SCM Balfron Limited
Registered name: SCM BALFRON LIMITED
Part of Highland Fuels Trustees Limited groupSCM Balfron Limited made £123k revenue and a £453k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
SCM Balfron Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £123k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £453k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” 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
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: “The immediate parent company is SCM Property Holdings Limited, a company registered in Scotland.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £43k | £140k | £123k |
| Operating profit | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit before tax | −£112k | £0 | −£376k |
| Profit after tax | −£112k | −£64.5k | −£453k |
| Profit (best available) | −£112k | −£64.5k | −£453k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −261.3% | −46.1% | −368.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £14.3k | £46.7k | £41k |
| Profit per employee | −£37.4k | −£21.5k | −£151k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲225.8% | ▼12.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | −£112k | −£177k | −£630k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £33.6k | £33.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −368.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£151k
- 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
- 27.3%
- 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 −£630k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £33.6k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Highland Fuels Trustees Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Highland Fuels (Investments) Limited75–100%
- Highland Fuels Holdings Limited75–100%
- Highland Fuels Limited75–100%
- SCM Property Holdings Limited75–100%
- SCM Balfron Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (19)
- SCM Bobbin LimitedRev. £148k · Profit −£3.6k
- SCM Ravenspark LimitedRev. £127k · Profit −£5.6k
- SCM Scapa LimitedRev. £112k · Profit −£24.5k
- SCM Darnleymill LimitedRev. £82.5k · Profit −£3.6k
- SCM County LimitedRev. £66.7k · Profit −£277
- SCM Pier LimitedRev. £64.8k · Profit −£887
- SCM Mills LimitedRev. £53.2k · Profit −£2.2k
- SCM Kilwinning LimitedRev. £53k · Profit −£2.2k
- SCM Affric LimitedRev. £45.9k · Profit £0
- SCM Riggend LimitedRev. £39.3k · Profit £1.1k
- SCM Loans LimitedRev. £38.4k · Profit −£3.3k
- SCM Sheiling LimitedRev. £36.4k · Profit −£1.3k
- SCM Ardrossan LimitedRev. £29.5k · Profit −£3.3k
- SCM Kilbirnie LimitedRev. £27.6k · Profit −£298
- SCM Auchenharvie LimitedRev. £24.1k · Profit £0
- SCM Sandybrae LimitedRev. £19.2k · Profit −£1.8k
- SCM Toll LimitedRev. £12.4k · Profit −£998
- SCM Huntly LimitedRev. £6.5k · Profit £26.5k
- SCM Campbeltown LimitedRev. £1.8k · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£453k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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