THE SCOTCH WHISKY HERITAGE CENTRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-24 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+27.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+7.9% vs 2023
Employees
89
+12.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£950K
-35.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- THE SCOTCH WHISKY HERITAGE CENTRE LIMITED 1987-04-29 → present
- SCOTCH WHISKY VISITOR CENTRE LIMITED (THE) 1987-02-04 → 1987-04-29
- SCOTCH WHISKY VISITORS CENTRE (EDINBURGH) LIMITED 1986-08-07 → 1987-02-04
- RANDOTTE (NO.79) LIMITED 1986-07-18 → 1986-08-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,448,793 | £10,438,723 | |
| Operating profit | £1,584,402 | £997,072 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,470,320 | £950,178 | |
| Net profit | £1,083,953 | £671,651 | |
| Cash | £3,617,237 | £4,598,334 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,689,307 | £11,278,044 | |
| Net assets | £8,448,577 | £9,120,228 | |
| Equity | £8,448,577 | £9,120,228 | |
| Average employees | 79 | 89 | |
| Wages | £2,181,414 | £2,323,218 |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.2% | 9.6% | |
| Net margin | 10.4% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.8% | 8.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.14x | 3.81x | |
| Interest cover | 13.56x | 8.77x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In autumn 2024 the company started major preservation and restoration works to the exterior of its Category B listed building at 354 Castlehill, Edinburgh. This is expected to cost £0.7m in total and be complete by spring 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEESTON, Kirsteen Rhoanna | Director | 2025-12-01 | May 1977 | British |
| CASTLEDINE, Thomas James | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jun 1982 | British |
| DINEEN, Angela Dawn | Director | 2018-06-06 | Sep 1979 | Scottish |
| HYSLOP, Sandy | Director | 2022-12-07 | Jul 1965 | British |
| LEASK, Malcolm Ewan | Director | 2012-12-04 | Aug 1967 | British |
| MARWICK, Jamie David | Director | 2018-11-01 | Feb 1977 | British |
| MCKINLAY, Kenneth | Director | 2010-06-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| MORRISON, Susan | Director | 2005-10-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
| PATERSON, Richard | Director | 2005-09-21 | Jan 1949 | British |
| SMITH, Ian | Director | 2017-06-09 | Apr 1973 | British |
| TREVISAN-HUNTER, Julie Ann | Director | 2018-06-06 | Jan 1975 | Scottish |
| WILSON, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2025-12-01 | Feb 1982 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICK, Anthony Richard William | Secretary | 2006-12-06 | 2018-08-29 |
| FINDLAY, James Penman | Secretary | 1989-12-31 | 1994-09-05 |
| GRAHAM, David Callum Robertson | Secretary | 1996-02-23 | 2006-12-06 |
| KINNAIRD, Kenneth | Secretary | 1994-09-05 | 1996-02-23 |
| WATSON, William Smith | Secretary | — | 1989-12-31 |
| ANTROBUS, Paul Gilbert | Director | 1992-11-11 | 1998-03-03 |
| ASHWORTH, John Brian | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1999-12-02 |
| BASCETTA, Emanuele | Director | 1999-12-02 | 2002-05-28 |
| BORTHWICK, David Jaffray | Director | 1998-03-03 | 1999-12-02 |
| CAMPBELL, John | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2007-05-31 |
| CRAIG, Hildreth Charles | Director | — | 1990-11-30 |
| DICK, Anthony Richard William | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2018-08-29 |
| DRIVER, Jonathan Paul Norman | Director | 1998-03-03 | 2005-09-21 |
| FETTER, Herve Denis Michel | Director | 2008-12-04 | 2015-09-22 |
| FILLINGHAM, Derrick John | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1997-05-31 |
| FINDLAY, James Penman | Director | — | 1994-09-05 |
| GORDON, Alexander Grant | Director | 1990-10-11 | 2002-05-28 |
| GRAHAM, David Callum Robertson | Director | 1996-02-23 | 2006-12-06 |
| GRAHAM, Jane Louise, Mrs. | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2025-12-01 |
| GRANT GORDON, Peter | Director | 2002-10-10 | 2010-06-01 |
| GRAY, Gary Kenneth | Director | 2001-12-11 | 2008-06-11 |
| GRIBBON, Glen James | Director | 2001-12-11 | 2004-07-07 |
| GRIER, Kenneth William | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2018-09-25 |
| HARTLEY, Robert Daniel Fergus | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2016-08-31 |
| HUDSON, Ewan | Director | 2019-03-19 | 2020-10-31 |
| JACKSON, Barrie Mason | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2005-05-31 |
| KEILLER, Michael Colvin | Director | 2012-12-04 | 2014-09-04 |
| KENNEDY, Iain Graeme | Director | 2008-09-22 | 2012-05-10 |
| KERGON, Barry | Director | 1999-12-02 | 2001-10-26 |
| KINNAIRD, Kenneth | Director | 1994-09-05 | 1996-02-23 |
| LEDERER, Peter Julian | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2014-12-04 |
| MACDONALD, Neil Goran | Director | 2017-09-25 | 2019-01-01 |
| MACPHAIL, John Alexander Rose | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| MCINTOSH, Alastair Stiles | Director | 1996-01-18 | 2020-12-31 |
| MCINTOSH, Alastair Stiles | Director | — | 1995-10-31 |
| MILLET, Patrick Jean-Francois | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2010-03-16 |
| NICOL, Alex Gowl | Director | 2004-12-07 | 2005-05-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Alex | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| ROBERTSON, Kenneth Robert | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2015-06-04 |
| ROSS, Ian Henry | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| SCHOFIELD, Anthony | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2017-06-09 |
| SCHOFIELD, Anthony | Director | 2004-12-07 | 2008-11-06 |
| SMITH, Peter Frederick | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2017-06-09 |
| STRAKER, Ivan Charles | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diageo Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-08-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 232 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-10-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
-0.1%
£10,448,793 £10,438,723
-
Cash
+27.1%
£3,617,237 £4,598,334
-
Net assets
+7.9%
£8,448,577 £9,120,228
-
Employees
+12.7%
79 89
-
Operating profit
-37.1%
£1,584,402 £997,072
-
Profit before tax
-35.4%
£1,470,320 £950,178
-
Wages
+6.5%
£2,181,414 £2,323,218
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