SHEPHERD AND WEDDERBURN LLP
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-04 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
+33.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£39M
+10.1% vs 2024
Employees
497
+3.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£36M
+19.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £71,357,000 | £78,349,000 | |
| Operating profit | £29,197,000 | £34,767,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £30,230,000 | £36,128,000 | |
| Net profit | £29,793,000 | £35,601,000 | |
| Cash | £13,022,000 | £17,341,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,660,000 | £40,583,000 | |
| Net assets | £35,735,000 | £39,358,000 | |
| Equity | £35,735,000 | £39,358,000 | |
| Average employees | 482 | 497 | |
| Wages | £21,308,000 | £22,505,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 40.9% | 44.4% | |
| Net margin | 41.8% | 45.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 77.5% | 85.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.30x | 3.53x | |
| Interest cover | 42.50x | 39.42x |
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
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The members have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the LLP or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that the Group and the LLP'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 their 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").”
Group structure
- SHEPHERD AND WEDDERBURN LLP · parent
- Ancient Hume Limited 100%
- Charlotte Secretaries Limited 100%
- Charlotte Trustees Ltd 100%
- Defensor Trustees (2001) Limited 100%
- Defensor Trustees Limited 100%
- Lycidas Trustee Company Limited 100%
- MMA Nominees Limited 100%
- MMA Trustees Limited 100%
- Moore House Nominees Limited 100%
- Queensferry Attorneys Limited 100%
- Queensferry Executors Limited 100%
- Queensferry Property Trustees Limited 100%
- Queensferry Securities Limited 100%
- Queensferry Square Limited 100%
- Queensferry Trustee Company Limited 100%
- Reynard Nominees Limited 100%
- Shepherd & Co. Limited 100%
- Shepherd & Wedderburn (Nominees) Ltd 100%
- Shepherd and Wedderburn (Edinburgh) Limited 100%
- Shepherd and Wedderburn Secretaries Limited 100%
- Shepherd and Wedderburn (Services) Limited 100%
- Shepherd and Wedderburn (Trustees) Limited 100%
- Shepherd and Wedderburn (UK) Limited 100%
- The Saltire Consultancy Limited 100%
- TM Company Services Limited 100%
- Tods Murray Nominees Limited 100%
- Vindex Nominees Limited 100%
- Vindex Trustees Limited 100%
- Saltire Data Protection Services Limited 100%
- Shepherd and Wedderburn (Europe) LLP
Significant events
- “Moved its head office to a new building in Haymarket, Edinburgh on 5 May 2023. The building is Grade A office space and achieved Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) 'Excellent' and Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) A ratings. The building does not use natural gas.”
- “The Service Company ceased trading on 31 March 2025 and all assets were transferred to the LLP on this date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
93 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Gillian Fay | Llp Designated Member | 2019-03-30 | Apr 1976 | — |
| CARTY, Gillian Anne | Llp Designated Member | 2006-09-30 | Jun 1970 | — |
| DRUMMOND, Iain Kerr | Llp Designated Member | 2006-09-30 | Jan 1971 | — |
| HALL, Andrew William Macdonald | Llp Designated Member | 2006-09-30 | Dec 1970 | — |
| MCLEOD, Euan Alasdair | Llp Designated Member | 2006-09-30 | Sep 1972 | — |
| MORRISON, John | Llp Designated Member | 2020-05-01 | Sep 1986 | — |
| ROBERTSON, Colin John | Llp Designated Member | 2012-05-01 | Aug 1980 | — |
| TROMBALA, Stephen Andrew | Llp Designated Member | 2006-09-30 | Jul 1972 | — |
| ANDERSON, David John William | Llp Member | 2006-09-30 | Aug 1967 | — |
| ARCHIBALD, Colin John | Llp Member | 2012-05-01 | Mar 1974 | — |
| BELL, Patrick Ian | Llp Member | 2007-10-03 | Mar 1967 | — |
| BLAIN, Andrew John | Llp Member | 2007-11-01 | Apr 1966 | — |
| BLAKE, Walter | Llp Member | 2006-09-30 | Aug 1970 | — |
| BOAG-THOMSON, Joanna Susan | Llp Member | 2006-09-30 | Aug 1966 | — |
| BOWIE, Ian Martin | Llp Member | 2022-02-01 | Jan 1969 | — |
| BUCHANAN, Fiona Murray | Llp Member | 2014-10-03 | Apr 1973 | — |
| BUCKINGHAM, Nathaniel Thomas | Llp Member | 2022-05-01 | Apr 1983 | — |
| CARLYLE, Paul Haining | Llp Member | 2013-09-17 | May 1971 | — |
| CHARLTON, Gavin | Llp Member | 2025-05-01 | Dec 1984 | — |
| CLANCY, Kevin John | Llp Member | 2021-05-01 | Nov 1983 | — |
| CLARKE, Samuel James | Llp Member | 2023-09-11 | Oct 1981 | — |
| COLLISTON, Stephen David | Llp Member | 2014-10-03 | Sep 1970 | — |
| COWAN, Andrew Neil | Llp Member | 2023-05-01 | Nov 1983 | — |
| DONALD, Paul Robert Alexander | Llp Member | 2007-05-01 | Jul 1971 | — |
| FOSTER, Clare Elizabeth | Llp Member | 2012-12-10 | Aug 1971 | — |
| FRIER, George William | Llp Member | 2012-06-01 | Nov 1962 | — |
| GRAHAM, Alexis Irene | Llp Member | 2021-04-01 | Nov 1980 | — |
| GRANT, Fraser Cameron | Llp Member | 2021-05-01 | Mar 1969 | — |
| GREENWOOD, Stuart Henry | Llp Member | 2018-05-01 | Dec 1985 | — |
| GRUNENBERG, Petra Anna Frieda Cornelia | Llp Member | 2022-09-01 | Apr 1972 | — |
| GUTHRIE, Emma | Llp Member | 2023-05-01 | Feb 1991 | — |
| HALL, Lucy | Llp Member | 2023-05-01 | Dec 1981 | — |
| HEADDEN, Kirsty | Llp Member | 2024-05-01 | Dec 1983 | — |
| HEPBURN, Stephanie Frances | Llp Member | 2022-05-01 | Aug 1983 | — |
| HERD, Leigh Anne | Llp Member | 2022-05-01 | Apr 1989 | — |
| HUNTER, Elaine Ann | Llp Member | 2018-05-01 | Aug 1972 | — |
| HUTCHISON, Morag | Llp Member | 2024-03-04 | Sep 1975 | — |
| INNES, Colin William | Llp Member | 2006-09-30 | Dec 1967 | — |
| KERR, Eleanor Mary | Llp Member | 2021-04-01 | Jul 1964 | — |
| KINNES, Andrew Mackenzie | Llp Member | 2006-09-30 | Jun 1969 | — |
| KNIGHT, Andrew Moray | Llp Member | 2024-08-26 | Jul 1988 | — |
| KNOWLES, Philip Craig | Llp Member | 2021-11-01 | Feb 1973 | — |
| KNOX, Louisa Stewart | Llp Member | 2006-09-30 | Jul 1968 | — |
| LAMBERTON, Matthew | Llp Member | 2026-05-01 | Sep 1992 | — |
| LEAN, Hamish | Llp Member | 2017-04-03 | Jan 1962 | — |
| LESLIE, Richard Dunbar | Llp Member | 2014-10-03 | Jul 1964 | — |
| MACKENZIE, John Swanson | Llp Member | 2010-12-01 | Oct 1968 | — |
| MACLEAN, Claire Linsey | Llp Member | 2024-08-01 | Sep 1982 | — |
| MACLEAN, Magdalena | Llp Member | 2023-05-01 | Mar 1988 | — |
| MACLEAN, Neil John | Llp Member | 2009-10-22 | Jul 1972 | — |
| MACLEOD, Ewan | Llp Member | 2006-09-30 | Feb 1973 | — |
| MACLEOD, Roderick Mungall | Llp Member | 2014-10-03 | Mar 1975 | — |
| MACRAE, Catherine | Llp Member | 2026-05-01 | Oct 1991 | — |
| MCCALLUM, Scott | Llp Member | 2012-12-10 | Aug 1980 | — |
| MCGILL, Christopher Paul | Llp Member | 2013-05-01 | Dec 1977 | — |
| MCKERRELL, Fiona | Llp Member | 2016-01-01 | Mar 1977 | — |
| MCKINLAY, George | Llp Member | 2023-05-01 | Jul 1972 | — |
| MCLAREN, Keith Anthony | Llp Member | 2023-05-01 | Mar 1979 | — |
| MCLEOD, Lauren | Llp Member | 2018-05-01 | Apr 1980 | — |
| MCMILLAN, Laura | Llp Member | 2026-05-01 | Jun 1987 | — |
| MCNAB, Katie | Llp Member | 2026-05-01 | Mar 1991 | — |
| MCRORIE, James | Llp Member | 2023-11-21 | Jul 1979 | — |
| MITCHELL, David George | Llp Member | 2006-09-30 | Sep 1973 | — |
| MITCHELL, Fraser Jon | Llp Member | 2022-09-05 | Jun 1978 | — |
| MURRAY, Euan | Llp Member | 2021-06-14 | Nov 1980 | — |
| MUSTARD, Edwin Andrew | Llp Member | 2006-09-30 | May 1968 | — |
| PATRICK, Hamish Andrew, Dr | Llp Member | 2014-10-03 | Mar 1962 | — |
| PHILLIP, Matthew | Llp Member | 2021-05-01 | Feb 1987 | — |
| PILBROW, Ben Patrick Alasdair | Llp Member | 2018-05-01 | May 1981 | — |
| RICKARD, Jonathan | Llp Member | 2013-07-08 | Oct 1967 | — |
| RITCHIE, Scott Paul | Llp Member | 2014-05-01 | Aug 1980 | — |
| ROBERTSON, Emma Jane | Llp Member | 2023-05-01 | Oct 1978 | — |
| ROCHESTER, Alison Mary | Llp Member | 2022-05-01 | Apr 1983 | — |
| RUST, Malcolm Hamilton | Llp Member | 2006-09-30 | May 1967 | — |
| SEWELL, Philip Andrew | Llp Member | 2017-11-06 | Aug 1966 | — |
| SHAND, Caroline Falconer | Llp Member | 2015-12-01 | Dec 1980 | — |
| SIEVWRIGHT, Nigel | Llp Member | 2021-05-01 | Mar 1976 | — |
| SINCLAIR, Douglas Cassie | Llp Member | 2019-05-01 | Mar 1982 | — |
| SMITH, Donald Alan Neil | Llp Member | 2025-09-15 | Feb 1979 | — |
| SMITH, Peter Richard | Llp Member | 2022-08-01 | Dec 1977 | — |
| STEPHENSON, Judith Hilary | Llp Member | 2019-05-01 | Aug 1980 | — |
| SWAN, Susan | Llp Member | 2022-05-01 | Jan 1986 | — |
| SWAN, Thomas William | Llp Member | 2018-05-01 | May 1981 | — |
| TOWNSEND, John | Llp Member | 2024-05-01 | Jun 1988 | — |
| TURNBULL, Richard Jon | Llp Member | 2020-01-03 | Sep 1979 | — |
| WALKER, Tricia Lyn | Llp Member | 2024-08-26 | Nov 1977 | — |
| WHELTON, Craig Michael | Llp Member | 2024-08-01 | Nov 1978 | — |
| WILLOX, Keir | Llp Member | 2017-01-01 | Oct 1971 | — |
| WISHART, Iain Andrew Fraser | Llp Member | 2014-10-03 | Apr 1979 | — |
| WOOD, Gillian | Llp Member | 2026-05-01 | Jun 1981 | — |
| WRIGHT, Marcus Rolf Weatherley | Llp Member | 2025-11-17 | Nov 1973 | — |
| YOUNG, Graham | Llp Member | 2025-05-12 | Jan 1979 | — |
| YOUNG, Paul James | Llp Member | 2023-01-04 | May 1986 | — |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLYLE, Paul Haining | Llp Designated Member | 2006-09-30 | 2013-09-17 |
| DONALD, Hugh Robertson | Llp Designated Member | 2006-09-30 | 2010-03-31 |
| WILL, James Robert | Llp Designated Member | 2006-09-30 | 2014-09-30 |
| ADAMS, Blair William | Llp Member | 2007-05-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| ANDERSON, Michael William | Llp Member | 2017-01-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| ANDREWS, Patrick | Llp Member | 2005-05-04 | 2012-10-31 |
| ARNOLD, Christopher James | Llp Member | 2006-09-30 | 2008-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 514 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-07 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-05-04 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-04 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-04 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-29 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-16 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-21 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-11-06 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-07-28 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2025-05-21 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-05-21 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-05-21 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 9
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+9.8%
£71,357,000 £78,349,000
-
Cash
+33.2%
£13,022,000 £17,341,000
-
Net assets
+10.1%
£35,735,000 £39,358,000
-
Employees
+3.1%
482 497
-
Operating profit
+19.1%
£29,197,000 £34,767,000
-
Profit before tax
+19.5%
£30,230,000 £36,128,000
-
Wages
+5.6%
£21,308,000 £22,505,000
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