ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN SCOTLAND
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£338K
-4.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£278K
+44.1% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£2,222,534 | -£1,751,954 | |
| Cash | £353,094 | £338,120 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £193,113 | £278,211 | |
| Net assets | £193,113 | £278,211 | |
| Equity | £193,113 | £278,211 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,247,747 | £1,154,312 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.8% | 38.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.40x | 2.62x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Audit Scotland
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As at 31 March 2025, Architecture and Design Scotland's balance sheet had net assets of £278k (31 March 2024: £193k). The Directors are confident that the relationship with the Scottish Government is such that the company will have sufficient funding for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, it is appropriate to prepare the Accounts on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In 2024/25 the noteworthy transactions in year were the disposal of Bakehouse Close lease, the rental agreement for six desk spaces at Edinburgh Futures Institute and two voluntary exit packages.”
- “There were two voluntary severances in the year 2024/25.”
- “The Edinburgh premises which the company operated from was occupied under a lease which expired on 30 April 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACDONALD, James | Secretary | 2010-08-02 | — | British |
| BONNEY, Angela | Director | 2019-04-15 | Apr 1981 | British |
| MACARI, Kirsty | Director | 2018-06-01 | Jul 1979 | British |
| MCCABE, Samantha Jessie | Director | 2022-06-16 | Apr 1979 | British |
| NARAYANAN, Daisy | Director | 2019-04-15 | Aug 1974 | Indian |
| PARKINSON, Caroline Anne | Director | 2018-06-01 | Oct 1965 | Scottish |
| ROSS, Bruce | Director | 2019-04-15 | Sep 1977 | British |
| SCOTT, Alistair James | Director | 2019-04-15 | Dec 1954 | Scottish,British |
| VARNA, Georgiana Mihaela, Dr | Director | 2022-06-16 | Apr 1984 | Romanian |
| WILSON, Lynn Isabel | Director | 2018-06-01 | May 1969 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUIR, Trevor | Secretary | 2009-07-07 | 2010-06-30 |
| TOMBS, Sebastian | Secretary | 2005-03-23 | 2009-07-07 |
| BRIAN REID LTD. | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-05-13 | 2005-03-22 |
| ALLEN, Susan Ann | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2025-10-18 |
| ANDERSON, Karen Effie Wilson | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2018-09-30 |
| BEATTIE, Alexander William | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2019-03-31 |
| BURRELL, Andrew William Lawrence | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2019-03-31 |
| CHISHOLM, David | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2018-03-31 |
| CROOKSTON, Peter Martin | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2018-03-31 |
| DIMITRIJEVIC, Branka, Dr | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2014-03-31 |
| EVANS, Brian Mark, Professor | Director | 2005-03-23 | 2010-06-28 |
| EVANS, Sue | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| FRASER, Alexander Malcolm | Director | 2005-03-23 | 2007-01-31 |
| HILL, Graham | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| HUGHES, Jonathan | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2019-03-31 |
| IRVINE, John Edward | Director | 2007-03-09 | 2010-06-28 |
| JOINER, Robert Mowat | Director | 2007-03-09 | 2010-06-28 |
| MCALLISTER, Eleanor Catherine Mary | Director | 2007-03-09 | 2010-06-28 |
| MCKAY, Martin | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2014-03-31 |
| ROSS, Graham Mitchell | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2019-03-31 |
| RUSSELL, Richard William Lockerby | Director | 2007-03-09 | 2010-06-28 |
| SIM, Alan David | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2019-03-31 |
| STALLAN, Paul | Director | 2007-03-09 | 2010-06-28 |
| YOUNG, Raymond Kennedy | Director | 2005-03-23 | 2010-06-28 |
| BRIAN REID LTD. | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-05-13 | 2005-03-22 |
| STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-05-13 | 2005-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Iain Macdonald | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-20 | 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
- 1
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-4.2%
£353,094 £338,120
-
Net assets
+44.1%
£193,113 £278,211
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Wages
-7.5%
£1,247,747 £1,154,312
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