LOCH ALBA TROUT LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-23 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-09
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£16M
Equity attributable
Employees
42
lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£83K
lowest in 4 filed years
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
8-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-29 | 2021-03-28 | 2022-03-27 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £20,627,535 | £20,395,626 | — | — | £28,747,155 | £38,275,348 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,997,419 | £2,344,266 | — | — | £749,945 | £69,414 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,867,449 | £2,236,134 | — | — | £743,134 | -£82,985 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,867,449 | £2,236,134 | — | — | £743,134 | -£82,985 | |
| Cash | — | — | £0 | £1,001,927 | — | — | £2,958,495 | £2,328,113 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £7,334,685 | £9,172,462 | — | — | £16,501,905 | £16,418,920 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £6,276,591 | £8,512,725 | — | — | £16,501,905 | £16,418,920 | |
| Equity | — | £3,409,142 | £6,276,591 | £8,512,725 | £8,512,725 | £15,758,771 | £16,501,905 | £16,418,920 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 66 | 62 | — | — | 58 | 42 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,062,580 | £2,210,430 | — | — | £1,820,430 | £2,168,757 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | £0 | £0 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-29 | 2021-03-28 | 2022-03-27 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 14.5% | 11.5% | — | — | 2.6% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 13.9% | 11.0% | — | — | 2.6% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 40.9% | 25.6% | — | — | 4.5% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.21x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 23.06x | 21.68x | — | — | 110.11x | 0.46x |
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
- LOCH ALBA TROUT LTD 2025-12-05 → present
- DAWNFRESH FARMING LIMITED 2008-06-09 → 2025-12-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gillespie & Anderson
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The company passed a special resolution on 5 December 2025 changing its name from Dawnfresh Farming Limited to Loch Alba Trout Ltd.”
- “On 5 December 2025 the company name was changed from Dawnfresh Farming Limited to Loch Alba Trout Ltd.”
- “After the year end on 10 April 2025 the business was sold to SeaQureFarming Group Limited, company registration number SC818586, registered office address: 24-26 Lewis St, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.”
- “The company was acquired by SeaQureFarming Group Limited who plan to increase the production capacity of the business up to 3,000 Tonnes over the next five years through the deployment of semi closed containment farming systems at sea.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAHAM, Stewart | Director | 2025-04-10 | May 1964 | British |
| SWANSON, Rhiann Marie | Director | 2025-04-10 | Jan 1992 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON, John Alexander | Secretary | 2010-02-05 | 2013-07-24 |
| MCMANUS, Joseph Graham | Secretary | 2008-06-09 | 2010-02-04 |
| MUIR, Helen Fraser Dunn | Secretary | 2013-07-25 | 2022-03-31 |
| MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-04-01 | 2023-02-07 |
| ALLAN, Darren | Director | 2022-05-19 | 2023-02-07 |
| COOKSEY, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2013-03-16 | 2019-02-20 |
| DUNCANSON, William Louis | Director | 2019-08-20 | 2020-03-09 |
| FLACK, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2008-06-09 | 2010-03-30 |
| HADFIELD, Benjamin | Director | 2023-02-07 | 2025-04-10 |
| HAWTHORN, Stewart Carl | Director | 2016-12-15 | 2017-10-31 |
| HENDERSON, John Alexander | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2015-01-30 |
| HEPBURN, Jim | Director | 2015-06-16 | 2017-08-31 |
| HUTCHINS, Alison | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2022-04-01 |
| KAPINOS, Piotr Kamil | Director | 2023-02-07 | 2025-04-10 |
| MCMANUS, Joseph Graham | Director | 2008-06-09 | 2011-02-06 |
| MCMONAGLE, Brian | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2013-05-31 |
| MUIR, Helen Fraser Dunn | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2021-11-22 |
| NOLAN, Scott | Director | 2023-02-07 | 2025-04-10 |
| PRINGLE, Gideon | Director | 2011-04-12 | 2016-03-31 |
| SALVESEN, Alastair Eric Hotson | Director | 2008-06-09 | 2023-02-07 |
| SALVESEN, Raleigh Douglas | Director | 2019-10-25 | 2023-02-07 |
| YOUNG, John Christopher | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2023-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaqure Farming 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-10 | Active |
| Mowi Scotland Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-02-07 | Ceased 2025-04-10 |
| Dawnfresh Seafoods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-07 |
| Mr Alastair Eric Hotson Salvesen | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-05 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-05 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-06-10 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-04-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-05-15 | 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.