Mactaggart, Scott & Company Limited
Registered name: MACTAGGART, SCOTT & COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Mactaggart Scott (Holdings) Limited groupMactaggart, Scott & Company Limited made £51.7m revenue and a £3.6m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Mactaggart, Scott & Company Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £51.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £3.6m and 415 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of fluid power equipment” and is based in Loanhead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loanhead, Scotland
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.8m | £41.9m | £47.1m | £51.7m |
| Cost of sales | £35.8m | £32.2m | £38.9m | £48m |
| Gross profit | £62.8k | £9.7m | £8.2m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | −£5.1m | £3.3m | £1m | −£4.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.9m | £3.6m | £1.5m | −£3.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£4.6m | £3.4m | £1.2m | −£3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.6m | £3.4m | £1.2m | −£3.6m |
| Staff costs | £16m | £18.1m | £20.2m | £22.7m |
| Employees (average) | 359 | 362 | 388 | 415 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −12.8% | 8.1% | 2.6% | −6.9% |
| Gross margin | 0.2% | 23.1% | 17.4% | 7.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £99.9k | £116k | £121k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | −£12.8k | £9.4k | £3.1k | −£8.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17% | ▲12.4% | ▲9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼64.4% | ▼397.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▲7.2% | ▲7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.3m | £11.1m | £3.1m | £7.4m |
| Net assets | £7.4m | £10.6m | £10.3m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.2m | £6.4m | £6.7m | £7.4m |
| Current assets | £29.5m | £35.8m | £38.1m | £52.3m |
| Debtors | £12.2m | £10.4m | £13.1m | £15m |
| Deferred income | £175k | £1.1m | £691k | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.9%
- 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
- ▼39%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲138%
- Now £7.4m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 415
- Deferred income
- ▲72%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £7.4m
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
- Mactaggart Scott (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mactaggart, Scott & Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Macscott Bond LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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