JOSEPH ROBERTSON (ABERDEEN) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£98K
-29% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+13.6% vs 2023
Employees
272
+12.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£822K
+56.9% vs 2023
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 | £35,691,000 | £41,355,000 | |
| Operating profit | £893,000 | £1,247,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £524,000 | £822,000 | |
| Net profit | £432,000 | £962,000 | |
| Cash | £138,000 | £98,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,678,000 | £7,487,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,641,000 | £4,135,000 | |
| Equity | £3,641,000 | £4,135,000 | |
| Average employees | 242 | 272 | |
| Wages | £6,700,000 | £8,042,000 |
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 | 2.5% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.6% | 16.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.5% | 75.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.94x | 0.96x | |
| Interest cover | 2.42x | 2.93x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- JOSEPH ROBERTSON (ABERDEEN) LIMITED · parent
- Joseph Robertson (Ready Meals) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end the company agreed to purchase land at 45-47 Sinclair Road for £1,250,000 funded wholly by a bank loan, repayable monthly with a final repayment of the outstanding balance and accrued interest by March 2035.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KILSHAW, David Charles | Director | 2010-05-14 | Mar 1955 | British |
| ROBERTSON, James | Director | 1999-04-16 | Dec 1959 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Michael | Director | 1990-06-05 | Feb 1961 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Simon | Director | 1990-06-05 | Dec 1962 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| REID, Brian | Nominee Secretary | 1990-06-05 | 1991-06-05 |
| A C MORRISON & RICHARDS | Corporate Secretary | 1990-06-05 | 2015-06-01 |
| A.C. MORRISON & RICHARDS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2015-06-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| MUNDAY, Jeremy Arthur | Director | 2010-05-14 | 2022-05-13 |
| WAUGH, Joanne | Nominee Director | 1990-06-05 | 1991-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Robertson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Simon Robertson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Michael Robertson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2025-12-23 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-24 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-03-24 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-03-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-18 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-03-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-23 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2022-12-23 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-
Turnover
+15.9%
£35,691,000 £41,355,000
-
Cash
-29%
£138,000 £98,000
-
Net assets
+13.6%
£3,641,000 £4,135,000
-
Employees
+12.4%
242 272
-
Operating profit
+39.6%
£893,000 £1,247,000
-
Profit before tax
+56.9%
£524,000 £822,000
-
Wages
+20%
£6,700,000 £8,042,000
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