Black & Scott Builders Ltd
Registered name: BLACK & SCOTT BUILDERS LTD
Black & Scott Builders Ltd made £1.1m revenue and £69.2k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Black & Scott Builders Ltd’s revenue fell 3% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £69.2k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Forfar; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Forfar, Scotland
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £659k | £750k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £501k | £378k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £243k | £94.9k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £241k | £92.9k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £214k | £69.2k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £214k | £69.2k |
| Employees (average) | — | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 18.4% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 43.2% | 33.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £193k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £35.6k | £11.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼67.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼25% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | — | £30.1k |
| Net assets | £3.4k | £3.7k | £38 | −£19.4k |
| Fixed assets | £9.6k | £32.3k | £24.5k | £18.5k |
| Current assets | — | — | £256k | £126k |
| Debtors | £106k | £103k | £50k | £60.7k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▼51245%
- Now −£19.4k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £30.1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £18.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £69.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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