Scott BB Limited
Registered name: SCOTT BB LIMITED
Part of M Scott Property Group Limited groupScott BB Limited made a £657k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Scott BB Limited reported a loss of £657k in the year to 30 Jun 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 52 employees. The company is classified under “building of ships and floating structures” and is based in Colchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1973
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | −£1m | −£657k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£1m | −£657k |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 23 | 52 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | −£45.6k | −£12.6k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £81.2k | £29.4k | £132k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £1.7m | −£960k |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £5m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £473k | £455k | £392k |
| Debtors | £94.7k | £118k | £57.2k |
| Deferred income | £82.6k | £269k | £279k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£960k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £132k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £279k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- M Scott Property Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mouse Holdings Limited75–100%
- Scott BMG Limited75–100%
- Scott BB Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Scott BH LimitedRev. — · Profit £30.1k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit −£657k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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