THE STIRLING FAMILY INVESTMENT CO LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-02 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£390K
-53.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£25M
+9.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
28
-6.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+444.8% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £22,542,834 | £19,943,849 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £441,754 | £3,267,320 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£904,054 | £3,116,961 | |
| Net profit | — | -£10,500 | -£708,314 | £2,416,583 | |
| Cash | — | — | £835,301 | £390,066 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2 | £1,044,751 | £27,766,739 | £40,530,844 | |
| Net assets | £2 | — | £22,703,417 | £24,887,070 | |
| Equity | £2 | £1,044,751 | £22,703,417 | £24,887,070 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 30 | 28 | |
| Wages | — | £0 | £823,600 | £555,954 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £269,317 | £258,757 |
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-11.5%
£22,542,834 £19,943,849
-
Cash
-53.3%
£835,301 £390,066
-
Net assets
+9.6%
£22,703,417 £24,887,070
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-6.7%
30 28
-
Operating profit
+639.6%
£441,754 £3,267,320
-
Profit before tax
+444.8%
-£904,054 £3,116,961
-
Wages
-32.5%
£823,600 £555,954
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 2.0% | 16.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -3.1% | 12.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 1.6% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.09x | 6.81x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.33x | 2.63x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE STIRLING FAMILY INVESTMENT CO LTD · parent
- Allan Water Developments Limited 63%
- Allan Water Homes Limited 100%
- Allan Water Homes (Chryston) Limited 59%
- Allan Water Homes (Cambusbarron) Limited 100%
- Allan Water Limited 100%
- Allan Water Construction Limited 100%
- Silver Machine Limited 99%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Group commenced construction on two new development sites and has a further two projects in advanced stages of planning, with the expectation of commencing works in Spring 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STIRLING, David Charles | Director | 2021-12-21 | Aug 1971 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Charles Stirling | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 16 of 16 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-04 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-11-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type micro entity | |
| 2023-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-29 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-07-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-21 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.