ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-02 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£89M
-6.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£127M
+10.4% vs 2024
Employees
1,618
+7.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£27M
+27% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £289,890,903 | £312,502,572 | |
| Operating profit | £20,089,032 | £25,745,285 | |
| Profit before tax | £21,401,090 | £27,178,049 | |
| Net profit | £15,535,363 | £19,845,585 | |
| Cash | £95,879,321 | £89,226,591 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £137,078,058 | £149,785,321 | |
| Net assets | £115,249,467 | £127,238,802 | |
| Equity | £115,249,467 | £127,238,802 | |
| Average employees | 1,508 | 1,618 | |
| Wages | £71,136,809 | £80,403,882 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.7% | 17.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.8% | 50.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.08x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | 14.80x | 14.47x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the signing date of the financial statements. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Advance Construction (Scotland) Limited 100%
- JMS Plant Hire Limited 100%
- Advance Utilities (Scotland) Limited 52%
- Advance Training (Scotland) Limited 100%
- Advance Quarries Ltd 100%
- Montgomery Property Developments Limited 100%
- Advance Vehicle Rental Scotland Limited 100%
- AC Land Regeneration Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since the year end the Group has continued to be successful in winning significant levels of new work. The global market continues to have an impact on the business with scarcity in supply of certain products and materials along with significant price increases being felt across the industry.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHIELDS, Daniella | Secretary | 2001-12-28 | — | British |
| DIGNALL, Thomas Bryce | Director | 2007-02-01 | Oct 1958 | British |
| PANKHURST, Drew | Director | 2025-02-20 | Oct 1980 | British |
| SHIELDS, Daniella | Director | 2002-09-05 | Apr 1968 | British |
| SHIELDS, James Martin | Director | 1999-12-22 | Oct 1968 | Irish |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALDWELL, James | Secretary | 1999-12-22 | 2001-12-28 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-12-22 | 1999-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Daniella Shields | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
| Mr James Martin Shields | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.8%
£289,890,903 £312,502,572
-
Cash
-6.9%
£95,879,321 £89,226,591
-
Net assets
+10.4%
£115,249,467 £127,238,802
-
Employees
+7.3%
1,508 1,618
-
Operating profit
+28.2%
£20,089,032 £25,745,285
-
Profit before tax
+27%
£21,401,090 £27,178,049
-
Wages
+13%
£71,136,809 £80,403,882
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