PORTAKABIN (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-07 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-18.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
+21.6% vs 2023
Employees
83
-13.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-25.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PORTAKABIN (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 2015-06-05 → present
- PATON PLANT LIMITED 1987-01-28 → 2015-06-05
- GEO & JAS PATON (PLANT) LIMITED 1968-03-26 → 1987-01-28
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 | £24,193,000 | £22,834,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £5,375,000 | £4,028,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,098,000 | £3,004,000 | |
| Cash | £1,593,000 | £1,297,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,662,000 | £17,691,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,890,000 | £16,894,000 | |
| Equity | £13,890,000 | £16,894,000 | |
| Average employees | 96 | 83 | |
| Wages | £3,928,000 | £3,706,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 16.9% | 13.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 0.89x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors concluded that, based on cash forecasts and funding facilities, they are confident that the group and company will have sufficient funds to meet their liabilities for at least 12 months. This is supported by an assurance from the ultimate parent company, Pacific Topco Limited, to provide financial support if needed.”
Significant events
- “On 23 May 2024, the company's immediate parent company, Portakabin Limited, was acquired by Portakabin Holdco Limited. On 11 June 2024, the shareholders of Portakabin Holdco Limited completed the sale of the entire issued share capital of Portakabin Holdco Limited to Pacific Bidco Limited, "the Portakabin Acquisition". The ultimate controlling party of Pacific Bidco Limited is Antin Infrastructure Partners SAS.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMSON, Simon | Secretary | 2023-01-09 | — | — |
| COLLINS, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2013-10-01 | Jul 1971 | British |
| IBBETSON, Daniel Frederick | Director | 2021-11-29 | May 1970 | British |
| URWIN, Gavin | Director | 2025-02-03 | Feb 1977 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Philip John | Secretary | 1998-10-22 | 2016-12-31 |
| GOFORTH, Martin Ian | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2023-01-09 |
| JAMES, William | Secretary | — | 1998-10-21 |
| BROWN, Colin Leslie | Director | 2008-09-06 | 2016-11-03 |
| BURRELL, Roy | Director | 2018-03-09 | 2021-01-31 |
| CARTER, Derek Paul | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| DUNCAN, Paul | Director | 2015-11-02 | 2017-11-30 |
| FINLAYSON, George | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| PRICE, Stephen | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2013-01-01 |
| SEMOURSON, John | Director | — | 1994-11-09 |
| SHEPHERD, Donald Welton | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| SHEPHERD, Patrick Michael | Director | 1990-10-01 | 2008-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portakabin Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-5.6%
£24,193,000 £22,834,000
-
Cash
-18.6%
£1,593,000 £1,297,000
-
Net assets
+21.6%
£13,890,000 £16,894,000
-
Employees
-13.5%
96 83
-
Profit before tax
-25.1%
£5,375,000 £4,028,000
-
Wages
-5.7%
£3,928,000 £3,706,000
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