MIDLOTHIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-26 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+14.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£94K
+90% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£499K
+18.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,669,443 | £3,205,675 | £3,353,465 | |
| Operating profit | — | £310,499 | £341,241 | |
| Profit before tax | £291,479 | £420,585 | £498,930 | |
| Net profit | £236,098 | £321,974 | £374,198 | |
| Cash | £4,973,261 | £5,449,615 | £6,217,822 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£679,399 | -£938,982 | -£94,307 | |
| Equity | -£679,399 | -£938,982 | -£94,307 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.6%
£3,205,675 £3,353,465
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+14.1%
£5,449,615 £6,217,822
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+90%
-£938,982 -£94,307
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+9.9%
£310,499 £341,241
-
Profit before tax
+18.6%
£420,585 £498,930
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 9.7% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 10.0% | 11.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 102.8% | 100.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.32x | 3.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.19x | 0.22x |
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
- MIDLOTHIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED 2006-05-02 → present
- PACIFIC SHELF 1355 LIMITED 2006-01-31 → 2006-05-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis notwithstanding net liabilities of £94,307 (2023: £ 938,982) which the directors believe to be appropriate for the following reasons. The directors acknowledge that the Company is in net liabilities, however this is a result of the interest rate swap, which is significantly out of the money, being included on the Statement of Financial Position. It is not the Company's intention to close these instruments before the maturity date on 30 September 2036, therefore there is no impact on the Company's ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The Company prepares cash flow forecasts covering the expected life of the asset and so including the 12-month period from the date the financial statements are signed. In drawing up these forecasts, the Directors have made assumptions based upon their view of the current and future economic conditions that will prevail over the forecast period. Based on these forecasts the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In light of this, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the Company's annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-01-19 | — | — |
| CAVILL, John Ivor | Director | 2016-01-25 | Oct 1972 | British |
| DIX, Carl Harvey | Director | 2023-01-31 | Jan 1966 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-02-25 | 2012-01-19 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-01-31 | 2006-04-28 |
| QUAYLE MUNRO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-04-28 | 2007-02-25 |
| BREMNER, Alexander George | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2011-01-28 |
| BRUCE, Andrew David | Director | 2006-04-28 | 2008-10-30 |
| CAVILL, John Ivor | Director | 2011-12-23 | 2012-11-13 |
| COOPER, Stephen Joseph | Director | 2006-04-28 | 2008-03-14 |
| DESAI, Julian Kieron | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2011-12-23 |
| DOHERTY, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2008-03-14 | 2010-03-15 |
| ELLIOT, John Christian | Director | 2008-10-30 | 2009-04-30 |
| ELLIOT, John Christian | Director | 2006-04-28 | 2007-06-26 |
| GILMOUR, David Fulton | Director | 2011-03-04 | 2021-12-02 |
| MIDDLETON, Nigel Wythen | Director | 2011-12-23 | 2012-04-02 |
| PECK, Simon James Edward | Director | 2009-10-14 | 2011-03-04 |
| RITCHIE, Alan Campbell | Director | 2007-06-26 | 2009-10-14 |
| WHITE, Barry Edward | Director | 2006-04-28 | 2006-12-22 |
| WRINN, John | Director | 2021-12-02 | 2023-01-31 |
| WRINN, John | Director | 2007-05-18 | 2011-12-23 |
| BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-04-20 | 2016-01-25 |
| JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-01-31 | 2006-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midlothian Schools (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Smbc Bank International Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-12-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.