COMMON THREAD LIMITED
Company number SC271900 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Common Thread is best viewed as a regional specialist education/residential care operator rather than a pure management consultancy: its 181-strong workforce and £2.17m tangible fixed assets are inconsistent with an asset-light consultancy model. Its balance sheet is conservatively financed, with £5.12m net assets, a 2.55 current ratio and minimal net debt, stronger than many independent care/education providers; however, the £3.29m other-debtor balance, public-sector fee dependence and capex below depreciation warrant diligence. Competitively it is a niche regional provider with solid financial resilience but limited scale against national operators.
Shareholders' funds
£5,116,000
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-08-12
- Employees
- 181 (2025 accounts · was 145 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Farries, Kirk And Mcvean, Dumfries Ent. Park, Heathhall, Dumfries, DG1 3SJ
- Postcode
- DG1 3SJ
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-14
- Next due by
- 2027-05-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70229 Management consultancy activities other than financial management
- 85320 Technical and vocational secondary education
- 87900 Other residential care activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 9 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9022943 (Tier 1), registered since 2005.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Care Inspectorate (Scotland) 13 services
Registered care provider in Scotland — most recent grades between 3 (adequate) and 5 (very good) on the Inspectorate's 6-point scale.
Source: Care Inspectorate Care Services Open Datastore, Open Government Licence — inspection reports on careinspectorate.scot.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| IVANHOE, SHAW ROAD, TEMPLAND, NR LOCKERBIE, DUMFRIESSHIRE DG11 1TG | 2007-08-14 |
| DOUGANHILL HOUSE, NR CASTLE DOUGLAS, KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE, DG7 1QQ | 2004-12-08 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 67 similar companies in DG
The largest employer among its local peers (181 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2004.
Competitors Dumfries
This company ranks 1 among management consultancy activities other than financial management in Dumfries.
The class of 2004
25%
of the 5,716 companies in this sector incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 73% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.