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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-14 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-08-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-42.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£10M

+130.7% vs 2023

Employees

406

+6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£5M

+295.1% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 5 times since incorporation

  1. PETERSON (UNITED KINGDOM) LIMITED 2013-07-09 → present
  2. PETERSON SBS LIMITED 2008-06-05 → 2013-07-09
  3. SBS LOGISTICS LIMITED 1999-03-04 → 2008-05-01
  4. SHETLAND BASE SERVICES LIMITED 1997-04-17 → 1999-03-04
  5. SHETLAND HOLDINGS LIMITED 1997-03-18 → 1997-04-17
  6. TRUSHELFCO (NO.2221) LIMITED 1997-01-31 → 1997-03-18

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £212,837,955£221,182,499
Operating profit -£1,680,471£5,995,727
Profit before tax -£2,806,572£5,476,986
Net profit -£3,170,311£5,716,296
Cash £2,952,164£1,691,654
Total assets less current liabilities £4,952,608£12,244,541
Net assets £4,374,204£10,090,500
Equity £4,374,204£10,090,500
Average employees 383406
Wages £15,161,402£16,238,512

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -0.8%2.7%
Net margin -1.5%2.6%
Return on capital employed -33.9%49.0%
Current ratio 1.03x1.21x
Interest cover -1.19x11.14x

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
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Anderson Anderson & Brown Audit LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors are of the opinion that the company has adequate working capital to execute its operations over the next 12 months. The directors, therefore, have made an informed judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. As a result, the directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. PETERSON (UNITED KINGDOM) LIMITED · parent
    1. Peterson Australia Pty Limited 100% · Australia

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 31 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2008-05-14
DODDS, Christine Claire Director 2024-08-30 Jan 1981 British
ELLIS, Andrew Robert Director 2025-09-09 Mar 1974 British
Show 31 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
TULLOCH, Sidney Brian Secretary 1998-05-12 2002-05-27
WALLS, Kenneth Charles Secretary 1997-03-19 1998-04-07
YOUNG, Stuart Anthony Secretary 1997-03-19 1998-04-07
BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 1998-04-07 1998-05-12
STRONACHS Corporate Secretary 2002-05-27 2008-05-14
TRUSEC LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1997-01-31 1997-03-19
BAIN, John Walter Director 2014-03-31 2020-07-15
CARGILL, James Beattie Director 1999-07-01 2002-01-09
COULL, Christopher Alexander Director 2015-10-26 2025-09-09
CRIGHTON, Douglas Mcgregor Director 2002-05-27 2008-11-30
ELLIS, Andrew Robert Director 2020-07-15 2024-08-30
ELLIS, Richard John Muir Director 2002-05-27 2003-05-01
FLETCHER, Keith Director 1998-04-07 2002-05-27
FRASER, John Director 2008-12-01 2010-12-03
GIBBARD, Michael John Director 1997-03-19 1997-08-20
GOULDEN, Ian Stewart Director 1997-08-20 1998-04-07
HENDRY, Jason Director 2019-07-29 2026-03-02
HITCHIN, David George Director 1998-12-10 2001-02-16
MACIVER, Murdo Mackay Director 2002-05-27 2014-03-31
MCDONALD, Steven Michael Director 2010-06-01 2013-05-31
MCSPORRAN, James Director 2014-03-31 2019-04-12
MOORE, Sarah Robyn Director 2016-12-15 2022-01-01
MORRISON, Graeme Roland Director 2011-01-01 2013-05-31
O'MAHONY, Brendan Director 2006-08-01 2007-06-30
PORTER, Michael Alexander Director 2002-05-27 2014-03-31
ROURKE, James Lindsay Director 2000-10-01 2002-05-27
ROWE, Drusilla Charlotte Jane Nominee Director 1997-01-31 1997-03-19
TULLOCH, Sidney Brian Director 1998-04-07 2002-05-27
YOUNG, James Director 1998-04-07 2000-10-01
YOUNG, Stuart Anthony Director 1997-03-19 1998-04-07
ZUERCHER, Eleanor Jane Nominee Director 1997-01-31 1997-03-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Cai Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 198 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-09-11 RP04SH01 Legacy PDF
  • 2025-07-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2023-10-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2023-10-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-03-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-25 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-09-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-15 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-09-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-09-11 RP04SH01 change-of-name Legacy PDF
2025-07-30 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-07-28 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares
2024-11-05 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-09-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-10-09 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2023-10-09 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2023-10-05 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2023-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-05 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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