{"name":"DEREK CARRUTHERS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED","company_number":"SC305884","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2006-07-25","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"27 Calgary Grove, Eastriggs, Annan, United Kingdom, DG12 6UB","postcode":"DG12 6UB","sic_codes":[{"code":41202,"description":"Construction of domestic buildings"}],"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":3,"accounts_date":"2025-08-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-08-31","net_assets":572302,"cash":36832,"average_employees":3},{"financial_date":"2024-08-31","net_assets":529365,"cash":69327,"average_employees":3},{"financial_date":"2023-08-31","net_assets":495908,"cash":198462},{"financial_date":"2022-08-31","net_assets":466290,"cash":20798},{"financial_date":"2021-08-31","net_assets":419394,"cash":94941}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":0,"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":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/derek-carruthers-construction","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/derek-carruthers-construction/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/derek-carruthers-construction/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC305884","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/derek-carruthers-construction/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/derek-carruthers-construction/control","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/derek-carruthers-construction/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/derek-carruthers-construction"}