SCOTTISH INVESTMENTS SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-01 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£161K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£46K
Equity attributable
Employees
91
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£16M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SCOTTISH INVESTMENTS SERVICES LIMITED 2020-11-24 → present
- SCOTTISH INVESTMENTS (ADVISORY) LIMITED 2019-11-14 → 2020-11-24
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 | £275,000 | £172,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£14,131,000 | -£15,565,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£14,145,000 | -£15,598,000 | |
| Net profit | -£11,421,000 | -£19,123,000 | |
| Cash | £604,000 | £161,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £7,369,000 | £46,000 | |
| Equity | £7,369,000 | £46,000 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 91 | |
| Wages | £6,856,000 | £7,553,000 |
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 | -5138.5% | -9049.4% | |
| Net margin | -4153.1% | -11118.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.6% | 98.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | -1009.36x | -471.67x |
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 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: The Company is funded by its parent company, Scottish National Investment Bank plc, which is dependent on the Scottish Government for financial support. The Group is currently wholly funded by the Scottish Government, who are committed to supporting the Group's operational expenses until it becomes financially self-sustaining in the medium term and by providing £2bn of capital for investment over a period of 10 years.”
Significant events
- “There have been no material adjusting or non-adjusting events since the reporting period that would require adjustment to these financial statements.”
- “The Company made no political or charitable donations during the year ended 31 March 2025 (2024: nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TALBOT, Alison Janet | Secretary | 2023-12-18 | — | — |
| RITCHIE, David Alexander | Director | 2026-01-06 | Jan 1976 | British |
| WOOD, Craig John | Director | 2026-02-27 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGOWAN, William Lindsay | Secretary | 2020-11-22 | 2022-02-04 |
| NICHOLSON, Christopher | Secretary | 2019-11-14 | 2020-09-18 |
| RUSSELL, Kimberley Anne | Secretary | 2022-02-04 | 2023-12-18 |
| VAN KEMPEN, Rachel | Secretary | 2020-09-18 | 2020-11-22 |
| DENHOLM, Alan | Director | 2023-09-27 | 2026-01-07 |
| HUNT, Kay Margaret | Director | 2020-11-22 | 2021-03-17 |
| MACTAGGART, Eilidh | Director | 2020-11-22 | 2022-03-01 |
| QUINLAN, Kevin | Director | 2020-09-18 | 2020-11-22 |
| ROBERTSON, Michael Scott | Director | 2022-08-02 | 2026-02-28 |
| ROUGHEAD, Sarah | Director | 2021-03-17 | 2023-12-07 |
| WILSON, David John Rowland | Director | 2019-11-14 | 2020-09-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Investment Bank Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-11-18 | Active |
| The Scottish Ministers | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-11-14 | Ceased 2020-11-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-01 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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