DEREK CARRUTHERS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Company number SC305884 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Derek Carruthers Construction Limited represents a financially disciplined, steadily compounding regional construction business with exceptional balance sheet strength—£572k net assets, zero long-term debt, and 19 years of continuous trading. The current strategic inflection point centres on the dramatic working capital shift (stocks up 79%, cash down 47%), which signals either a growth phase requiring careful management or potential liquidity strain that must be addressed. The company's primary strategic imperative is to convert its financial stability into sustainable scale while mitigating key-person dependency and geographic concentration risks.
Shareholders' funds
£572,302
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-07-25
- Employees
- 3 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 27 Calgary Grove, Eastriggs, Annan, United Kingdom, DG12 6UB
- Postcode
- DG12 6UB
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-25
- Next due by
- 2027-08-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 41202 Construction of domestic buildings
Officers 2 current
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 42 similar companies in DG
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2006.
No.6 of the largest construction of domestic buildings companies in Dumfries →
Competitors Dumfries
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2. RD NAIRN LTD
This company ranks 6 among construction of domestic buildings in Dumfries.
The class of 2006
41%
of the 1,423 companies in this sector incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.