MACKAYS STORES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-23 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-23
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£33M
Equity attributable
Employees
3
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
Period ending 2024-08-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-23
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-23 | 2024-08-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,507,351 | £842,067 | |
| Operating profit | £1,760,720 | £3,105,740 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,085,444 | £2,944,958 | |
| Net profit | £2,053,697 | £3,204,353 | |
| Cash | £693,291 | £1,185,683 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,813,201 | £43,774,839 | |
| Net assets | £29,553,806 | £32,758,159 | |
| Equity | £29,553,806 | £32,758,159 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | |
| Wages | — | £47,152 |
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 | 2023-08-23 | 2024-08-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 50.2% | 368.8% | |
| Net margin | 58.6% | 380.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.9% | 7.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 19.09x | |
| Interest cover | 2.61x | 19.32x |
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
- French Duncan LLP (trading as AAB)
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are therefore satisfied that given the detailed group considerations as discussed above, and strong Mackays Stores (Holdings) Limited statement of financial position, that the company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months from the date of signing.”
Group structure
- MACKAYS STORES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- B.R. & G.J. Twitchett Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the pension guarantee which had been called relating to the pension held within M&Co Trading Limited (in administration), was fully settled.”
- “As part of the refinancing, a large proportion of the properties were revalued during the year and these valuations resulted in an increase in value across the portfolio which has created a gain of £2,650,028 to profit.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCGEOCH, Andrew John | Director | 2012-09-03 | Mar 1980 | British |
| MCGEOCH, Neil James | Director | 2012-08-23 | Sep 1977 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, James | Secretary | 2008-05-01 | 2009-03-09 |
| CAMPBELL, Louise Anne | Secretary | 2003-05-19 | 2008-03-21 |
| FAGAN, Alison | Secretary | 2023-10-01 | 2025-09-18 |
| LAWRIE, James Andrew | Secretary | — | 1999-01-20 |
| MCKIMMIE, Matthew Richard | Secretary | 1999-01-20 | 2003-05-19 |
| MILLER, Malcolm James Archibald | Secretary | 2009-03-09 | 2022-12-30 |
| LAWRIE, James Andrew | Director | 1990-07-02 | 2002-01-18 |
| MCGEOCH, Iain William | Director | — | 2021-01-11 |
| MCGEOCH, Jean Smith | Director | — | 2012-07-12 |
| MCGEOCH, Lennie Clark | Director | — | 2001-12-14 |
| MCKIMMIE, Matthew Richard | Director | 2003-05-19 | 2017-05-26 |
| MIDDLEMISS, George Richardson | Director | 1998-02-13 | 1998-03-16 |
| MORTON, Leslie Simpson | Director | — | 1990-07-02 |
| MURRAY, John Roderick | Director | 1998-07-28 | 2002-02-15 |
| POW, James Angus | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1999-01-14 |
| RUTHERFORD, Colin | Director | 2012-08-21 | 2019-06-30 |
| SCOTT, Iain Henry | Director | 2020-08-04 | 2022-12-30 |
| STEVENSON, Peter David | Director | 1991-01-01 | 2001-12-14 |
| THOMSON, John Murray | Director | — | 1990-12-19 |
| THOMSON, John Murray | Director | — | 1989-12-31 |
| URWIN, Gavin | Director | 2017-05-26 | 2020-08-04 |
| VANN, Paul Jeffrey | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2005-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackays Stores Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 420 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-08-23 vs 2023-08-23