GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE (TRADING) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£838K
-7.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£2
0% vs 2024
Employees
65
-8.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£689K
-30.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE (TRADING) LIMITED 2000-11-07 → present
- M M & S (2697) LIMITED 2000-08-18 → 2000-11-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,670,906 | £3,447,068 | |
| Operating profit | £970,889 | £678,721 | |
| Profit before tax | £987,035 | £689,113 | |
| Net profit | £740,277 | £516,835 | |
| Cash | £905,170 | £838,246 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2 | £2 | |
| Net assets | £2 | £2 | |
| Equity | £2 | £2 | |
| Average employees | 71 | 65 | |
| Wages | £1,244,270 | £1,387,811 |
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 | 26.4% | 19.7% | |
| Net margin | 20.2% | 15.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 48544450.0% | 33936050.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.00x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Thomson Cooper Statutory Auditors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company relies heavily on support from its fellow subsidiary, GSC Limited, to continue trading at current levels. The Directors understand that GSC Limited, due to the level of unrestricted financial reserves, the actions taken and planned as part of an organisational change process to reduce the budgeted deficit in 2025/26 and beyond. can be considered as a going concern and, as such, the company can also be considered as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCQUEEN, David | Secretary | 2006-09-01 | — | British |
| CLARK, Craig Stewart | Director | 2021-11-22 | Aug 1973 | British |
| HAMILTON, Mark Richard | Director | 2026-01-23 | May 1975 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARCHANT, Derek Finlayson | Secretary | 2003-07-28 | 2006-05-12 |
| MCCUBBIN, Alan Ronald | Secretary | 2000-10-27 | 2002-07-19 |
| SMART, Alasdair Gordon | Secretary | 2006-05-12 | 2006-09-01 |
| WILLIAMSON, Walter Scott | Secretary | 2002-07-19 | 2003-07-28 |
| MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-08-18 | 2000-10-27 |
| ARBUTHNOTT, John Peebles, Sir | Director | 2000-10-27 | 2001-03-12 |
| BAILLIE, Elizabeth | Director | 2001-05-22 | 2005-12-12 |
| BENNETT, George Aitken, Dr | Director | 2000-10-27 | 2002-02-11 |
| CHRYSTIE, Kenneth George, Dr | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2018-11-26 |
| DUNCAN, William, Dr | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2019-11-25 |
| FRY, Dominic Lawrence Charlesworth | Director | 2002-02-11 | 2006-12-18 |
| HUNTER, Selma | Director | 2021-11-22 | 2025-12-05 |
| MCDONALD, Jim, Sir | Director | 2011-09-05 | 2016-11-21 |
| MERCHANT, Thomas Henry | Director | 2002-05-17 | 2002-10-31 |
| ORR, David James Macconnell | Director | 2001-06-27 | 2009-12-14 |
| PATRICK, Stuart Leslie | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2019-11-25 |
| RAMSAY, Hugh Kirkwood | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2010-11-26 |
| SIBBALD, David James | Director | 2016-11-21 | 2021-11-22 |
| SMITH, Alan Paul | Director | 2000-10-27 | 2002-05-24 |
| TIBBOTT, Richard John Edwards | Director | 2000-12-14 | 2002-05-13 |
| WATSON, James Howitt | Director | 2021-11-22 | 2023-05-09 |
| WEDDELL, Brian | Director | 2003-07-28 | 2004-09-29 |
| WILLIAMSON, Garry John | Director | 2024-01-19 | 2025-12-05 |
| VINDEX LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-08-18 | 2000-10-27 |
| VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-08-18 | 2000-10-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Science Centre Charitable Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-08-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-25 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2021-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-6.1%
£3,670,906 £3,447,068
-
Cash
-7.4%
£905,170 £838,246
-
Net assets
0%
£2 £2
-
Employees
-8.5%
71 65
-
Operating profit
-30.1%
£970,889 £678,721
-
Profit before tax
-30.2%
£987,035 £689,113
-
Wages
+11.5%
£1,244,270 £1,387,811
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