SCOTSMAN GROUP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-25 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+22.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£45M
+5.8% vs 2024
Employees
895
+1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+54.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SCOTSMAN GROUP PLC 2021-06-01 → present
- G1 GROUP PLC 2004-03-29 → 2021-06-01
- DUNWILCO (1122) LIMITED 2004-01-29 → 2004-03-29
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 | £55,509,824 | £57,657,531 | |
| Operating profit | £6,496,556 | £6,749,842 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,793,397 | £2,770,193 | |
| Net profit | £1,280,740 | £2,453,843 | |
| Cash | £4,245,575 | £5,190,582 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £114,666,295 | £110,447,813 | |
| Net assets | £42,214,339 | £44,668,182 | |
| Equity | £42,214,339 | £44,668,182 | |
| Average employees | 880 | 895 | |
| Wages | £21,033,477 | £22,791,287 |
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 | 11.7% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.7% | 63.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.85x | 2.68x | |
| Interest cover | 1.20x | 1.39x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As there is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and meet all obligations, the directors have concluded this does not represent a material uncertainty with regards to going concern.”
Group structure
- SCOTSMAN GROUP PLC · parent
- Cairnstar (Perth) Limited 100%
- Iona Pub Partnership (Scotland) Limited 100%
- Gift Ideas (Scotland) Limited 100%
- IP Partnership Ltd 100%
- Café Drummond (Aberdeen) Limited 100%
- The Dolphin (Dundee) Limited 100%
- Stirrup Stane (Livingston) Limited 100%
- Dixon Arms (Glenrothes) Limited 100%
- Corinthian Clubs Ltd 100%
- Iona Pub Partnership (2017) Limited 100%
- Student Space St Andrews Limited 100%
- Woolmanhill Properties Limited 100%
- Skerryvore Limited 100%
- Kilrymont Developments Limited 100%
- Scotsman Hospitality Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYME, David Wilson | Secretary | 2021-04-02 | — | — |
| KING, Deborah Edith Endoxana, Dr | Director | 2014-06-10 | Jan 1976 | British |
| KING, Stefan Paul | Director | 2004-03-23 | Oct 1962 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Ewan James | Director | 2024-08-26 | Apr 1982 | British |
| WELSH, Lesley | Director | 2009-07-15 | May 1975 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DROMGOOLE, Fiona Mhairi | Secretary | 2012-07-31 | 2014-06-13 |
| MCGHEE, Brian | Secretary | 2014-08-28 | 2021-04-02 |
| MCGHEE, Brian William Craighead | Secretary | 2004-03-23 | 2012-07-31 |
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-01-29 | 2004-03-23 |
| KING, Martine Frances | Director | 2004-03-23 | 2009-07-09 |
| MCDOWALL, David | Director | 2009-07-15 | 2014-10-31 |
| MCGHEE, Brian William Craighead | Director | 2004-03-23 | 2022-03-21 |
| MCQUADE, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2012-04-03 | 2024-11-07 |
| MIDDLEMISS, George Richardson | Director | 2004-03-23 | 2009-12-31 |
| YOUNG, John Christopher | Director | 2010-01-12 | 2012-07-31 |
| D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-01-29 | 2004-03-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotsman Holdings Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 248 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-11 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-03-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+3.9%
£55,509,824 £57,657,531
-
Cash
+22.3%
£4,245,575 £5,190,582
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£42,214,339 £44,668,182
-
Employees
+1.7%
880 895
-
Operating profit
+3.9%
£6,496,556 £6,749,842
-
Profit before tax
+54.5%
£1,793,397 £2,770,193
-
Wages
+8.4%
£21,033,477 £22,791,287
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