COOKE AQUACULTURE SCOTLAND LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-03 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£130M
+10.2% vs 2023
Employees
327
+6.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£16M
-41% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COOKE AQUACULTURE SCOTLAND LIMITED 2014-06-16 → present
- MERIDIAN SALMON FARMS LIMITED 2012-03-19 → 2014-06-16
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 | £216,577,592 | £226,264,440 | |
| Operating profit | £35,962,033 | £24,710,986 | |
| Profit before tax | £27,357,044 | £16,129,384 | |
| Net profit | £21,163,183 | £12,005,219 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £226,274,382 | £242,636,218 | |
| Net assets | £117,688,556 | £129,693,775 | |
| Equity | £117,688,556 | £129,693,775 | |
| Average employees | 306 | 327 | |
| Wages | £10,872,561 | £12,557,549 |
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 | 16.6% | 10.9% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.9% | 10.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.73x | 3.86x | |
| Interest cover | 3.69x | 2.48x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As part of their duties under the Companies Act 2006 the directors have considered the group's current trading performance, reviewed the forward cashflow projections to December 2026 and subjected it to sensitivity testing. Having done this the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 30 June 2025 a new third party loan for £110m was received. On 1 July 2025 the long term loan with the group undertaking for £108m was repaid in full. The new loan has a 3 year term and includes fixed quarterly capital repayments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-01-13 | — | — |
| BLAIR, Colin Ian | Director | 2012-03-19 | Dec 1960 | Scottish |
| COOKE, Glenn Bruce | Director | 2014-05-13 | Aug 1965 | Canadian |
| STEWART, Leonard William | Director | 2014-05-13 | Dec 1956 | Canadian |
| YOUNG, William | Director | 2012-03-19 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-12-04 | 2014-05-13 |
| LC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-03-19 | 2013-12-04 |
| MACLAY MURRAY AND SPENS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2014-05-13 | 2015-01-13 |
| AITCHISON, Douglas | Director | 2012-03-19 | 2013-03-31 |
| IRVING, Paul Barrie | Director | 2012-03-19 | 2022-06-29 |
| WARRINGTON, Mark Kenneth | Director | 2012-03-19 | 2013-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooke Aquaculture Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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
-
Turnover
+4.5%
£216,577,592 £226,264,440
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+10.2%
£117,688,556 £129,693,775
-
Employees
+6.9%
306 327
-
Operating profit
-31.3%
£35,962,033 £24,710,986
-
Profit before tax
-41%
£27,357,044 £16,129,384
-
Wages
+15.5%
£10,872,561 £12,557,549
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