COOKE AQUACULTURE SCOTLAND LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£126m
-3% vs 2024
Employees
333
+1.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.1m
-43.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples 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 | £216,577,592 | £226,000,000 | £224,970,708 | -0.5% | |
| Operating profit | £35,962,033 | £24,710,986 | £15,759,832 | -36.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £27,357,044 | £16,129,384 | £9,068,400 | -43.8% | |
| Net profit | £21,163,183 | £12,005,219 | £6,100,696 | -49.2% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £226,274,382 | £242,082,260 | £232,599,753 | -3.9% | |
| Net assets | £117,688,556 | £129,693,774 | £125,751,781 | -3% | |
| Equity | £117,688,556 | £129,693,774 | £125,751,781 | -3% | |
| Average employees | 306 | 327 | 333 | +1.8% | |
| Wages | £10,872,561 | £12,553,106 | £12,749,245 | +1.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £418,427 | £451,556 | £436,752 | -3.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £246,183 | £254,008 | £246,350 | -3% |
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 | 16.6% | 10.9% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 5.3% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.9% | 10.2% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.6% | 46.4% | 45.9% | |
| Current ratio | 5.73x | 3.86x | 4.37x | |
| Interest cover | 3.69x | 2.48x | 1.66x |
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
- COOKE AQUACULTURE SCOTLAND LIMITED 2014-06-16 → present
- MERIDIAN SALMON FARMS LIMITED 2012-03-19 → 2014-06-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having done this the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the company entered into an invoice factoring arrangement involving the transfer of certain trade receivables to a third-party finance provider.”
- “A third party loan was entered into with DNB Bank ASA for £110m in June 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-01-13 | — | — |
| BLAIR, Colin Ian | Director | 2012-03-19 | Dec 1960 | Scottish |
| COOKE, Glenn Bruce | Director | 2014-05-13 | Aug 1965 | Canadian |
| STEWART, Leonard William | Director | 2014-05-13 | Dec 1956 | Canadian |
| YOUNG, William | Director | 2012-03-19 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-12-04 | 2014-05-13 |
| LC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-03-19 | 2013-12-04 |
| MACLAY MURRAY AND SPENS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2014-05-13 | 2015-01-13 |
| AITCHISON, Douglas | Director | 2012-03-19 | 2013-03-31 |
| IRVING, Paul Barrie | Director | 2012-03-19 | 2022-06-29 |
| WARRINGTON, Mark Kenneth | Director | 2012-03-19 | 2013-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooke Aquaculture Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.