{"name":"COMMON THREAD LIMITED","company_number":"SC271900","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2004-08-12","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Farries, Kirk And Mcvean, Dumfries Ent. Park, Heathhall, Dumfries, DG1 3SJ","postcode":"DG1 3SJ","sic_codes":[{"code":70229,"description":"Management consultancy activities other than financial management"},{"code":85320,"description":"Technical and vocational secondary education"},{"code":87900,"description":"Other residential care activities not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 August","last_made_up_to":"2025-08-31","next_due":"2027-05-31"},"employees":{"count":181,"accounts_date":"2025-08-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-08-31","net_assets":5116000,"cash":769616,"average_employees":181},{"financial_date":"2024-08-31","net_assets":4654470,"cash":709697,"average_employees":145},{"financial_date":"2023-08-31","net_assets":3564995,"cash":72016},{"financial_date":"2022-08-31","net_assets":3758580,"cash":611832},{"financial_date":"2021-08-31","net_assets":3378591,"cash":572102}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":9,"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":1,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/common-thread","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/common-thread/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/common-thread/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC271900","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/common-thread/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/common-thread/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/common-thread/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/common-thread/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/common-thread"}