NICOL OF SKENE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+90.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+15.5% vs 2024
Employees
118
+4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+32.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,628,481 | £22,196,919 | |
| Operating profit | £2,104,025 | £2,764,307 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,063,706 | £2,734,143 | |
| Net profit | £1,705,870 | £2,054,036 | |
| Cash | £3,364,850 | £6,409,898 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,371,450 | £13,242,869 | |
| Net assets | £9,370,415 | £10,824,451 | |
| Equity | £9,370,415 | £10,824,451 | |
| Average employees | 113 | 118 | |
| Wages | £5,889,922 | £6,620,764 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 12.5% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 9.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.5% | 20.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.36x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | 28.74x | 33.52x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reflected these matters in the company's forecasts, including appropriate sensitivities, and are confident that the company has sufficient resources to continue trading and to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. The company's financial position is subject to ongoing monitoring by the directors.”
Significant events
- “The company has continued to invest in plant and machinery during the year to increase revenue streams and continues to replace the existing fleet.”
- “The company has a strengthened net cash position of £6.4m (2024 - £3.4m) at the year end due to improvements in cash-management practices.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICOL, Lynn Marie | Secretary | 1999-05-21 | — | British |
| BOND, Kristofer Colin | Director | 2022-08-02 | Nov 1979 | Scottish |
| COWE, Peter-Jon | Director | 2022-11-14 | Dec 1991 | British |
| MISKELLY, Michael Stuart | Director | 2023-12-11 | Jul 1988 | Scottish |
| NICOL, Derek | Director | 1999-05-21 | Jul 1962 | British |
| NICOL, Liam | Director | 2017-10-01 | Jun 1995 | British |
| NICOL, Lynn Marie | Director | 2002-06-01 | May 1961 | British |
| NICOL, Stephanie | Director | 2012-04-01 | Mar 1992 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIAN REID LTD. | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-05-21 | 1999-05-21 |
| CRAWFORD, Alan Robert | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2003-08-16 |
| HAY, John Edward | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2014-11-12 |
| MACKIE, Donald | Director | 2006-03-17 | 2010-06-25 |
| MUTCH, Neil | Director | 2022-08-02 | 2023-02-24 |
| STEELE, Graham | Director | 2009-03-01 | 2014-09-30 |
| STOTT, Richard | Director | 2006-03-17 | 2023-01-09 |
| WATSON, Neil Cattanach | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2016-02-11 |
| WHYTE, Tara | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-05-21 | 1999-05-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lynn Marie Nicol | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-06 | Active |
| Mr Derek Alexander Nicol | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+7.6%
£20,628,481 £22,196,919
-
Cash
+90.5%
£3,364,850 £6,409,898
-
Net assets
+15.5%
£9,370,415 £10,824,451
-
Employees
+4.4%
113 118
-
Operating profit
+31.4%
£2,104,025 £2,764,307
-
Profit before tax
+32.5%
£2,063,706 £2,734,143
-
Wages
+12.4%
£5,889,922 £6,620,764
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