HIGHLAND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£933
-53.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
-3.8% vs 2024
Employees
250
+5.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£367K
-151.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HIGHLAND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED 1984-10-22 → present
- DORNAN LIMITED 1984-07-05 → 1984-10-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £65,297,028 | £69,339,403 | |
| Operating profit | £926,842 | -£56,077 | |
| Profit before tax | £712,344 | -£366,983 | |
| Net profit | £508,380 | -£344,567 | |
| Cash | £1,999 | £933 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,039,090 | £10,353,890 | |
| Net assets | £9,112,001 | £8,767,434 | |
| Equity | £9,112,001 | £8,767,434 | |
| Average employees | 237 | 250 | |
| Wages | £8,390,287 | £9,104,554 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.4% | -0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | 4.23x | -0.18x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis. The company is reporting a loss before tax but a positive EBITDA and net assets position at the balance sheet date. The Group, of which the company is a member, is funded through a combination of shareholders' funds, secured bank facilities and cash generated through operating profits.”
Significant events
- “The business was impacted by the collapse of a key buying group in the year, which is the principal reason for the loss sustained in year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOFFAT, Craig | Secretary | 2025-08-11 | — | — |
| MACKINTOSH, Andrew Garry | Director | 2001-07-01 | Feb 1982 | British |
| MACKINTOSH, Evan John | Director | — | Jan 1943 | British |
| MACKINTOSH, Iain Grant | Director | 2024-04-06 | Dec 1969 | British |
| MEARNS, Morven | Director | 2001-07-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
| MOFFAT, Craig | Director | 2025-08-11 | Nov 1979 | British |
| SMITH, Kenneth William | Director | 2001-07-01 | May 1961 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Yvonne | Secretary | 2000-01-10 | 2025-08-11 |
| MACKINTOSH, Evan John | Secretary | — | 1992-04-10 |
| MURRAY, Ronald Mcleod | Secretary | 1992-04-10 | 2000-01-10 |
| BROWN, Yvonne | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2025-11-01 |
| MACDONALD, James | Director | — | 1997-04-01 |
| MURRAY, Ronald Mcleod | Director | 1992-04-10 | 2003-03-31 |
| SIMPSON, John Allan | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2020-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Evan John Mackintosh | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+6.2%
£65,297,028 £69,339,403
-
Cash
-53.3%
£1,999 £933
-
Net assets
-3.8%
£9,112,001 £8,767,434
-
Employees
+5.5%
237 250
-
Operating profit
-106.1%
£926,842 -£56,077
-
Profit before tax
-151.5%
£712,344 -£366,983
-
Wages
+8.5%
£8,390,287 £9,104,554
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