Pestguard Services (Scotland) Limited
Registered name: PESTGUARD SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
Part of Contego Environmental Services Ltd groupPestguard Services (Scotland) Limited made £1.1k revenue and a £84.6k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Pestguard Services (Scotland) Limited’s revenue fell 100% to £1.1k in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with a loss of £84.6k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “disinfecting and exterminating services” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £408k | £1.1k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £241k | £79k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £167k | −£77.9k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £56.9k | −£103k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £43.7k | −£84.6k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £43.7k | −£84.6k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 10.7% | −7389% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 41% | −6802% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £37.1k | £229 |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4k | −£16.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼99.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼293.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼54.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £281k | £22.9k | £18.2k | £276 |
| Net assets | £744k | £782k | £826k | £6.5k |
| Fixed assets | £24.1k | £53.7k | £44.3k | — |
| Current assets | £923k | £969k | £980k | £109k |
| Debtors | £52.2k | £74.1k | £41.6k | £846 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7389%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −6802%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £229
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.9k
- 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
- 73.9%
- 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
- ▼99%
- Now £6.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▼98%
- Now £276
- Headcount
- ▼55%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Contego Environmental Services Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Pestguard Services (Scotland) 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).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit −£84.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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