THISTLE TIMBER AND BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Company number SC182761 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Thistle Timber and Building Supplies Limited presents as a strongly capitalised, profitable business with a 26-year track record in the construction supply sector. Net assets of £8.38M against liabilities of just £1.59M, combined with £4.11M cash and growing operating profits of £1.01M, provide exceptional debt service capacity and resilience to cyclical downturns. The conservative management approach, evidenced by minimal dividends and retained earnings reinvestment, supports a favourable credit assessment with standard monitoring conditions.
Shareholders' funds
£8,380,876
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of timber and building
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-02-05
- Employees
- 59 (2025 accounts · was 60 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 20 The Wisp, Edinburgh, EH16 4SQ
- Postcode
- EH16 4SQ
- Capital
- 66 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-01-30
- Next due by
- 2027-02-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46730 Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment
Officers 2 current · 2 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by THISTLE T&BS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2022-07-07
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 16 similar companies in EH
2nd largest employer among its local peers (59 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1998.
Competitors Edinburgh
This company ranks 1 among wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment in Edinburgh.
The class of 1998
43%
of the 55,900 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.