BURNS CONSTRUCTION HOLDINGS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-25 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+42.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2M
+17.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
52
+2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£721K
-33.1% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £22,069,370 | £17,640,641 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,085,233 | £721,873 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,078,297 | £721,456 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £819,001 | £504,924 | |
| Cash | £527,652 | — | £2,362,057 | £3,367,993 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,188,911 | — | £1,702,388 | £2,009,447 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £1,558,800 | £1,828,512 | |
| Equity | £1,188,911 | £1,187,971 | £1,558,800 | £1,828,512 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 51 | 52 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,106,901 | £2,160,214 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £389,476 | £403,769 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-20.1%
£22,069,370 £17,640,641
-
Cash
+42.6%
£2,362,057 £3,367,993
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+17.3%
£1,558,800 £1,828,512
-
Employees
+2%
51 52
-
Operating profit
-33.5%
£1,085,233 £721,873
-
Profit before tax
-33.1%
£1,078,297 £721,456
-
Wages
+2.5%
£2,106,901 £2,160,214
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 4.9% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.7% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 63.7% | 35.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.28x | 1.37x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 94.00x | 46.72x |
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
- BURNS CONSTRUCTION HOLDINGS LTD 2017-12-20 → present
- WHINCO2 LIMITED 2016-12-12 → 2017-12-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- SBP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BURNS CONSTRUCTION HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- Burns Construction (Aberdeen) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 3 April 2025, the company and group repurchased 70,425 Ordinary shares of 10p each for a consideration of £400,000. The shares were subsequently cancelled and the overall control of the company and group is unchanged.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE, Graeme Robert | Director | 2017-03-10 | Dec 1972 | British |
| MCPHEE, Keith Edward | Director | 2017-03-10 | Apr 1974 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLYNE, Colin William | Director | 2017-03-10 | 2021-08-31 |
| FARMER, Douglas Smith | Director | 2017-03-10 | 2025-04-03 |
| WATSON, Colin Carrick | Director | 2016-12-12 | 2017-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Graeme Robert Bruce | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-10 | Active |
| Mr Keith Edward Mcphee | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-10 | Active |
| Mr Colin Carrick Watson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-12 | Ceased 2017-03-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-08 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-08 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-05-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2021-11-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.