SCOTTISH SEABIRD CENTRE

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Thomson Cooper Accountants Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' 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 charitable 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

1. SCOTTISH SEABIRD CENTRE · parent
   1. Scottish Seabird Centre Trading Limited 100% · Scotland · operation, management and administration of the retail, catering and hospitality facilities of the Scottish Seabird Centre visitor attraction and education facility

Significant events

• “2024/25 was a challenging year for the Scottish Seabird Centre. While the costs of refurbishment of the Discovery Centre and the income lost as a result of the prolonged closure were covered by our insurance policy, considerable disruption was caused to the wider business and to staff.”
• “The Discovery Experience, which is a key element of our overall visitor experience, was closed from February until the end of October 2024 as a result of a flood.”
• “A drone survey was carried out in 2023, following a serious outbreak of HPAI (Avian Flu) during 2022.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -4.8%

  £1,458,058 → £1,388,209

• Cash

  +7.4%

  £412,070 → £442,395

• Net assets

  -7%

  £1,969,593 → £1,831,530

• Employees

  +7.1%

  42 → 45

• Wages

  +10.7%

  £728,283 → £806,281

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