PETERSON (UNITED KINGDOM) LIMITED
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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
- PETERSON (UNITED KINGDOM) LIMITED 2013-07-09 → present
- PETERSON SBS LIMITED 2008-06-05 → 2013-07-09
- SBS LOGISTICS LIMITED 1999-03-04 → 2008-05-01
- SHETLAND BASE SERVICES LIMITED 1997-04-17 → 1999-03-04
- SHETLAND HOLDINGS LIMITED 1997-03-18 → 1997-04-17
- TRUSHELFCO (NO.2221) LIMITED 1997-01-31 → 1997-03-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 383 | 406 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.8% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.5% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -33.9% | 49.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | -1.19x | 11.14x |
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
- PETERSON (UNITED KINGDOM) LIMITED · parent
- Peterson Australia Pty Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
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 | |
| 2025-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.9%
£212,837,955 £221,182,499
-
Cash
-42.7%
£2,952,164 £1,691,654
-
Net assets
+130.7%
£4,374,204 £10,090,500
-
Employees
+6%
383 406
-
Operating profit
+456.8%
-£1,680,471 £5,995,727
-
Profit before tax
+295.1%
-£2,806,572 £5,476,986
-
Wages
+7.1%
£15,161,402 £16,238,512
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