DAVID MACBRAYNE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-26 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the information available to them, the Directors have assessed that these accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the Company or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DAVID MACBRAYNE LIMITED · parent
- CalMac Ferries Limited 100%
- NorthLink Ferries Limited 100%
- Argyll Ferries Limited 100%
- David MacBrayne HR (UK) Limited 100%
- Caledonian MacBrayne Crewing (Guernsey) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Introduction of six major new vessels to join our fleet by early 2027, with MV Glen Sannox already delivered in January 2025, and MV Isle of Islay and MV Loch Indaal expected in the coming year.”
- “Secured an extension of the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) contract until 30 September 2025, and subsequently secured a direct award of the new 10-year CHFS3 contract commencing 1 October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEATON, David Malcolm | Director | 2023-06-19 | Dec 1967 | Scottish |
| CONWAY, Lucy | Director | 2025-11-03 | Nov 1961 | British |
| INGRAM, Timothy John | Director | 2021-11-08 | Dec 1957 | British |
| MACKISON, Duncan John | Director | 2025-02-12 | Mar 1967 | British |
| MACRAE, John Grant | Director | 2021-11-16 | Nov 1950 | British |
| NOLAN, John Simon | Director | 2025-11-03 | Apr 1968 | British |
| OSTERGAARD, Erik Jorgen | Director | 2022-01-03 | Mar 1959 | Danish |
| RYAN, Karen | Director | 2023-12-01 | Sep 1959 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKWOOD, James | Secretary | — | 1992-12-31 |
| MCKENZIE, Gordon White | Secretary | 1993-04-21 | 2011-04-30 |
| BROWELL, Susan Margaret | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2022-11-30 |
| COMERFORD, Michael Brendan | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2022-11-30 |
| CROMBIE, Graeme Henry | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-03-31 |
| DORCHESTER, Martin | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2017-12-01 |
| DRUMMOND, Robert Lindsay | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2024-07-12 |
| EASTON, Murray | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2016-01-01 |
| GILLIES, Ian | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2012-10-31 |
| HAGAN, Stephen | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2021-11-20 |
| IRWIN, Ian Sutherland | Director | — | 1990-03-29 |
| KERR, John | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2007-12-14 |
| LYNCH, Alexander Mckay | Director | 2006-02-28 | 2012-04-18 |
| MACDONALD, Alexander Allan | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| MACKISON, Duncan John | Director | 2019-04-24 | 2022-09-16 |
| MACLEOD, Lorne Buchanan | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2012-10-31 |
| MCGIBBON, David Campbell | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2022-01-31 |
| MILLS, Harold Hernshaw | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2006-07-31 |
| O'CONNOR, Sharon Marie | Director | 2022-02-14 | 2024-07-25 |
| PATERSON, Colin Stuart | Director | — | 1997-07-31 |
| PRESTON, Philip Godfrey | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2009-04-01 |
| QUIRK, Norman Linton | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| RANKIN, Neil Erskine, Rear Admiral | Director | 1996-08-01 | 1999-07-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Charles Archibald | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2012-08-24 |
| SIMKINS, John Anthony Benjamin | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2000-11-24 |
| SINCLAIR, Robert | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| SINCLAIR, William Lawrie | Director | 2000-12-18 | 2010-06-30 |
| STARK, Primrose Jean Davidson | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| STIRLING, James Martin | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2021-11-20 |
| STRUTHERS, Alastair James | Director | 1990-01-01 | 1994-12-31 |
| TAIT, Albert Victor | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2022-02-28 |
| TAYLOR, George Alister | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| TIMMS, Peter Kenneth | Director | 2006-06-28 | 2012-11-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Scottish Ministers | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-09-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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Year-on-year
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