17 | Jan 1993 | British |
| MCHUGH, Dorothy Ann | Director | 2024-11-18 | Apr 1949 | British |
| MCKAY, Darron Robert | Director | 2026-03-26 | Feb 1972 | British |
| MILLER, Thomas David | Director | 2025-09-25 | Jul 1989 | British |
| PATERSON, Toby James | Director | 2018-02-06 | Jan 1974 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Kate Victoria | Director | 2025-09-25 | Nov 1980 | British |
| SCULLIN, Wendy | Director | 2023-04-24 | Feb 1985 | British |
| TOLLAND, Siobhan, Cllr | Director | 2022-06-23 | Mar 1970 | Scottish |
| VEIT, Thomas | Director | 2018-12-20 | Oct 1966 | British,German |
Show 82 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LILLEY, Stephen Martyn | Secretary | 2007-04-24 | 2018-01-29 |
| WALLACE, William Graeme | Secretary | 2018-09-11 | 2021-04-30 |
| BLACKADDERS | Corporate Secretary | 1999-07-01 | 2007-04-24 |
| BLACKADDERS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2021-06-08 | 2022-11-10 |
| BLACKADDERS SOLICITORS | Corporate Secretary | 1997-05-23 | 1999-06-30 |
| ABOUGAZIA, Amira Ramadan | Director | 2022-03-17 | 2024-06-27 |
| ASKEW, Lucy Catherine | Director | 2011-11-03 | 2019-12-19 |
| BAILLIE, Peter | Director | 1997-06-03 | 2005-12-15 |
| BEWLEY, Jonathon | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2003-01-29 |
| BIDWELL, Laurence John, Councillor | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2017-06-15 |
| BORTHWICK, Ian | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2013-02-28 |
| BOWES, David | Director | 1999-06-15 | 2003-08-11 |
| BOYTER, Alan Macdonald | Director | 2017-06-15 | 2022-12-15 |
| BUCHANAN, Roderick James Gary | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2009-04-30 |
| CHRISTIE, Frank | Director | 1997-09-23 | 1999-12-14 |
| CORRIGAN, John, Councillor | Director | 1997-09-23 | 2003-06-16 |
| CROSS, Stuart Robert, Professor | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2014-12-18 |
| DAWSON, William | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2009-05-19 |
| DE GERNIER, George | Director | 2001-04-17 | 2003-08-18 |
| DEMPSTER, Harriet Logan | Director | 2001-06-19 | 2008-09-24 |
| DUNCAN, Robert | Director | 2009-06-25 | 2012-06-14 |
| DUNCAN, William John | Director | 2001-06-19 | 2002-09-11 |
| FAGEN, Graham | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2018-05-28 |
| FARQUHAR, Charles Don Petrie | Director | 2001-12-18 | 2005-06-20 |
| FISHER, Patricia Ann | Director | 1997-09-23 | 2001-07-11 |
| FISHER, Patricia Ann | Director | 1997-05-23 | 1997-08-04 |
| FLYNN, Mark Gerard | Director | 2018-02-06 | 2022-03-01 |
| GILLAN, Susan | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2013-12-19 |
| GRANT, Fiona Margaret | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2007-11-02 |
| GRIMMOND, Steven David | Director | 1999-06-15 | 2005-07-14 |
| HALPERIN, Ilana Hope | Director | 2018-02-06 | 2026-03-26 |
| HAMILTON, James Buchanan | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2000-12-12 |
| HIND, Christopher, Councillor | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2007-11-01 |
| HOWARD, Ian George, Professor | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2003-12-18 |
| INGLIS, James Ronald | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2007-12-13 |
| KEMP, John | Director | 1999-06-15 | 2000-08-22 |
| LAFFERTY, Joe Dempster, Chair | Director | 2011-11-03 | 2019-12-19 |
| LANGLANDS, Robert Alan, Sir | Director | 2002-02-28 | 2003-11-21 |
| LUKE, Iain Malone | Director | 1999-06-15 | 2001-12-18 |
| LYNCH, Andrew Hunter, Councillor | Director | 1997-05-23 | 1999-07-07 |
| LYNN, Kenneth Henry | Director | 2007-07-03 | 2017-09-28 |
| MACKENNA, Tracy Louise | Director | 1997-05-23 | 1999-06-24 |
| MACPHERSON, Fraser | Director | 2007-07-03 | 2012-05-30 |
| MAIN, Shona Elaine | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2009-04-30 |
| MALONE, Charles John, Councillor | Director | 2018-09-20 | 2024-07-29 |
| MCCREADY, Richard Blake, Dr | Director | 2007-07-03 | 2013-11-21 |
| MCDONALD, Vari Helen, Councillor | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2017-06-15 |
| MCDOUGALL, John Walton | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2014-12-18 |
| MCGILL, Alasdair Iain | Director | 2022-03-17 | 2025-09-25 |
| MCIRVINE, George Raymond | Director | 2017-08-14 | 2018-09-06 |
| MCKENZIE, Jacqueline Elizabeth | Director | 2010-04-29 | 2018-12-20 |
| MCLACHLAN, Fergus Robert | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2002-07-01 |
| MELVILLE, Craig David, Councillor | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2014-10-27 |
| MOIR, John | Director | 2019-12-19 | 2024-09-26 |
| MONCUR, Scott James | Director | 2011-06-30 | 2019-05-27 |
| MURRAY, Gregor Patrick, Councillor | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2017-06-15 |
| NICOLL, Katherine Mary Boyd | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2006-08-16 |
| OWEN, Philip Woolward | Director | 2010-02-25 | 2020-12-17 |
| PAGE, Sheila Duffus | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2009-02-26 |
| PARTRIDGE, Stephen | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2012-09-10 |
| PRESSWOOD, Robin | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2016-03-01 |
| PYNE, Jemima Elizabeth Clare | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2001-12-18 |
| RENDALL, Anne Scott | Director | 2017-06-15 | 2022-03-17 |
| RICHARDSON, Margaret Mary, Councillor | Director | 2017-06-15 | 2022-03-17 |
| RITCHIE, Catherine Jane | Director | 2006-12-14 | 2010-06-19 |
| RITCHIE, Grant James | Director | 2001-10-23 | 2006-06-23 |
| ROBERTS, Jacqueline Claire | Director | 2019-12-19 | 2024-06-27 |
| ROBERTSON, Charis | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2022-06-23 |
| ROBERTSON, Deirdre Catherine | Director | 2001-06-19 | 2008-10-21 |
| RUSSELL, Nga Ling Elaine | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2022-06-23 |
| SCOTT, Derek John, Baillie | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2003-06-27 |
| SEARLE, Jack | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2000-07-26 |
| SHEARS, Peter Colin, Cllr | Director | 2022-06-23 | 2023-03-30 |
| SMITH, Merrill Carter | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2017-06-15 |
| STARK, Andrea | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2002-07-01 |
| STARSZAKOWNA, Norma, Professor | Director | 1997-05-23 | 1998-11-10 |
| STURROCK, Ronald | Director | 2005-02-24 | 2009-12-18 |
| TAVENDALE, John | Director | 2020-09-24 | 2023-09-21 |
| TAYLOR, William Adam | Director | 2006-12-14 | 2013-12-19 |
| WARD, Geoffrey Christopher, Prof. | Director | 2003-12-18 | 2007-02-25 |
| WEBSTER, Charles Angus | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2007-10-27 |
| WHITMORE, Indrananda Adnan | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2007-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chair Joe Dempster Lafferty | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 253 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.