ST. ANDREWS TIMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Cash
£159k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£448k
lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
71
Average over period
Profit before tax
£66k
Period ending 2026-07-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
the director is thus satisfied that the group has access to adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future and believes it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, however he notes that there are a number of uncertainties in the above
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,401,965 | £20,562,480 | £21,955,475 | £23,244,126 | £23,930,960 | £12,977,543 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,022,490 | £683,434 | £323,512 | -£833,753 | -£476,864 | £193,479 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £982,292 | £631,314 | £192,610 | -£978,803 | -£523,832 | £65,666 | — | |
| Net profit | £753,306 | £506,661 | £138,779 | -£791,096 | — | £36,115 | — | |
| Cash | £1,460,123 | £399,382 | £131,051 | £889,889 | £271,244 | £159,061 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,061,774 | £3,175,601 | £2,807,718 | £1,535,656 | £535,979 | £2,036,906 | — | |
| Net assets | £2,017,106 | £2,340,874 | £2,342,743 | £1,299,562 | £496,960 | £447,575 | — | |
| Equity | £2,017,106 | £2,340,874 | £2,342,743 | £1,299,562 | £496,960 | £447,575 | — | |
| Average employees | 61 | 69 | 80 | 82 | 75 | 71 | — | |
| Wages | £1,972,631 | £2,342,617 | £2,776,779 | £2,968,158 | £3,010,100 | £1,660,258 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £65,293 | £96,573 | £93,234 | £95,057 | £144,139 | £90,205 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £43,832 | £47,832 | £47,832 | £31,558 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 7 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 3.3% | 1.5% | -3.6% | -2.0% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 2.5% | 0.6% | -3.4% | — | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.4% | 21.5% | 11.5% | -54.3% | -89.0% | 9.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.1% | 66.8% | 70.6% | 83.1% | 92.3% | 94.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.28x | 1.05x | 0.91x | 0.87x | |
| Interest cover | 25.00x | 13.04x | 2.38x | -5.49x | -3.23x | 1.45x |
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
- ST. ANDREWS TIMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED 2016-02-12 → present
- ST ANDREWS TIMBER SUPPLIES LIMITED 2001-06-21 → 2016-02-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“the director is thus satisfied that the group has access to adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future and believes it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, however he notes that there are a number of uncertainties in the above”
Significant events
- “the war in Iran which began on 28 February has fed through into increased costs across the economy with consequent significant impacts on demand”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCABE, Astrid Margaret | Secretary | 2024-04-05 | — | — |
| ROBINSON, Ronald Cockburn | Director | 2002-07-05 | Aug 1966 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARR, Andrew Clark | Secretary | 2001-06-21 | 2023-03-02 |
| ALLEN, David John | Director | 2001-06-21 | 2009-05-26 |
| BARR, Andrew Clark | Director | 2001-06-21 | 2023-03-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.Andrews Timber & Building Supplies (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-09 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-03-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.