PLACES FOR PEOPLE SCOTLAND LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-09 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-23
Watchouts
Cash
£755K
+37% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
+18.9% vs 2024
Employees
3
-70% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+2,457.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PLACES FOR PEOPLE SCOTLAND LIMITED 2012-04-02 → present
- LOTHIAN HOMES LIMITED 2005-02-15 → 2012-04-02
- LOTHIAN HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED 2005-01-14 → 2005-02-15
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 | £32,257,000 | £40,973,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,139,000 | £9,217,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £136,000 | £3,478,000 | |
| Net profit | £133,000 | £3,270,000 | |
| Cash | £551,000 | £755,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £109,225,000 | £123,935,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,638,000 | £20,980,000 | |
| Equity | £17,638,000 | £20,980,000 | |
| Average employees | 10 | 3 | |
| Wages | £416,000 | £91,000 |
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 | 15.9% | 22.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.7% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 85.8% | 86.3% | |
| Interest cover | 1.02x | 1.60x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “During the year to 31 March 2025 the Company sold 31 properties (2024: 26) under the Scottish Government shared equity scheme. Also there were a further 40 properties sold as Outright Sale. The total turnover from sales was £22.8m for the year ended 31 March 2025 (2024: £15.6m).”
- “A further 74 mid market rent properties were developed during the year and are now managed by the company (2024: 137). It is expected that a further 95 mid market properties will be developed for rent by the end of March 2026.”
- “During the year there were 0 (2024: 0) reportable RIDDOR accidents.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEACON, Joanna Kate | Secretary | 2023-07-01 | — | — |
| BLAIR, Ryan Christopher | Director | 2025-08-20 | Jul 1987 | British |
| BROWN, Kelly David Robert | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jun 1982 | Scottish |
| CAMPBELL, Euan Neill | Director | 2023-12-13 | Aug 1980 | British |
| HILL, Graham | Director | 2026-02-04 | Oct 1966 | British |
| MACHOLLA, Natalya | Director | 2026-02-04 | Aug 1987 | British |
| MATKO, Stella Anna | Director | 2026-02-04 | Dec 1962 | British |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Michael | Director | 2025-08-20 | Oct 1982 | British |
| MCLEOD, Kevin | Director | 2025-08-20 | Jan 1962 | British |
| SIBBALD, Moira Ramsay | Director | 2022-06-01 | Dec 1958 | Scottish |
| WINSTANLEY, Andrew | Director | 2023-12-13 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNINGS, Richard | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2020-10-12 |
| NORRIS, Thomas Christopher | Secretary | 2020-10-12 | 2023-07-01 |
| STEELE, William Alister | Secretary | 2005-01-14 | 2017-01-01 |
| AKTEMEL, Susan Deborah, Dr | Director | 2013-08-07 | 2016-08-23 |
| ANDERSON, Kevin Alexander James | Director | 2012-08-28 | 2013-02-06 |
| CLARIDGE, Heather | Director | 2024-02-07 | 2024-12-09 |
| CLARK, Thomas Hamilton | Director | 2005-01-14 | 2005-11-25 |
| DALE, Benjamin | Director | 2013-08-07 | 2017-08-22 |
| EVANS, Anna Rowena | Director | 2012-12-04 | 2017-08-22 |
| EVANS, Anna Rowena | Director | 2006-09-04 | 2010-01-01 |
| FAIRBAIRN, Elizabeth Mary, The Hon Mrs | Director | 2005-01-14 | 2010-01-01 |
| FRASER, Kenneth James | Director | 2023-12-13 | 2025-01-27 |
| GARNER, Catherine Lizbeth | Director | 2017-08-22 | 2018-02-28 |
| GLOVER, John Mctaggart | Director | 2005-01-14 | 2010-01-01 |
| GORRIE, Donald Cameron Easterbrook | Director | 2005-01-14 | 2005-11-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Jane | Director | 2005-01-14 | 2005-11-22 |
| HAMBLIN, Janet Mary | Director | 2023-12-13 | 2026-02-04 |
| JACK, Colin David | Director | 2025-02-05 | 2026-01-30 |
| JENNINGS, Richard, Dr | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-10-12 |
| KYLE, William Robert | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2026-01-09 |
| LOCKHART, William Mcgrouther | Director | 2019-08-21 | 2023-12-13 |
| MACDONALD, Roderick | Director | 2023-12-13 | 2024-10-27 |
| MILLER, Neil Thomson Boyes | Director | 2010-09-28 | 2013-08-07 |
| NORRIS, Thomas Christopher | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2023-12-13 |
| OSWALD, Stephen | Director | 2018-04-10 | 2021-09-16 |
| PIRIE, Alexander Neil Ferguson | Director | 2012-08-28 | 2016-12-06 |
| PRENTER, Patrick Robert | Director | 2005-01-14 | 2005-11-22 |
| QUINN, Daniel Dermott | Director | 2005-01-14 | 2010-09-28 |
| RAE, Colin Kenneth | Director | 2017-12-05 | 2019-05-24 |
| RICE, Paula Jane | Director | 2018-09-21 | 2020-02-12 |
| SCOTT, Pamela Elizabeth | Director | 2022-09-20 | 2026-01-26 |
| SHAW, David John | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2016-01-01 |
| SHERRIFF, Bryan Ballie | Director | 2024-02-07 | 2026-04-02 |
| SMART, Katie | Director | 2023-12-13 | 2025-04-01 |
| STEELE, William Alister | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2017-01-01 |
| STILING, Elliott Allan | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2014-12-09 |
| STODDART, William Jeffrey | Director | 2005-01-14 | 2010-01-01 |
| WADDELL, Graham John | Director | 2017-08-22 | 2022-09-20 |
| WEIGHTMAN, Timothy John | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2023-12-13 |
| WELSH, Alexander Forrest | Director | 2018-02-13 | 2018-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Places For People Group Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
+27%
£32,257,000 £40,973,000
-
Cash
+37%
£551,000 £755,000
-
Net assets
+18.9%
£17,638,000 £20,980,000
-
Employees
-70%
10 3
-
Operating profit
+79.4%
£5,139,000 £9,217,000
-
Profit before tax
+2,457.4%
£136,000 £3,478,000
-
Wages
-78.1%
£416,000 £91,000
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