PROBAT LIMITED

Company number SC055262 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£4,571,586

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company and group continued to be the design and manufacture of specialised machinery.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1974-03-18
Employees
55 (2025 accounts · was 56 in 2024)
Registered office
Sir William Smith Road, Kirkton Industrial Estate, Arbroath, Angus, DD11 3RD
Postcode
DD11 3RD
Capital
500,000 GBP
Accounts category
Group
Charges
2 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-07-18
Next due by
2027-08-01
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 28990 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified

Officers 3 current · 7 resigned

Christian THIMM Director
Appointed 2026-01-20
Marc COUTTIE Secretary
Appointed 2021-12-21
Appointed 2019-06-01

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

Controlled by Hamburg Dresdner Maschinefabriken Gmbh (00033047) — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Contact details

Website
macintyre.co.uk

PROBAT – global market and innovation leader in processing solutions for coffee, cocoa, chocolate, nuts, popcorn, and new food products.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
MACINTYRE CHOCOLATE SYSTEMS LIMITED2026-01-22
LOW & DUFF (DEVELOPMENTS) LIMITED2017-09-23

Previous registered addresses 5

AddressChanged on
CITYPOINT 65 HAYMARKET TERRACE, EDINBURGH, EH12 5HD2014-09-19
SIR WILLIAM SMITH ROAD KIRKTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, ARBROATH, ANGUS, DD11 3RD, SCOTLAND2014-08-14
SIR WILLIAM SMITH ROAD, KIRKTON INDUSTRIAL ESTAT, ARBROATH, ANGUS, DD11 3RD2011-08-17
PEARCE AVENUE, WEST PITKERRO INDUST BROUGHTY, FERRY, DUNDEE, DD5 3RX1999-01-26
TAYSIDE ENGINEERING WORKS, ANDERSON STREET, CARNOUSTIE, ANGUS DD7 7LZ1996-10-16

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 17 similar companies in DD — measured against the wider sector

2nd largest employer among its local peers (55 staff).

The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1974.

35 companies are registered at this postcode →

The class of 1974

54%

of the 5,336 companies incorporated in 1974 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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