ROSS-SHIRE ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-27 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£30M
+131.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£75M
+40.2% vs 2024
Employees
1,724
+11.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£28M
+40.9% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £257,179,000 | £307,001,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £19,974,000 | £28,124,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £19,767,000 | £27,847,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £14,589,000 | £22,085,000 | |
| Cash | — | £13,105,000 | £30,390,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £64,818,000 | £86,116,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £53,378,000 | £74,853,000 | |
| Equity | £41,940,000 | £53,378,000 | £74,853,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 1,542 | 1,724 | |
| Wages | — | £75,092,000 | £87,190,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £462,000 | £973,000 |
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
+19.4%
£257,179,000 £307,001,000
-
Cash
+131.9%
£13,105,000 £30,390,000
-
Net assets
+40.2%
£53,378,000 £74,853,000
-
Employees
+11.8%
1,542 1,724
-
Operating profit
+40.8%
£19,974,000 £28,124,000
-
Profit before tax
+40.9%
£19,767,000 £27,847,000
-
Wages
+16.1%
£75,092,000 £87,190,000
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 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 7.8% | 9.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 5.7% | 7.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 30.8% | 32.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.44x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | — | 93.34x | 101.53x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Anderson Anderson & Brown Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- ROSS-SHIRE ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- RSE Control Systems Limited 100%
- Saftronics Group Limited 100%
- Saftronics Holdings Limited 100%
- Saftronics Limited 100%
- MTD South West Ltd 100%
- Aciem Group Limited 100%
- Murray Technical Services Limited 75%
- Sheers Limited 100%
- W.E.S. LTD. 100%
- Weschem Ltd. 100%
- Watermech Services Ltd. 100%
- Prime Pumps Limited 100%
- North Hill Limited 100%
- Technical Control Systems Limited 100%
- Amber Integrated Controls and Automation Limited 100%
- Wilford Limited 100%
- Blackburn Starling & Company Limited 100%
- General Panel Systems Limited 100%
- GPS Links Limited 80%
- DPS Group Ltd 100%
- DP Services (Holdings) Ltd 100%
- DP Systems (Scotland) Limited 100%
- OSS Software Limited 60%
- Oasis Software Solutions Limited 60%
- GES Holdco Ltd 75%
- Greenacre Environmental Systems Limited 75%
- Chem Resist Holdings Limited 75%
- Chem Resist Group Limited 75%
- Chem-Resist (N.E.) Limited 75%
- A.C.E. Industrial Plastics Limited 75%
- Chem-Resist Plastic Fabrications Ltd 75%
- Trifoliata Ltd 75%
- Biomatrix Water Solutions Ltd 75%
- Biomatrix B.V. 75%
- Aquazone Group Limited 75%
- Aquazone Limited 75%
- Rolla Holdings Limited 75%
- Rolla Limited 75%
- Rolla Distribution Systems Limited 75%
Significant events
- “The results for the year ended 31 March 2025 reflect an increase in both turnover and profitability. An increase in demand for RSE products and solutions led to a 20% growth on prior year revenue during the 12-month accounting period, and a commensurate increase in operating profit.”
- “The material additions in the year were the acquisition of the Trifoliata Limited, Aquazone Group Limited, Rolla Holdings Limited and OSS Software Limited sub-groups.”
- “Exceptional items in the prior year related to completion bonuses paid to employees post-acquisition of Ross-Shire Engineering Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALLAS, Allan William | Secretary | 1997-08-20 | — | British |
| DALLAS, Allan William | Director | 1997-08-20 | Aug 1961 | British |
| MACGREGOR, Iain Ross | Director | 2009-11-06 | Jan 1982 | British |
| MATHERS, Martin James | Director | 2024-01-08 | Jul 1973 | British |
| MCLACHLAN, Steven Robert | Director | 2020-12-22 | Oct 1969 | British |
| SLESSOR, Stephen James | Director | 2024-01-08 | May 1976 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| REID, Brian | Nominee Secretary | 1997-08-13 | 1997-08-13 |
| GRANT, Gary Gordon | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2016-12-23 |
| JOHNNSTON, Stuart | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-05-03 |
| LIVINGSTON, Mark David | Director | 2009-11-06 | 2012-02-17 |
| MABBOTT, Stephen | Nominee Director | 1997-08-13 | 1997-08-13 |
| MACDONALD, James Donald | Director | 2012-02-17 | 2019-02-01 |
| MACGREGOR, James Iain | Director | 2009-11-06 | 2020-12-22 |
| MACGREGOR, John Angus | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2023-08-18 |
| MACGREGOR, Roderick James | Director | 2009-11-06 | 2019-02-01 |
| MACLEAN, Robert James | Director | 1999-01-15 | 2000-12-13 |
| MACLENNAN, David | Director | 1997-08-20 | 2009-04-03 |
| RONALDSON, Gordon Ian | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2016-02-01 |
| SPALDING, Ewan | Director | 1997-08-20 | 2000-12-13 |
| TINNING, Murray John | Director | 2024-01-08 | 2024-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-08-18 | Active |
| Rse Water Technologies Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-11 | Ceased 2023-08-18 |
| Modutec Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-02-02 | Ceased 2022-10-11 |
| Geg (Process & Equipment) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-08-25 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-08-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.