Scotmid Coop Life Services Limited
Registered name: SCOTMID COOP LIFE SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Scottish Midland Co-Operative Society Limited groupScotmid Coop Life Services Limited made £10.1m revenue and a £495k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Scotmid Coop Life Services Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £10.1m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with a loss of £495k and 81 employees. The company is classified under “funeral and related activities” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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. From the filing: “DC2 Bidco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.7m | £9.7m | £8.8m | £10.1m |
| Cost of sales | £5.2m | £5.2m | −£5.1m | −£3.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.5m | £3.7m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | −£1.6m | £5m | −£2.4m | −£309k |
| Profit before tax | £756k | £5m | −£2.5m | −£399k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £4.8m | −£2m | −£495k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £4.8m | −£2m | −£495k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.3m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 88 | 71 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.4% | 49.4% | −23.3% | −4.9% |
| Gross margin | 42.2% | 46.7% | 42.5% | 62.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £86.3k | £110k | £124k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £10.7k | £54.5k | −£28.8k | −£6.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.4% | ▼9.5% | ▲15% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲343.3% | ▼142.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.9% | ▼19.3% | ▲14.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £85k | £895k | — | — |
| Net assets | £11.9m | £16.7m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £13.9m | £4.8m | — | — |
| Current assets | £5m | £16.8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £227k | £294k | — | — |
| Deferred income | — | £16.1k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.1k
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Scottish Midland Co-Operative Society Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Scotmid Holdings Limited75–100%
- Scotmid Coop Life Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- David Robb Independent Funeral Directors LtdFigures not disclosed
- Deery Funeral Services LimitedFigures 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 Jan 2026 (profit −£495k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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