THORBURN HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-04 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-21
Watchouts
Cash
£467K
-44.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+1.9% vs 2023
Employees
119
+6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£163K
-5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-26 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £14,849,910 | £16,624,685 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £482,390 | £512,071 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £171,442 | £162,866 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £448,462 | £79,915 | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | £0 | £845,437 | £466,687 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £8,827,645 | £8,297,951 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £4,180,034 | £4,259,949 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £4,180,034 | £4,259,949 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 112 | 119 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £3,342,482 | £4,101,435 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £191,334 | £136,088 |
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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
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Turnover
+12%
£14,849,910 £16,624,685
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Cash
-44.8%
£845,437 £466,687
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Net assets
+1.9%
£4,180,034 £4,259,949
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Employees
+6.3%
112 119
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Operating profit
+6.2%
£482,390 £512,071
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Profit before tax
-5%
£171,442 £162,866
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Wages
+22.7%
£3,342,482 £4,101,435
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 | 2021-04-26 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 3.2% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 3.0% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 5.5% | 6.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.40x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 1.54x | 1.45x |
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
- Greaves West & Ayre
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- THORBURN HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Thorburn Group Limited 100%
- Thorburn Group (Berwick) Limited 100%
- Premier Livestock Handling Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “2024 has marked a significant milestone with the successful relocation to our new site in Duns.”
- “Alongside the relocation, we've made strategic investments in our people and infrastructure to support the evolving processes and capabilities our new site enables.”
- “We're pleased to report that, despite the scale of this transition, we have continued to grow our turnover and further enhance our product and service offering.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THORBURN, Aynsley Ann | Director | 2025-04-04 | Jan 1989 | British |
| THORBURN, Euan Robert | Director | 2021-04-27 | Oct 1986 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, Philip John Douglas | Director | 2021-06-04 | 2025-04-04 |
| THORBURN, Alistair Ewart | Director | 2021-04-27 | 2025-04-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craigvinean Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-04 | Active |
| Mr Euan Robert Thorburn | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2021-06-04 | Ceased 2025-04-04 |
| Mr Alistair Ewart Thorburn | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-04-27 | Ceased 2021-06-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-04 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-15 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-10-31 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.