G.J. HUNTER & CO LIMITED
Company number SC405802 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
G.J. Hunter & Co Limited presents a mixed risk profile. While the solicitors' practice has demonstrated a steady recovery in net assets since 2020 (from negative £33k to positive £164k by 2024), the balance sheet remains thinly capitalised with significant volatility evident across the ten-year financial history. The dramatic contraction in total assets and cash between 2023 and 2024 (approximately 52% decline) requires explanation, and the PSC register contains an apparent inconsistency regarding ownership percentages that cannot be reconciled mathematically. The high cash and liability figures are characteristic of a legal practice holding client funds, but without segregation of client and office accounts, the true financial health of the firm cannot be determined from filed data alone.
Shareholders' funds
-£33,159
Balance sheet as at 2020-10-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is legal services.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2011-08-22
- Employees
- 4 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- 32 St. Ronan's Terrace, Innerleithen, Scotland, EH44 6RB
- Postcode
- EH44 6RB
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-10-31
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-22
- Next due by
- 2027-09-05
Nature of business (SIC)
- 69102 Solicitors
Officers 2 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ROSS HUNTER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-11-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| G G HUNTER & CO LIMITED | 2011-09-05 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 EAST BRIGHTON CRESCENT, EDINBURGH, EH15 1LR | 2016-11-30 |
| 40 CHARLOTTE SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH2 4HQ, UNITED KINGDOM | 2011-09-15 |
Competitors Edinburgh
This company ranks 128 among solicitors in Edinburgh.
The class of 2011
45%
of the 950 companies in this sector incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 51% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.