Morris & Spottiswood Limited
Registered name: MORRIS & SPOTTISWOOD LIMITED
Part of Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP groupMorris & Spottiswood Limited made £231m revenue and £4.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Morris & Spottiswood Limited’s revenue grew 34% to £231m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.6m profit. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 57 yrs · since 1968
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £128m | £173m | £231m |
| Cost of sales | −£104m | −£142m | −£192m |
| Gross profit | £23.8m | £30.7m | £38.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £4.7m | £6.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £4.7m | £6.9m |
| Profit after tax | £890k | £2.9m | £4.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £890k | £2.9m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 1.7% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 17.8% | 16.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.7% | ▲33.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲229.5% | ▲56.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Shepherd and Wedderburn LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Shepherd & Wedderburn (Nominees) Limited75–100%
- Shepherd & Wedderburn (Trustees) Limited50–75%
- Morris & Spottiswood Group Limited75–100%
- Morris & Spottiswood Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (7)
- CRBN Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Crosbie Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Inspire Spaces (Ff&e) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Livingston Building Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lled Construction LtdFigures not disclosed
- Morris & Spottiswood Building Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The McLennan Partnership Ltd.Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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