CAPABILITY SCOTLAND
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-24 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-10
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
+12.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+1.5% vs 2024
Employees
819
+2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CAPABILITY SCOTLAND 1996-04-25 → present
- SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR SPASTICS 1961-06-05 → 1996-04-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,053,795 | £30,284,884 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£98,921 | -£263,573 | |
| Cash | £7,610,658 | £8,551,550 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,185,849 | £15,418,376 | |
| Net assets | £15,185,849 | £15,418,376 | |
| Equity | £15,185,849 | £15,418,376 | |
| Average employees | 798 | 819 | |
| Wages | £16,324,079 | £18,647,539 |
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 | -0.4% | -0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.0% | 25.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.69x | 2.57x |
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
- Henderson Loggie LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and consider that the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- CAPABILITY SCOTLAND · parent
- Capability Scotland OICP Development Company Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Decision in June 2025 to close Corseford School at the end of the 2024/25 academic year.”
- “Ambitious plans to relocate largest service provision from Upper Springland to a new site in Perth (Our Inclusive Community Project) continue.”
- “Final Salary Pension Scheme buy-out process has progressed significantly and is expected to be concluded by December 2025.”
- “HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh agreed to be Royal Patron and visited an Edinburgh service in May 2024.”
- “Corseford College graduation ceremony was held in June 2025.”
- “Continued funding for Corseford College specifically identified in the Scottish Government's Budget for 2025/26 and 2026/27 financial years.”
- “Reaccredited by Investors in People (liP) at Silver accreditation in December 2024.”
- “Migration of payroll system used to pay personal assistants to iTrent in February 2025.”
- “Cyber Essentials Plus re-accreditation for the consecutive third year received in June 2024.”
- “New partnership announced in March 2025 with Aitken Design.”
- “Published Gender Pay Gap figures in March 2025, showing an average gap of 0.85% (2024: 1.91%).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 58 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHILIP, Andrew | Secretary | 2019-05-22 | — | — |
| ALEXANDER, Ronald Stuart | Director | 2025-09-24 | Aug 1962 | British |
| BINGHAM, Brian John Graham | Director | 2020-10-01 | Nov 1956 | British |
| BRITAIN, Amanda Kate | Director | 2022-09-28 | Jul 1954 | British |
| CAMERON, Alexander, Professor | Director | 2012-10-25 | Apr 1950 | British |
| GILMOUR, Christopher | Director | 2012-10-25 | Mar 1974 | British |
| HOURSTON, David | Director | 2022-09-28 | Mar 1977 | British |
| MCPHERSON, Lisa Margaret | Director | 2022-04-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| PAYTON, Malcolm Neil, Mr. | Director | 2017-12-07 | Jun 1959 | British |
| THOMSON, Gavin | Director | 2023-10-10 | Feb 1989 | British |
| WALLACE, Rachael, Dr | Director | 2025-10-27 | Dec 1990 | Scottish |
Show 58 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICKSON, Alan David James | Secretary | 2004-03-30 | 2008-01-07 |
| DICKSON, Alan David James | Secretary | 1997-06-01 | 2000-04-05 |
| FINNIGAN, George | Secretary | 2008-01-07 | 2017-08-21 |
| HELLEWELL, Richard Geoffrey | Secretary | 2000-04-05 | 2003-10-03 |
| MCBAIN, Ian Gilchrist | Secretary | — | 1997-05-31 |
| BISHOPS | Corporate Secretary | 2003-10-03 | 2004-03-30 |
| MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-08-21 | 2019-05-22 |
| ALEXANDER, Ronald Stuart | Director | 2021-12-15 | 2024-10-01 |
| ALLEN, Mairi Elly Granlie | Director | — | 1995-08-10 |
| BARBOUR, Janice | Director | 2000-12-06 | 2004-01-16 |
| BARCLAY, Robert Peter Clarkston, Doctor | Director | — | 1991-01-07 |
| BLACKLOCK, Patricia Mary Anne | Director | — | 1990-11-03 |
| CURRIE, David | Director | 2012-10-25 | 2018-09-27 |
| CURRIE, David | Director | 2008-10-08 | 2011-04-16 |
| D'AGUILAR, Jonathan Anthony Peter | Director | 2009-10-07 | 2018-03-22 |
| DAVIE, Elaine | Director | 2017-12-07 | 2019-11-28 |
| DAVIES, Martha Esther Heti | Director | 1996-04-20 | 2001-10-03 |
| DAY, Ruth Elizabeth, Doctor | Director | — | 2003-10-01 |
| DICKSON, Alan David James | Director | 2008-12-09 | 2012-03-31 |
| DOUGLAS, Alexander Blackie | Director | 1992-10-07 | 2000-07-18 |
| DRYSDALE, William | Director | — | 1993-01-01 |
| DUFFIELD, Sheelagh Jane | Director | 2008-10-08 | 2013-10-25 |
| EDWARDS, Frederick Edward, Dr | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2004-11-17 |
| EDWARDSON, Patrick James | Director | 2008-10-08 | 2017-03-31 |
| ELDER-WOODWARD, James Ian, Dr | Director | 2012-10-25 | 2022-07-27 |
| FAIRGREIVE, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 1992-10-07 | 1996-10-02 |
| FOX, Ronald | Director | 1990-08-02 | 2012-06-20 |
| FRASER, Ian Duncan | Director | — | 1989-10-18 |
| GUEST, Kenneth Edmund | Director | — | 1989-10-18 |
| HEGGIE, Archibald Watt Murphy | Director | — | 1990-06-04 |
| HOGAN, Russell | Director | 2002-12-11 | 2013-10-02 |
| HOGG, James Herbert, Professor | Director | 2000-10-11 | 2004-11-17 |
| HOLMES, George Dennis | Director | — | 2001-10-03 |
| JOHNSTON, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2017-09-29 | 2025-09-24 |
| JOYCE, Kitty | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2011-10-05 |
| LEINSTER, John | Director | 1991-02-16 | 1992-03-22 |
| MACKAY, Donald Colin | Director | — | 1994-01-21 |
| MCCARRON, Michael | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2021-12-15 |
| MEIKLEJOHN, Margaret Jane | Director | 2005-10-19 | 2014-12-10 |
| MILLIGAN, Cynthia Ashworth, Lady | Director | 2001-10-03 | 2005-09-22 |
| MOAR, Thomas Brian | Director | 1990-12-05 | 2009-10-07 |
| MONTEITH, William Graham, Rev Dr | Director | 1995-10-18 | 2008-10-08 |
| MURDOCH, Ian Scott | Director | 1994-06-29 | 2005-10-19 |
| OSWALD, James Mcclay | Director | — | 1996-10-02 |
| PAUL, John Glass | Director | — | 1993-03-01 |
| POLLARD, Maria Alice, Dr | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2023-11-15 |
| RENNIE, Robert, Professor | Director | 1994-01-03 | 2010-06-23 |
| RICE, Mark David | Director | 2006-10-11 | 2010-06-23 |
| SHAW, Douglas | Director | — | 1995-03-10 |
| SIVEWRIGHT, James Shand | Director | 1990-07-04 | 2004-12-13 |
| SMITH, Dawn Lorraine | Director | — | 1992-08-01 |
| STEPHENSON, Lisa Ann | Director | 2008-10-08 | 2012-10-25 |
| SUPPLE, Benjamin Benvenuto | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2025-11-19 |
| TURNER, Christopher | Director | — | 2006-10-11 |
| WALLER, Annalu, Dr | Director | 1995-04-11 | 2025-09-24 |
| WARD, Maxwell Colin Bernard | Director | — | 2008-10-08 |
| WILLENS, James Henry, Mr. | Director | 2008-10-08 | 2010-04-29 |
| WOODSEND, Thomas Eadie | Director | — | 1989-10-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 241 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+8%
£28,053,795 £30,284,884
-
Cash
+12.4%
£7,610,658 £8,551,550
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£15,185,849 £15,418,376
-
Employees
+2.6%
798 819
-
Wages
+14.2%
£16,324,079 £18,647,539
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