ELSICK DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-03 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-20
Watchouts
Cash
£91K
-25.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
-£21M
-28.5% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
2
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
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
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£4,814,024 | -£4,520,538 | |
| Cash | £198,814 | £229,195 | £358,174 | £123,014 | £91,457 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,599,701 | £19,136,884 | £15,151,495 | £12,653,145 | £10,562,637 | |
| Net assets | -£4,301,031 | -£4,384,247 | -£11,151,421 | -£15,999,645 | -£20,554,663 | |
| Equity | -£4,301,031 | -£4,384,247 | -£11,151,421 | -£15,999,645 | -£20,554,663 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
-25.7%
£123,014 £91,457
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-28.5%
-£15,999,645 -£20,554,663
lowest in 5 filed years
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Employees
0%
2 2
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 6.51x | 6.16x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Robert J C Bain MA CA CTA on behalf of Hall Morrice LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue to trade. This assumption is based upon assurances received from the directors that it is their intention to provide such assistance as is required to enable the company to meet its financial commitments.”
Significant events
- “As at 31 August 2024, the preference shares have not been redeemed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE DUKE OF FIFE, David Charles Carnegie, His Grace | Secretary | 2016-09-13 | — | — |
| THE DUCHESS OF FIFE, Caroline Anne, Her Grace | Director | 2008-08-20 | Nov 1961 | British |
| THE DUKE OF FIFE, David Charles Carnegie, His Grace | Director | 2008-08-20 | Mar 1961 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Her Grace Caroline Anne The Duchess Of Fife | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-01 |
| Southesk Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 50 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2017-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2017-04-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.