THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINE SCIENCE
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-14 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£429K
-12.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+2.8% vs 2024
Employees
201
-6.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINE SCIENCE 1992-07-24 → present
- SCOTTISH MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 1914-12-18 → 1992-07-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,010,000 | £12,551,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£809,000 | £364,000 | |
| Cash | £491,000 | £429,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £12,877,000 | £13,241,000 | |
| Equity | £12,877,000 | £13,241,000 | |
| Average employees | 216 | 201 | |
| Wages | £5,608,000 | £5,995,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -7.3% | 2.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.66x | 0.54x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite a challenging year to March 2025, the Directors remain confident that delivery of the Strategy will provide opportunities for the charity to improve its financial position and as a result the directors believe that the charity will continue to thrive and will remain active into the future, for at least 12 months from the approval date of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINE SCIENCE · parent
- SAMS Applied Marine Science Enterprise Limited 100%
- The European Centre for Marine Biotechnology
- Scottish Marine Institute
- SAMS Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A significant development during the year was a decision by the SAMS Board to provide a voice for the Ocean by an agreement in principle to elect the Ocean to the Board. Work was initiated to operationalise this revolutionary step. Full adoption is expected in the next year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 84 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACKENZIE, Ann | Secretary | 2022-01-11 | — | — |
| ASHTON, Keir Edward | Director | 2024-06-14 | Aug 1970 | British |
| BRUTON, Gillian Margaret | Director | 2025-12-05 | Apr 1964 | British |
| CHRISTIE, Adam | Director | 2023-06-16 | Oct 1962 | British |
| CRAVEN, Jessica | Director | 2025-12-05 | Nov 1985 | British |
| DANCE, Laura Margaret | Director | 2024-06-14 | Apr 1978 | British |
| HOLLANDERS, Eric Francois Jacques | Director | 2022-12-02 | Mar 1960 | Belgian |
| JARDINE, Ian William | Director | 2023-06-16 | May 1959 | British |
| LEDGARD, Louise Joyce, Dr | Director | 2024-06-14 | Jan 1967 | British |
| MITCHESON, Helen | Director | 2025-12-05 | Nov 1985 | British |
| MOFFAT, Colin Forbes, Professor | Director | 2021-12-03 | Mar 1960 | British |
| MONRO, Stuart Kinnaird, Professor | Director | 2025-03-25 | Mar 1947 | British |
| RAVEN, Hugh Jonathan Earle | Director | 2024-12-06 | Apr 1961 | British |
| WAITES, Richard, Professor | Director | 2021-12-03 | Oct 1969 | British |
| WALLACE, Douglas, Professor | Director | 2023-06-16 | Jan 1959 | British,Canadian |
| WILLIAMS, Alun Stuart | Director | 2023-06-16 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 84 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEWS, John Burr Lumley, Professor | Secretary | — | 1999-11-01 |
| MILLER, Axel Edward Jason, Professor | Secretary | 2015-10-16 | 2022-01-11 |
| SHIMMIELD, Graham Barry, Professor | Secretary | 1999-11-01 | 2001-11-06 |
| WALTON, Elaine Barbara | Secretary | 2001-11-06 | 2015-10-15 |
| ALLEN, Hazel Anne | Director | 2017-11-10 | 2021-12-03 |
| ARBUTHNOTT, John Peebles, Sir | Director | 2004-11-02 | 2009-11-06 |
| BALFOUR, William Harold St Clair | Director | 2001-11-06 | 2007-11-07 |
| BATHO, Mark Thomas Scott | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2020-12-04 |
| BAXTER, John Mowbray, Professor | Director | 2018-12-07 | 2024-12-06 |
| BOULTON, Geoffrey Stewart, Professor | Director | 2012-11-09 | 2018-12-07 |
| BOULTON, Geoffrey Stewart, Professor | Director | 1997-10-27 | 2003-11-04 |
| BOWNES, Mary, Professor | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2014-11-14 |
| BOYD, Ian Lamont, Professor | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2008-03-07 |
| BOYLE, Peter Robin | Director | 1995-10-30 | 2001-11-06 |
| BROWN, Sarah Frances | Director | 2018-12-07 | 2021-01-05 |
| BROWNLEE, Colin, Professor | Director | 2018-12-07 | 2024-12-06 |
| BUCHANAN, James Stirrat, Dr | Director | 1992-10-28 | 1998-10-01 |
| BURKILL, Peter Henry, Professor | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2014-11-14 |
| CANNON, Stuart Geoffrey | Director | 2010-11-05 | 2016-11-11 |
| CHIERICI, Melissa, Dr | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2017-09-22 |
| CHILTON, Lisa Jaël | Director | 2018-12-07 | 2023-12-01 |
| CODD, Geoffrey Allan, Professor | Director | 1993-10-27 | 1999-11-01 |
| COWLING, Michael John, Professor | Director | 2000-11-06 | 2005-10-01 |
| COWLING, Michael John, Professor | Director | 1993-10-27 | 1999-11-01 |
| CRAIG, Gordon Younger, Professor | Director | — | 1992-10-22 |
| CRAWFORD, Moya Maria | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2005-11-07 |
| DAVENPORT, John, Professor | Director | 1996-10-28 | 1999-02-26 |
| DAVIES, Peter Spencer, Doctor | Director | 1990-11-07 | 1994-10-25 |
| DENTON, Eric James | Director | — | 1989-10-26 |
| DRYBURGH, Peter Alexander | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2008-05-01 |
| DUFF, Keith Leslie | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2012-11-09 |
| DUNN, Ian Derek | Director | 2016-11-11 | 2022-12-02 |
| FERGUSON, Allister, Professor | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2009-11-06 |
| FERRIER, Robert Charles, Professor | Director | 2009-12-09 | 2016-11-11 |
| FLEMING, Lora Elderkin, Professor | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2014-11-14 |
| FRANCIS, Jane Elizabeth, Professor | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2016-11-11 |
| GIBSON, Michael | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2014-11-14 |
| GLOVER, Roland Stanley | Director | — | 1989-10-26 |
| GOODLAD, Charles Alexander, Dr | Director | 2000-11-06 | 2005-11-07 |
| GRAHAM BRYCE, Ian James, Dr | Director | 2002-04-16 | 2004-11-02 |
| HALL, Ailsa Jane, Professor | Director | 2018-12-07 | 2020-03-19 |
| HAMILTON, William Allan | Director | — | 1993-10-27 |
| HAMNETT, Andrew, Dr | Director | 2009-11-06 | 2013-11-08 |
| HAMNETT, Andrew, Dr | Director | 2009-11-06 | 2012-11-09 |
| HANNAH, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | 2022-12-02 | 2023-01-13 |
| HAWKINS, Anthony Donald, Dr | Director | — | 1992-10-22 |
| HENDERSON, Gideon Mark | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2011-11-04 |
| JEFFCOAT, Marilyn Annette | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2016-06-23 |
| JOHNSTON, Ian Alastair, Professor | Director | 1994-10-25 | 1997-10-27 |
| KILPATRICK, David Robert | Director | 1988-10-25 | 1991-10-16 |
| LINDSAY, James Kerr | Director | — | 1993-10-27 |
| MACFARLANE, Ian Stuart | Director | 2005-11-07 | 2006-03-28 |
| MACKENZIE, Angus Buchanan, Dr | Director | 2004-11-02 | 2008-05-01 |
| MACKERRON, John Charles Alexander | Director | 2019-12-06 | 2022-07-31 |
| MACLEAN, Donald | Director | 2016-11-11 | 2017-09-16 |
| MCALLISTER, Gordon Cameron | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2014-11-14 |
| MCINTYRE, Alasdair Duncan, Professor | Director | — | 1993-10-27 |
| MCLUSKY, Donald Stewart | Director | — | 1990-11-07 |
| MCNEILL, Deborah Catherine, Dr | Director | 2018-12-07 | 2024-12-06 |
| MURRAY, Diana Mary | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2025-03-28 |
| NICOLSON, Donald Magnus, Dr | Director | 2019-12-06 | 2024-03-22 |
| ORMOND, Rupert Frank Guy, Dr | Director | 2000-11-06 | 2003-11-04 |
| OWENS, Nicholas John Paul, Professor | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2009-11-06 |
| PATERSON, David Maxwell, Professor | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2014-11-14 |
| PEERS, Jason | Director | 2022-12-02 | 2023-01-20 |
| PHILLIPS, Carol Jane, Dr | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2014-11-14 |
| PRIEDE, Imants George, Professor | Director | 2011-11-04 | 2017-11-10 |
| RAFFAELLI, David George, Dr | Director | 1992-10-28 | 1995-10-30 |
| READ, Paul Alfred, Professor | Director | 1991-10-16 | 1997-10-27 |
| RITCHIE, George Stephen, Rear Admiral | Director | — | 1989-10-26 |
| ROGERS, John Malcolm, Dr | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2013-11-08 |
| ROSS, Angus Allan | Director | 2011-11-04 | 2017-11-10 |
| RUNDLE, Kendall Andrew | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2016-11-11 |
| SANKEY, Richard Douglas | Director | 2000-11-06 | 2003-11-04 |
| SCRUTTON, Roger Antony, Dr | Director | 2004-11-02 | 2010-11-05 |
| SIMPSON, John Harold, Prof | Director | — | 1991-10-16 |
| SMITH, David Cecil, Sir | Director | 1994-10-25 | 2000-11-28 |
| SPEIRS, Walter Thomas Swanney | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2012-11-09 |
| SPRENT, Janet Irene, Professor | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2008-05-01 |
| STEVENSON, Charles Bernard Hilton, Commodore | Director | 2005-11-07 | 2011-11-04 |
| STEWART, Frederick Henry | Director | — | 1989-10-26 |
| THOMPSON, Paul Michael, Professor | Director | 2001-11-06 | 2008-05-01 |
| THORPE, Stephen Austen, Professor | Director | — | 1990-11-07 |
| THWAITES, Roger | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2006-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 314 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+14%
£11,010,000 £12,551,000
-
Cash
-12.6%
£491,000 £429,000
-
Net assets
+2.8%
£12,877,000 £13,241,000
-
Employees
-6.9%
216 201
-
Wages
+6.9%
£5,608,000 £5,995,000
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