DAVID MACBRAYNE HR (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-20 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£150K
-46.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£69K
+9.5% vs 2024
Employees
42
+27.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£35K
+52.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,380,000 | £3,988,000 | |
| Operating profit | £18,000 | £12,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £23,000 | £35,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,000 | £6,000 | |
| Cash | £279,000 | £150,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £63,000 | £69,000 | |
| Equity | £63,000 | £69,000 | |
| Average employees | 33 | 42 | |
| Wages | £1,570,000 | £1,875,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £224,000 | £368,000 |
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
+18%
£3,380,000 £3,988,000
-
Cash
-46.2%
£279,000 £150,000
-
Net assets
+9.5%
£63,000 £69,000
-
Employees
+27.3%
33 42
-
Operating profit
-33.3%
£18,000 £12,000
-
Profit before tax
+52.2%
£23,000 £35,000
-
Wages
+19.4%
£1,570,000 £1,875,000
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.5% | 92.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.08x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- DAVID MACBRAYNE HR (UK) LIMITED 2007-11-22 → present
- CALEDONIAN MACBRAYNE HR (UK) LIMITED 2006-01-06 → 2007-11-22
- PACIFIC SHELF 1311 LIMITED 2005-04-06 → 2006-01-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant”
Significant events
- “The Board signed a 10-year Clyde & Hebrides Ferry Services contract (CHFS3) on 25 September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACKISON, Duncan John | Director | 2024-04-15 | Mar 1967 | British |
| OSTERGAARD, Erik Jorgen | Director | 2022-09-16 | Mar 1959 | Danish |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKENZIE, Gordon White | Secretary | 2005-12-19 | 2011-04-30 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-04-06 | 2005-12-19 |
| ALLARDES, Wendy | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2013-04-08 |
| DORCHESTER, Martin | Director | 2012-10-17 | 2017-12-01 |
| DRUMMOND, Robert Lindsay | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2024-07-12 |
| LYNCH, Alexander Mckay | Director | 2005-12-19 | 2012-04-18 |
| MACKISON, Duncan John | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2022-09-16 |
| MCGIBBON, David Campbell | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2022-01-31 |
| MILLS, Harold Hernshaw | Director | 2005-12-19 | 2006-07-31 |
| MOFFAT, Alan Robert | Director | 2006-01-25 | 2010-02-28 |
| QUIRK, Norman Linton | Director | 2012-10-17 | 2013-12-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Charles Archibald | Director | 2010-07-21 | 2012-08-24 |
| SINCLAIR, William Lawrie | Director | 2005-12-19 | 2010-06-30 |
| STARK, Primrose Jean Davidson | Director | 2012-10-17 | 2015-12-31 |
| TIMMS, Peter Kenneth | Director | 2006-09-27 | 2012-11-26 |
| JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-04-06 | 2005-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Macbrayne Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type 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.