S.F.F. SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-14 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-30
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-12.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+5.8% vs 2023
Employees
29
+3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+29.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- S.F.F. SERVICES LIMITED 1986-12-08 → present
- ISANDCO SIXTY EIGHT LIMITED 1986-04-23 → 1986-12-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,988,654 | £13,078,336 | |
| Operating profit | £902,725 | £1,286,989 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,201,596 | £1,555,109 | |
| Net profit | £954,566 | £1,186,325 | |
| Cash | £4,862,997 | £4,271,905 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,343,159 | £8,831,815 | |
| Net assets | £8,330,539 | £8,816,864 | |
| Equity | £8,330,539 | £8,816,864 | |
| Average employees | 28 | 29 | |
| Wages | £634,575 | £717,669 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.8% | 14.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.8% | 22.6% | |
| Current ratio | 4.94x | 3.95x | |
| Interest cover | 6997.87x | 366.56x |
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
- Hall Morrice LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- S.F.F. SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Marine Environmental Solutions Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 58 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUTHIE, Derek | Secretary | 2012-11-28 | — | — |
| BUCHAN, Alistair | Director | 2025-09-17 | Feb 1964 | British |
| DAVIDSON, John | Director | 2018-07-25 | Mar 1961 | British |
| DUTHIE, Derek | Director | 2016-01-27 | May 1968 | British |
| FENNELL, Hannah Louise | Director | 2020-10-21 | Feb 1993 | British |
| GATT, Ian | Director | 2013-04-03 | Apr 1961 | British |
| GILCHRIST, David James | Director | 2021-10-20 | May 1964 | British |
| GOVE, Sheryl Sandra | Director | 2026-04-22 | Nov 1986 | British |
| ISBISTER, Brian Neil | Director | 1995-05-09 | Mar 1965 | British |
| KEITH, Sheila Marian | Director | 2023-01-18 | Aug 1974 | British |
| MACDONALD, Elspeth Mary | Director | 2019-08-05 | Apr 1966 | Scottish |
| MACLEOD, Angus Malcolm Mackenzie | Director | 2023-07-19 | Jan 1983 | British |
| MCKENZIE, William | Director | 2015-01-28 | Feb 1968 | British |
| MILNE, David Taylor | Director | 2015-07-22 | Aug 1963 | Scottish |
| PARK, Michael | Director | 2004-09-30 | Jun 1959 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Mark William | Director | 2014-10-22 | May 1967 | British |
Show 58 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN, Robert | Secretary | — | 1990-03-01 |
| SUTHERLAND, Michael James | Secretary | 1990-03-01 | 2012-11-28 |
| ALEXANDER, Steven | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2026-04-22 |
| ALLAN, Robert | Director | 1990-03-01 | 1989-12-04 |
| ALLAN, Robert | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| ALLEN, Ronald Hugh Taylor | Director | 1993-09-09 | 2004-02-17 |
| ARMSTRONG, Charles Albert | Director | 2005-04-28 | 2019-09-27 |
| BOYTER, William Wood | Director | 1991-06-24 | 1994-02-09 |
| BROWN, James Hamilton | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2016-01-27 |
| BROWN, James Hamilton | Director | 1999-06-17 | 2001-02-08 |
| BROWN, James Hamilton | Director | 1990-11-01 | 1994-08-25 |
| COGHILL, Alan Andrew | Director | 1999-08-26 | 2014-10-27 |
| COLLINS, Simon Caspar | Director | 2014-02-06 | 2022-12-31 |
| DAWSON, Gerald John | Director | 1994-08-25 | 1996-12-31 |
| DOUGAL, Robert Ross | Director | 2013-10-02 | 2025-06-20 |
| EVANS, James | Director | 1993-06-10 | 2006-05-31 |
| FAIRNIE, David | Director | — | 1989-05-02 |
| FINN, Cecil Thomas | Director | 1996-04-11 | 1998-06-18 |
| FINN, Thomas | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2017-12-05 |
| GARRETT, Nicholas John | Director | 2003-07-10 | 2007-01-18 |
| GATT, Ian | Director | 2007-06-21 | 2010-10-06 |
| GOODLAD, John Hutchison | Director | — | 1995-05-09 |
| HAY, William Flett | Director | — | 1996-04-11 |
| HERMSE, John David Macinnes | Director | 2011-06-22 | 2016-04-20 |
| HERMSE, John David Macinnes | Director | 2004-09-30 | 2006-04-07 |
| JOHNSTON, Richard Andrew | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2014-05-13 |
| JOHNSTON, Thomas | Director | 1989-05-02 | 1990-02-20 |
| JOHNSTON, Thomas | Director | — | 1991-12-04 |
| KENNING, Anthony Martin | Director | 2006-04-07 | 2023-07-20 |
| MACNAB, Kenneth Ian | Director | 2014-07-23 | 2017-12-05 |
| MATHESON, Fiona | Director | 2011-06-22 | 2020-12-03 |
| MCBAIN, Thomas Walter Aitken | Director | — | 1991-04-25 |
| MCCOLL, Roderick Alexander | Director | — | 1995-09-15 |
| MCCREATH, Alan William | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2008-06-11 |
| MCFARLANE, Archibald John | Director | 2014-02-06 | 2014-08-21 |
| MCPHEE, Hugh | Director | 2002-07-18 | 2005-07-07 |
| MORRISON, Hamish Robertson | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2005-02-10 |
| MOUAT, Jennifer Mary | Director | 2014-02-06 | 2014-10-22 |
| MURRAY, Ronald | Director | 1998-04-16 | 1999-06-17 |
| PARKHOUSE, Jeffrey | Director | 1999-06-17 | 2002-04-25 |
| RITCHIE, Alexander Brown | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2021-08-17 |
| SIMPSON, Richard Harald | Director | 1992-02-27 | 1992-02-27 |
| SLATER, James | Director | 1990-06-28 | 1998-12-31 |
| SMITH, Alexander | Director | 1998-08-27 | 2004-07-08 |
| STEWART, Patrick Loudon Mciain | Director | — | 1996-04-11 |
| STRACHAN, Alexander | Director | 2001-02-06 | 2003-07-10 |
| SUTHERLAND, George Priest | Director | 1995-10-12 | 2003-12-04 |
| TAIT, SNR, Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2004-09-30 | 2007-04-19 |
| THOM, Colin Mcgillivray | Director | — | 1993-09-09 |
| WATT, John | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2017-07-27 |
| WATT, John | Director | 2003-12-04 | 2012-12-31 |
| WEST, Alexander | Director | 1999-02-11 | 2007-06-21 |
| WEST, John Watt | Director | — | 1991-12-02 |
| WEST, John Watt | Director | — | 1990-01-25 |
| WISEMAN, Alexander | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2013-03-14 |
| WOOD, John Dougal | Director | 1990-02-22 | 1989-12-04 |
| WOOD, John Dougal | Director | — | 1993-06-10 |
| WOOD, William Allen | Director | 2020-01-22 | 2023-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Hannah Louise Fennell | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2025-05-30 | Active |
| Ms Elspeth Mary Macdonald | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2019-09-30 | Active |
| Mr Robert Ross Dougal | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-30 |
| Mr Charles Albert Armstrong | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 228 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+9.1%
£11,988,654 £13,078,336
-
Cash
-12.2%
£4,862,997 £4,271,905
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£8,330,539 £8,816,864
-
Employees
+3.6%
28 29
-
Operating profit
+42.6%
£902,725 £1,286,989
-
Profit before tax
+29.4%
£1,201,596 £1,555,109
-
Wages
+13.1%
£634,575 £717,669
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