WESTER ROSS FISHERIES LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-22 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-08
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-91.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+3.8% vs 2023
Employees
35
-38.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-22.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WESTER ROSS FISHERIES LTD. 2006-03-21 → present
- LOCH KANAIRD LTD 2006-02-20 → 2006-03-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,703,622 | £27,095,533 | |
| Operating profit | £1,923,967 | £1,745,146 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,728,740 | £1,338,438 | |
| Net profit | £1,016,526 | £556,541 | |
| Cash | £21,155,022 | £1,856,134 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,399,606 | £15,944,961 | |
| Net assets | £14,572,141 | £15,128,682 | |
| Equity | £14,572,141 | £15,128,682 | |
| Average employees | 57 | 35 | |
| Wages | £2,226,998 | £1,427,019 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.5% | 10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.0% | 62.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 6.96x | 1.93x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having taken all the above factors into consideration, the board of Directors of the Company have a reasonable expectation that the company is able to meet its financial obligations for the going concern review period. Accordingly, they have concluded that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- WESTER ROSS FISHERIES LTD. · parent
- Ardessie Salmon Limited 100%
- Wester Ross Property Investments Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Effective from 1 January 2025, the assets and liabilities relating to the farming operations of the Company were purchased by the immediate parent company, Mowi Scotland Limited. These were purchased for their net book value, being £15m. The purchase includes farming assets, biomass, inventory, receivables, liabilities and obligations and also the investment in subsidiaries of £600k which relates to the investment in Ardessie Salmon Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAPINOS, Piotr Kamil | Director | 2023-06-30 | Jan 1978 | Polish |
| NOLAN, Scott | Director | 2023-06-30 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Ruth Helen | Secretary | 2006-02-20 | 2006-03-02 |
| WALLACE, Joan | Secretary | 2006-03-02 | 2008-07-03 |
| SCARISTA LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-07-03 | 2018-04-19 |
| BRADLEY, James Robert Gilpin | Director | 2006-02-20 | 2023-10-05 |
| HOBBS, Christopher John | Director | 2006-08-04 | 2011-12-31 |
| MILNE, Colin William | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2019-06-30 |
| RICHARDS, Hugh John Trevelyan | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2017-07-28 |
| ROBINSON, David Andrew | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2023-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mowi Scotland Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-30 | Active |
| Mr James Robert Gilpin Bradley | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-07-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-02-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-05 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-07-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+5.4%
£25,703,622 £27,095,533
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Cash
-91.2%
£21,155,022 £1,856,134
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Net assets
+3.8%
£14,572,141 £15,128,682
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Employees
-38.6%
57 35
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Operating profit
-9.3%
£1,923,967 £1,745,146
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Profit before tax
-22.6%
£1,728,740 £1,338,438
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Wages
-35.9%
£2,226,998 £1,427,019
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