MACDONALD BOSTON CO. LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-14 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-05-31

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£34K

-5.6% vs 2023

Net assets

-£3K

+98.4% vs 2023

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£453K

+347.9% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Material uncertainty over going concern

The Directors do not consider the Company to be a going concern and the financial statements have been prepared on a break up basis.

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Industrials median

MACDONALD BOSTON CO. LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

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

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£770,274	£807,651
Operating profit	—	—
Profit before tax	£101,147	£453,024
Net profit	£74,441	£339,339
Cash	£36,432	£34,385
Total assets less current liabilities	£1,216,158	£1,597,810
Net assets	-£194,408	-£3,107
Equity	-£194,408	-£3,107
Average employees	0	0
Wages	—	—

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Net margin	9.7%	42.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	111.7%	100.2%
Current ratio	1.04x	1.36x

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: PKF Littlejohn LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors do not consider the Company to be a going concern and the financial statements have been prepared on a break up basis.”

Group structure

MACDONALD BOSTON CO. LIMITED · parent
1. Roderick Macdonald Syndicate's LLP 100% · England & Wales · limited liability underwriting Member of Lloyd's

Significant events

“The Group ceased to underwrite through its wholly owned subsidiary at 31 December 2024.”

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

People

5 active · 3 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
ARGENTA SECRETARIAT LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2014-07-09	—	—
BOWLES, David Charles	Director	2022-08-15	Aug 1968	British
MACDONALD, Roderick Lett	Director	2014-07-09	Dec 1950	American
APCL CORPORATE DIRECTOR NO.1 LIMITED	Corporate Director	2014-07-09	—	—
APCL CORPORATE DIRECTOR NO.2 LIMITED	Corporate Director	2014-07-09	—	—

Show 3 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
MACKAY, James Anthony	Director	2016-03-07	2019-03-29
REAMES, David Peter	Director	2014-07-09	2016-02-24
WEBB, Michael William	Director	2019-03-29	2022-08-15

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr. Roderick Lett Macdonald	Individual	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 41 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-06-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-12	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-05-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-11-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-08-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2022-08-22	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-08-19	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-07-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-11-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-07-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-03-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2020-07-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2019-07-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-04-04	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2019-04-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2018-10-24	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2018-09-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

+4.9%

£770,274 £807,651
Cash

-5.6%

£36,432 £34,385
Net assets

+98.4%

-£194,408 -£3,107
Employees

—

Not reported
Profit before tax

+347.9%

£101,147 £453,024

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

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