SCOTWORK LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2m
+12.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.4m
+3.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
57
+1.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.9m
+17% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,678,962 | £11,723,688 | £11,829,828 | +0.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,011,339 | £1,606,129 | £1,856,539 | +15.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £992,649 | £1,615,750 | £1,890,254 | +17% | |
| Net profit | £600,509 | £1,200,689 | £1,387,242 | +15.5% | |
| Cash | £1,321,610 | £1,972,238 | £2,219,795 | +12.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,260,686 | £3,358,108 | £3,439,921 | +2.4% | |
| Net assets | £2,135,563 | £3,247,304 | £3,353,558 | +3.3% | |
| Equity | £2,135,563 | £3,247,304 | £3,353,558 | +3.3% | |
| Average employees | 56 | 56 | 57 | +1.8% | |
| Wages | £3,929,682 | £4,393,991 | £4,201,209 | -4.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,558,544 | £1,694,346 | £1,705,040 | +0.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £85,056 | £83,104 | £133,242 | +60.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £468,400 | £491,575 | £535,473 | +8.9% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 13.7% | 15.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 10.2% | 11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 44.7% | 47.8% | 54.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.5% | 46.1% | 44.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.79x | 2.00x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on current trading levels and projected future results, the directors have assessed the company to be a going concern.”
Group structure
- SCOTWORK LIMITED · parent
- Scotwork UK Limited 97.5%
- Scotwork (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Scotwork Business Consulting (Shanghai) Company Limited 100%
- Scotwork East Asia Limited 100%
- Scotwork Canada Inc. 100%
- Scotwork North America Inc. 85%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAUGHLIN, Marion Laurenson | Secretary | 2002-06-28 | — | British |
| BANNISTER, John David | Director | 2019-03-08 | Nov 1948 | British |
| BUCK, Brian | Director | 2020-03-17 | Aug 1970 | American |
| HENRY, Romana Maria | Director | 2023-01-01 | Oct 1965 | British |
| LANGLEY, Warren Gerard | Director | 2013-03-24 | Jun 1967 | British |
| LAUGHLIN, Marion Laurenson | Director | 2013-03-24 | May 1956 | British |
| MCMILLAN, John Moffat | Director | 2002-06-28 | Jun 1947 | British |
| SMITH, Alan | Director | 2019-08-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
| WHITE, Stephen Howard | Director | 2002-06-28 | Apr 1949 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DW COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-06-05 | 2002-06-28 |
| COPLAND, Robert George | Director | 2013-04-11 | 2021-02-28 |
| D.W DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-06-05 | 2002-06-28 |
| D.W. DIRECTOR 2 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-06-05 | 2002-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurenson Gerard Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-20 | Active |
| Mr John Moffat Mcmillan | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2025-11-20 |
| Mr Stephen Howard White | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2025-11-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-04 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-12-04 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.