HIGHLAND FUELS (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
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Cash
£9.2m
+1.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£32m
+9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
310
+22% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.9m
-1.5% vs 2024
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 | £332,541,375 | £359,049,771 | £370,040,568 | +3.1% | |
| Operating profit | £6,599,469 | £6,920,290 | £6,806,573 | -1.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,731,172 | £7,034,667 | £6,927,442 | -1.5% | |
| Net profit | £5,084,724 | £5,119,198 | £4,988,967 | -2.5% | |
| Cash | £5,959,692 | £9,076,016 | £9,211,578 | +1.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,065,007 | £33,825,795 | £37,488,574 | +10.8% | |
| Net assets | £26,539,775 | £29,658,973 | £32,339,682 | +9% | |
| Equity | £26,539,775 | £29,658,973 | £32,339,682 | +9% | |
| Average employees | 249 | 254 | 310 | +22% | |
| Wages | £7,476,341 | £7,955,622 | £8,948,660 | +12.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £488,078 | £457,187 | £523,477 | +14.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £25,434 | £29,150 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £162,383 | £185,918 | — | — |
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 | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.0% | 20.5% | 18.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.5% | 12.3% | 13.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.27x | 1.02x |
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
- HIGHLAND FUELS (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED 2009-07-03 → present
- LEDGE 1086 LIMITED 2009-06-11 → 2009-07-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and its subsidiaries have adequate resources to continue in operational existence and will meet their obligations as they fall due throughout the going concern assessment period.”
Group structure
- HIGHLAND FUELS (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED · parent
- Highland Fuels (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Highland Fuels Limited* 100%
- SCM Affric Limited* 100%
- SCM Ardrossan Limited* 100%
- SCM Auchenharvie Limited* 100%
- SCM Balfron Limited* 100%
- SCM Bobbin Limited* 100%
- SCM Campbeltown Limited* 100%
- SCM County Limited* 100%
- SCM Darnleymill Limited* 100%
- SCM Huntly Limited* 100%
- SCM Kilbirnie Limited* 100%
- SCM Kilwinning Limited* 100%
- SCM Loans Limited* 100%
- SCM Mills Limited* 100%
- SCM Pier Limited* 100%
- SCM Property Holdings Limited* 100%
- SCM Ravenspark Limited* 100%
- SCM Riggend Limited* 100%
- SCM Sandybrae Limited* 100%
- SCM Scapa Limited* 100%
- SCM Sheiling Limited* 100%
- SCM Toll Limited* 100%
- Thames Petroleum (Scotland) Limited* 100%
- Highland Electricity Limited* 100%
- Project Red Holdeo 1 Limited* 0%
- Carnegie Fuels Holdings Limited* 0%
- Carnegie Fuels Limited* 0%
Significant events
- “A significant milestone was the launch of Highland Electricity, extending the Group's energy offering and broadening its participation within the evolving energy market.”
- “The acquisition of Carnegie Fuels on the 31st July 2025 represented an important strategic development for the Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2014-12-22 | — | — |
| CLINTON, Nicholas Francis Apps | Director | 2023-08-22 | May 1976 | British |
| MACLEAN, Pamela Margaret | Director | 2023-08-22 | Jun 1968 | British |
| RHODES, Stephen Grant | Director | 2023-08-22 | Jun 1973 | British |
| SHAND, George Graeme Mcintosh | Director | 2009-07-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-06-11 | 2009-07-01 |
| LEDINGHAM CHALMERS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2009-07-01 | 2014-12-22 |
| CRUDEN, Isobel Macgregor | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2019-03-28 |
| LEIPER, Pamela Summers | Director | 2009-06-11 | 2009-07-01 |
| MATHESON, Kenneth Andrew | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2017-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Fuels Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust) | 2023-09-28 | Active |
| Mr George Graeme Mcintosh Shand | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.