THISTLE TIMBER AND BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-13 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-6.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+11.3% vs 2023
Employees
60
+11.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-4.8% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £17,722,615 | £17,485,670 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,014,742 | £936,694 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1,079,664 | £1,027,922 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £785,830 | £774,324 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £3,148,151 | £2,933,232 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £7,027,040 | £7,876,824 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £6,789,982 | £7,559,306 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £6,789,982 | £7,559,306 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 54 | 60 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,309,696 | £2,344,648 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £120,000 | £100,000 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-1.3%
£17,722,615 £17,485,670
-
Cash
-6.8%
£3,148,151 £2,933,232
-
Net assets
+11.3%
£6,789,982 £7,559,306
-
Employees
+11.1%
54 60
-
Operating profit
-7.7%
£1,014,742 £936,694
-
Profit before tax
-4.8%
£1,079,664 £1,027,922
-
Wages
+1.5%
£2,309,696 £2,344,648
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 5.7% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 4.4% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 14.4% | 11.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 5.56x | 4.07x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 34.10x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “During the end of 2024 we opened as planned our third depot in East Lothian. New premises in Dunbar have now opened in September 2024”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Ann | Secretary | 2008-04-01 | — | British |
| ALLEN, David John | Director | 1998-02-05 | Oct 1966 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, David John | Secretary | 1998-02-05 | 2008-04-01 |
| BARR, Andrew Clark | Director | 1998-02-05 | 2008-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thistle T&Bs Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-07 | Active |
| Mr David John Allen | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-07-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-09-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-09 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2022-09-09 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-09-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
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.