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WILLIAM NICOL (ABERDEEN) LIMITED
Cash
£2M
+282.5% vs 2022
Net assets
£12M
-23.6% vs 2022
Employees
68
+3% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£3M
-415.3% vs 2022
Profile
- Company number
- SC092415
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1985-03-26
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-09-30
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Net assets
6-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest 2023-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £11,617,170 | £13,356,575 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £638,655 | -£1,885,184 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £813,832 | -£2,565,978 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £675,562 | -£3,076,819 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £650,384 | £2,488,004 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £16,603,182 | £13,002,175 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £15,144,998 | £11,568,929 | |
| Equity | £13,148,628 | £14,305,410 | £14,801,813 | £14,917,436 | £15,144,998 | £11,568,929 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 66 | 68 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £3,616,096 | £3,891,621 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bain Henry Reid
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having made due and careful enquiry, are of the opinion that the company has adequate working capital to execute its operations over the next 12 months. The directors have therefore made an informed judgement at the time of approving the financial statements that the company is a going concern. As a result, the directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The 2023 impairment arose following the death of Bruce Nicol when his estate instructed valuation reports to be obtained of the assets. The assets were then written down to reflect those current valuations.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACKINNONS SOLICITORS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2024-10-07 | — | — |
| NICOL, Darren Paul | Director | 2023-08-09 | Sep 1975 | British |
| NICOL, Keith | Director | 2023-08-09 | Nov 1950 | British |
| NICOL, Mark Richard | Director | 2024-11-28 | Sep 1975 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAURIE & CO | Corporate Secretary | — | 2024-10-07 |
| LEDINGHAM CHALMERS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | — | 1989-12-22 |
| NICOL, Bruce | Director | — | 2023-08-04 |
| NICOLL, Alan John | Director | 2020-12-17 | 2023-08-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Richard Nicol | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-01-24 | Active |
| Mr Darren Paul Nicol | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2023-08-09 | Active |
| Mr Bruce Nicol | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-03-06 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-11-21 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current extended |
| 2025-07-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-02-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-02-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2024-12-18 | AD03 | address | move registers to sail company with new address |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-12-18 | AD02 | address | change sail address company with new address |
| 2024-12-18 | AP04 | officers | appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
| 2024-12-18 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-12-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2023-12-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2023-08-18 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-08-18 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-08-10 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2023-09-30
11.03
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.266 × 6.56 = +1.75
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets -0.148 × 6.72 = -0.99
- Book equity / Total liabilities 9.790 × 1.05 = +10.28
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Composite activity score · components 0–100 · reference 2026-05-10
26
COLD
/ 100
- Filings velocity 33
- Capital events 0
- Officer churn 0
- Headcount trajectory 53
- Accounts trajectory 65
- 4 filing(s) in last 12 months
- Employees +3% YoY
- Turnover +15% YoY