Scott & Fyfe Limited
Registered name: SCOTT & FYFE LIMITED
Part of Scott & Fyfe Limited Employee Benefit Trust groupScott & Fyfe Limited made £21m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Scott & Fyfe Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £21m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 94 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles” and is based in Tayport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tayport, Scotland
- Age
- 93 yrs · since 1933
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.4m | £18.2m | £17.1m | £21m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £6.2m | £6.4m | — |
| Operating profit | £143k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £72k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £72k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £72k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.9m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 7.9% | 7.1% | 11.1% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 34.1% | 37.6% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £223k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £24.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 76.1% | 106.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.6% | ▼6.3% | ▲23.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1896% | ▼15.7% | ▲93% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £839k | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £6.4m | £7.1m | £8.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £8.7m | £9.5m | £13.5m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £3.4m | £3.8m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £190k | £401k | £970k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £870k | £2.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £223k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 106.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £8.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 94
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £2.3m
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
- Scott & Fyfe Limited Employee Benefit Trust (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Scott & Fyfe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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