FST (Scotland) Ltd
Registered name: FST (SCOTLAND) LTD
FST (Scotland) Ltd made £22.4m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
FST (Scotland) Ltd’s revenue fell 12% to £22.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £23.4m | £25.5m | £22.4m |
| Cost of sales | £13.7m | £15.2m | £12.7m |
| Gross profit | £9.8m | £10.3m | £9.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.4m | £3.7m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £3.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.4% | 9.4% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | 41.6% | 40.3% | 43.5% |
| Cash conversion | −123.6% | −98.3% | −120.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼12.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼18.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £499k | £524k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £4.6m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £9.6m | £9.3m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £4.2m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £193k | £179k | £221k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.2m | −£3.6m | −£3.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −120.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▲43%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £524k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £221k
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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