D. R. COLLIN & SON LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-04 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+25.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+4.3% vs 2024
Employees
204
-6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+117.2% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £49,629,052 | £51,671,713 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £826,031 | £1,841,204 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £860,061 | £1,868,456 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £621,826 | £1,405,225 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £2,899,695 | £3,637,651 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £17,450,644 | £18,431,397 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £15,938,170 | £16,628,707 | |
| Equity | £8,197,188 | £8,936,492 | £9,704,015 | £10,890,875 | £10,183,526 | £15,938,170 | £16,628,707 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 217 | 204 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £5,754,306 | £6,160,528 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £479,589 | £496,060 |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+4.1%
£49,629,052 £51,671,713
-
Cash
+25.4%
£2,899,695 £3,637,651
-
Net assets
+4.3%
£15,938,170 £16,628,707
-
Employees
-6%
217 204
-
Operating profit
+122.9%
£826,031 £1,841,204
-
Profit before tax
+117.2%
£860,061 £1,868,456
-
Wages
+7.1%
£5,754,306 £6,160,528
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 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.7% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 4.7% | 10.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 4.54x | 4.10x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 37.59x | 38.20x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Rennie Welch Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- D. R. COLLIN & SON LTD · parent
- Boat Investments Limited 100%
- Sea Harvest Scotland Ltd 60%
- D. R. Collin Scotland Limited 100%
- D. R. Collin (Fish) Limited 100%
- Coquet Island Shellfish Limited 75%
- Keltic Seafare (Scotland) Limited 60%
- D. R. Collin International Group SARL 100%
Significant events
- “Since the year end, on 27th october 2025 a final dividend for the year ended 30th April 2025 of £500 per share for both £1 A Ordinary Shares and B Ordinary Shares in the parent company were declared and paid.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARK, Ryan | Secretary | 2012-06-19 | — | — |
| AITCHISON, Stuart Fraser | Director | 2011-10-21 | Mar 1973 | British |
| COOK, James Cowe | Director | 2010-11-04 | Oct 1955 | British |
| COOK, Yvonne | Director | 2024-12-05 | Nov 1957 | British |
| MARK, Ryan Thomas | Director | 2023-02-28 | Mar 1991 | British |
| VIRTUE, Paul James | Director | 2011-10-21 | Jul 1974 | Scottish |
| WILSON, Shona Alice | Director | 2011-10-21 | May 1967 | Scottish |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCLEOD, Janice Elizabeth | Secretary | 2011-10-21 | 2012-06-19 |
| KAHAN, Barbara | Director | 2010-11-04 | 2010-11-04 |
| MCROBBIE, William Kenneth | Director | 2011-10-21 | 2020-07-13 |
| MIDDLEMISS, Jane Cowe | Director | 2011-10-21 | 2022-10-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Cowe Cook | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-11-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-03-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-01-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-11-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-11-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation 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.