MINTLAW AND CENTRAL BUCHAN INITIATIVE
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£218K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
Equity attributable
Employees
56
Average over period
Profit before tax
£11K
Period ending 2025-05-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £921,403 | £886,311 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £86,026 | £10,536 | |
| Net profit | £86,026 | £10,536 | |
| Cash | £238,731 | £218,290 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,732,973 | £2,743,509 | |
| Net assets | £2,732,686 | £2,743,222 | |
| Equity | £2,732,686 | £2,743,222 | |
| Average employees | 55 | 56 | |
| Wages | £532,300 | £578,587 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 9.3% | 1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.6% | 1.7% | |
| Current ratio | 5.94x | 5.10x |
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
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Bain Henry Reid
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees are of the opinion that there is sufficient resources available to continue the activities of the charity over the next 12 months. The trustees, therefore, have made an informed judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future. As a result the trustees have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- MINTLAW AND CENTRAL BUCHAN INITIATIVE · parent
- MACBI Cafe Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSGOOD, Flora | Secretary | 2023-11-15 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Julie | Director | 2005-05-13 | Jul 1970 | British |
| BARRON, David | Director | 2010-06-14 | May 1967 | British |
| LAIDLAW, Ian | Director | 2022-12-10 | Jan 1962 | British |
| LEIPER, Norman Charles | Director | 2005-05-13 | Dec 1938 | British |
| OSGOOD, Flora | Director | 2023-11-15 | Aug 1992 | British |
| WATSON, Hamish | Director | 2010-06-14 | Sep 1962 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Julie | Secretary | 2022-12-10 | 2023-11-15 |
| BURNS, Harry Alan | Secretary | 2022-05-12 | 2022-12-10 |
| STEWART & WATSON, Messrs | Secretary | 2005-05-13 | 2022-05-12 |
| BURNS, Harry Alan | Director | 2005-05-13 | 2023-11-15 |
| CASSIE, Pamela Ann | Director | 2005-05-13 | 2011-05-01 |
| MCWHIRR, William Alexander | Director | 2005-05-13 | 2009-10-01 |
| PASCOE, John Spencer | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2023-11-15 |
| SMITH, Norman John | Director | 2005-05-13 | 2023-11-15 |
| TAYLOR, Leslie Paterson | Director | 2005-05-13 | 2010-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 65 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-05-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption 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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31