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THORNTOUN LIMITED
Cash
£2M
-26% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+9.2% vs 2024
Employees
174
-4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+19.7% vs 2024
Profile
- Company number
- SC129587
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1991-01-28
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 86900
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Net assets
7-year trend · vs UK Healthcare median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £793,743 | £439,663 | £871,628 | £1,043,601 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £623,941 | £356,530 | £651,230 | £775,973 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £1,474,807 | £1,263,000 | £2,426,517 | £1,796,773 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £5,627,689 | £5,689,914 | £6,316,949 | £6,880,769 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £5,541,447 | £5,597,977 | £6,231,008 | £6,806,981 | |
| Equity | £5,391,671 | £5,213,924 | £5,177,506 | £5,541,447 | £5,597,977 | £6,231,008 | £6,806,981 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 179 | 172 | 182 | 174 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,924,651 | £2,966,514 | £3,286,448 | £3,538,113 |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- William Duncan + Co (Audit) Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is in a strong financial position and the Directors' expect the business to continue to trade successfully and tackle any obstacles if and when they arise.”
Significant events
- “It has been another challenging year for all care homes as the industry adjusts to a post covid "new normal", constraints on local authority funding and increasing political pressures on wages and salary costs.”
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
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, David John | Secretary | 2007-11-15 | — | British |
| JOHNSTONE, Richard Bell | Director | 1991-01-28 | Jan 1964 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSTONE, Richard Bell | Secretary | 1991-01-28 | 2007-11-15 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-01-28 | 1991-01-28 |
| JOHNSTONE, Agnes Murray Murphy | Director | 1991-02-07 | 2026-01-27 |
| JOHNSTONE, William Murdoch | Director | 1991-01-28 | 2026-01-27 |
| JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-01-28 | 1991-01-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorntoun Estate Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2026-01-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-02-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-11-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-12-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-04-06 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2021-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-12-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-09-03 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2025-03-31
8.76
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.589 × 6.56 = +3.86
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.108 × 6.72 = +0.72
- Book equity / Total liabilities 3.974 × 1.05 = +4.17
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
36.1
COLD
/ 100
- Filings velocity 42
- Capital events 0
- Officer churn 50
- Headcount trajectory 46
- Accounts trajectory 59
- 5 filing(s) in last 12 months
- 0 appointed, 2 resigned (12mo)
- Employees -4% YoY
- Net Assets +9% YoY