{"name":"ALEXANDER SIMPSON LIMITED","company_number":"SC037629","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1962-05-15","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Castle Farm, Methven, Perth, Perthshire, PH1 3SU","postcode":"PH1 3SU","sic_codes":[{"code":1110,"description":"Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds"},{"code":1450,"description":"Raising of sheep and  goats"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":["The annual accounts for this company are overdue."],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"30 May","last_made_up_to":"2024-05-31","next_due":"2026-08-22"},"employees":{"count":4,"accounts_date":"2024-05-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2024-05-31","net_assets":2536198,"cash":804,"average_employees":4},{"financial_date":"2023-05-31","net_assets":2574233,"cash":539,"average_employees":4},{"financial_date":"2022-05-31","net_assets":2623843,"cash":8134},{"financial_date":"2021-05-31","net_assets":2774869,"cash":100},{"financial_date":"2020-05-31","net_assets":2586404,"cash":25491}],"officers":{"current":4,"resigned":3,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":2,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[{"date":"2025-10-20","kind":"insolvency"}],"insolvency_outcome":{"active_today":true,"filings":[]},"ai_summary":"Alexander Simpson Limited is a long-established mixed cereals and sheep farm in Perthshire displaying the classic agricultural profile of asset-rich, cash-poor operations. The significant profit recovery in 2024 (swinging from accumulated losses to positive retained earnings) demonstrates underlying trading resilience, but critically low liquidity (£804 cash) and a 79% surge in trade creditors signal acute working capital pressure from sector-wide input cost inflation. The £590K downward revaluation of the tenant's interest reflects broader adjustments in agricultural asset values rather than operational failure. The business remains viable and well-capitalised on a net assets basis, but immediate cash flow management is the primary risk requiring attention.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/alexander-simpson","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/alexander-simpson/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/alexander-simpson/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC037629","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/alexander-simpson/financial","gazette":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/alexander-simpson/gazette","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/alexander-simpson/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/alexander-simpson/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/alexander-simpson/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/alexander-simpson"}