SCOTMID COOP LIFE SERVICES LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

• Turnover

  -9.5%

  £9,710,547 → £8,784,471

• Cash

  -55.4%

  £895,260 → £398,872

• Net assets

  -90.3%

  £16,722,995 → £1,629,198

• Employees

  -19.3%

  88 → 71

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Operating profit

  -148.3%

  £5,026,764 → -£2,426,012

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Profit before tax

  -150.1%

  £5,026,938 → -£2,518,268

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Wages

  +11.8%

  £2,092,732 → £2,340,114

  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

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.

1. SCOTMID COOP LIFE SERVICES LIMITED 2025-08-26 → present
2. THE INDEPENDENT FAMILY FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD 2011-01-14 → 2025-08-26

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The company has sufficient resources available, and the directors have prepared forecasts for the next 12 months that indicate that this will continue to be the case and that these cash flows will be sufficient for the company to、 meet its financing commitments as they fall due. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. SCOTMID COOP LIFE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
   1. Deery Funeral Services Limited 100% · Scotland
   2. David Robb Independent Funeral Directors Limited 100% · Scotland

Significant events

• “The company was acquired by Scottish Midland Co-operative Society Limited (Scotmid) on 13 September 2024 and the reporting period extended to 13 months to align with the group year end date.”
• “Hazlewoods LLP have resigned following the acquisition by Scotmid and AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited have been appointed as auditors In accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.”
• “On 19 January 2023, the company disposed of its 100% shareholding in Paisley Cemetery Company Limited for a profit of £4,612,878.”
• “During the period, the company supported several local charity partners in our communities as well as our ongoing commitment to Local Authority funeral support schemes helping families cope with the challenges of funeral poverty.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

1

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.