NAIRN'S OATCAKES LTD.

Active
Company number SC165734Private limited companyIncorporated 1996

Key figures

£15,131,000+11.8%
Net assets 2024/25
+11.8%
Average annual growth 2023/24–2024/25
05 m10 m15 m20 m2023/242024/25

† NAIRN'S OATCAKES LTD. filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 10720

Where the company stands among the 531 active companies whose first SIC code is 10720 (Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes).

Net assets£15,131,000
Higher than 95% · median £3,585
Total assets£26,930,000
Higher than 95% · median £45,849
Cash£8,552,000
Higher than 96% · median £20,905
Employees238
Higher than 97% · median 2
Company age30.5 years
Older than 94% · median 3.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. PLADIS (UK) LIMITED£2.2bn
  2. NORTHERN FOODS GROCERY GROUP LIMITED£437.1m
  3. FOX'S BURTON'S COMPANIES (FBC) UK LIMITED£260.8m
  4. FOX'S BISCUITS LIMITED£234.6m
  5. WALKER'S SHORTBREAD LTD£96.5m
  6. EGGFREE CAKE BOX LIMITED£15.3m
  7. NAIRN'S OATCAKES LTD.£15.1m
  8. ORCHARD VALLEY WOLVERHAMPTON LIMITED£14.1m
  9. HILL BISCUITS LIMITED£13.3m
  10. WHOLEBAKE LIMITED£11.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 531. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: NAIRN'S OATCAKES LTD.

What kind of company is it?

NAIRN'S OATCAKES LTD. is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC165734. It was incorporated on 17 May 1996. Its status is active. The registered office is in Midlothian (EH16). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes (10720).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 17 May 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £50,588,000. Profit for the year was £3,896,000. Net assets were £15,131,000, up 11.8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £8,552,000. Total assets were £26,930,000 and total liabilities £10,768,000. The company had an average of 238 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 531 active companies whose first SIC code is 10720: By net assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £3,585). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £45,849). By cash it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £20,905). By number of employees it ranks higher than 97% of them (median 2). It is older than 94% of them (median age 3.5 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £965, from HM Revenue & Customs.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly milling products, miscellaneous food preparations, vegetable and fruit preparations. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly cereal and bakery products. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 2 of 5 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 17 Feb 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 29 May 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover47,450,00050,588,000
Profit for the year3,171,0003,896,000
Cash at bank and in hand5,974,0008,552,000
Total assets24,979,00026,930,000
Total liabilities10,372,00010,768,000
Net assets / total equity13,530,00015,131,000
Average number of employees231238

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

2 grants

NAIRN'S OATCAKES LTD. is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2021, together worth £965.

Grants
  1. SME Brexit Support FundHM Revenue & Customs · £250
  2. SME Brexit Support FundHM Revenue & Customs · £715

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Modern slavery statements3
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: milling products, miscellaneous food preparations, vegetable and fruit preparations, machinery and vegetables.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: cereal and bakery products.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

5 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £50.6m, net assets £15.1m, 238 employees
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £47.5m, net assets £13.5m, 231 employees
  3. Peffermill Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Name changed to NAIRN'S OATCAKES LTD.Previously SIMMERS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED
  5. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.