BRODIE MELROSE DRYSDALE & CO. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-26 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-12
Watchouts
Cash
£623K
+48.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+8.2% vs 2024
Employees
33
-15.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£242K
+1.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £7,988,231 | £8,612,542 | |
| Operating profit | — | £311,167 | £305,947 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £238,554 | £241,979 | |
| Net profit | — | £327,485 | £115,712 | |
| Cash | — | £418,867 | £622,573 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,447,761 | £2,606,241 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,406,537 | £1,522,249 | |
| Equity | £1,079,047 | £1,406,537 | £1,522,249 | |
| Average employees | — | 39 | 33 | |
| Wages | — | £1,176,717 | £1,213,005 | |
| 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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
+7.8%
£7,988,231 £8,612,542
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Cash
+48.6%
£418,867 £622,573
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Net assets
+8.2%
£1,406,537 £1,522,249
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Employees
-15.4%
39 33
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Operating profit
-1.7%
£311,167 £305,947
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Profit before tax
+1.4%
£238,554 £241,979
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Wages
+3.1%
£1,176,717 £1,213,005
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 | 2024-01-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.9% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.1% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 12.7% | 11.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.09x | 2.32x | |
| Interest cover | — | 4.12x | 4.51x |
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
- BRODIE MELROSE DRYSDALE & CO. LIMITED 1999-12-24 → present
- ROWAN COMMERCIAL LIMITED 1999-11-16 → 1999-12-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and cash flow projections, the Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Volatility in green coffee and raw material prices”
- “Ongoing inflationary pressures on labour, energy and logistics”
- “Changes in customer demand within the food service and retail sectors”
- “Competitive pricing pressure within core markets”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROGDEN, Tony | Director | 2020-03-06 | Feb 1967 | British |
| TOSATO, Pierluigi | Director | 2024-04-17 | Jun 1963 | Italian |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREIG, Paul | Secretary | 2022-01-25 | 2022-10-31 |
| LUTTON, Ralph Allan | Secretary | 1999-12-23 | 2000-04-05 |
| MENDAY, Dawn | Secretary | 2020-02-26 | 2021-06-09 |
| WILSON, Marianne Alison | Secretary | 2000-04-06 | 2020-02-26 |
| DAVIDSON CHALMERS (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-11-16 | 1999-12-23 |
| ARBONA PALMEIRO GONCALVES BRAGA PIMENTA, Maria Pilar | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2020-03-06 |
| HERITIER, Pascal | Director | 2006-12-29 | 2016-12-23 |
| LUSINI, Alberto | Director | 2020-02-26 | 2024-04-04 |
| LUTTON, Ralph Allan | Director | 2017-08-25 | 2020-02-26 |
| LUTTON, Ralph Allan | Director | 1999-12-23 | 2016-11-30 |
| MARSH, Christopher | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2006-12-29 |
| MILLER, Gordon Douglas | Director | 1999-12-23 | 2002-10-01 |
| ROBB, Gordon George | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| TROMBETTI, Stefano | Director | 2006-12-29 | 2016-12-23 |
| WHIMSTER, Colin John Cameron | Director | 1999-12-23 | 2006-12-29 |
| WHIMSTER, Jean Helen | Director | 1999-12-23 | 2002-10-01 |
| WILSON, Marianne Alison | Director | 2016-12-23 | 2020-02-26 |
| WILSON, Marianne Alison | Director | 2000-04-06 | 2006-12-29 |
| DAVIDSON CHALMERS (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1999-11-16 | 1999-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Massimo Zanetti | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2024-06-04 |
| Mr Massimo Zanetti | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-02-19 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2026-02-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-10-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-12-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | 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
- 10
- 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.