DALTON GROUP LIMITED
Company number SC088385 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Dalton Group Limited is a well-established, family-owned scrap metal recycler that has transformed its balance sheet from near-zero net assets a decade ago to £6.7m today, demonstrating disciplined capital accumulation through commodity cycles. Operating across five Scottish depots with £40.1m revenue, the company occupies a strong regional position in the mid-tier of UK metal recyclers, achieving above-average gross margins of 23.4% through processing value-add. While the 10% revenue decline reflects softening global ferrous prices, the counter-cyclical improvement in operating profit to £1.8m evidences effective cost management. The principal vulnerabilities remain commodity price and sterling/dollar exposure – risks inherent to the sector – alongside key-person dependency and geographic concentration within central Scotland.
Shareholders' funds
£6,729,445
Balance sheet as at 2024-08-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of scrap metal merchanting.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1984-06-11
- Employees
- 65 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- 15 Youngs Road, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, West Lothian, EH52 5LY
- Postcode
- EH52 5LY
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2025-12-02
- Next due by
- 2026-12-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 38320 Recovery of sorted materials
Officers 3 current · 16 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by DALTON METAL RECYCLING LIMITED — since 2016-07-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- daltongroup.co.uk
- Phone
- 01506855448
Dalton Metal Recycling scrap yards in Leith Glasgow and Broxburn
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| THE DALTON PROPERTY GROUP LIMITED | 2002-03-26 |
| DALTON DEMOLITION (UK) LIMITED | 2002-03-12 |
| DALTON OF GLASGOW FOR SCRAP LIMITED | 1995-03-31 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 52-66 SALAMANDER STREET, LEITH, EDINBURGH, EH6 7LA | 2012-01-19 |
| 14 CLAYHILLS GROVE, BALERNO, MIDLOTHIAN, EH14 7NE | 1999-06-23 |
| 247 SHETTLESTON ROAD, GLASGOW, G31 5JL | 1992-02-10 |
| 87 MILLERSTON STREET, GLASGOW, G31 1TF | 1991-01-31 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 18 similar companies in EH
The largest employer among its local peers (65 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1984.
Competitors Edinburgh
This company ranks 1 among recovery of sorted materials in Edinburgh.
The class of 1984
51%
of the 14,117 companies incorporated in 1984 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.