THORBURN GROUP LIMITED
Company number SC137308 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Thorburn Group Limited presents a mixed risk profile. Revenue growth and a long trading history are positive, but the 84% decline in cash reserves, thinning margins below 1%, and tripling of liabilities over five years represent material concerns. The recent site relocation and capital investment programme may explain some of these trends, but without granular current/non-current liability splits, the true liquidity position remains opaque. The company warrants medium-risk classification with specific due diligence required on debt structure, working capital adequacy, and the sustainability of margins in a steel-exposed manufacturing business.
Shareholders' funds
£3,661,590
Balance sheet as at 2025-11-30
What it does
The company is a construction and crane hire company whose principal activity is the construction of steel portal buildings for agricultural and commercial use. On 30 September 2021 the company changed its name from John Thorburn & Sons Ltd to Thorburn Group Limited. The company is registered in Scotland under the company number SC137308.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1992-03-23
- Employees
- 116 (2025 accounts · was 104 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 1 Duns Industrial Estate, Duns, Berwickshire, United Kingdom, TD11 3HS
- Postcode
- TD11 3HS
- Capital
- 500 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-11-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-31
- Financial year end
- 30 November
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-11
- Next due by
- 2026-11-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25110 Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
- 25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified
Officers 7 current · 8 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA650492 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- thorburngroup.co.uk
- Phone
- 01361883245
Thorburn Group specialise in the design & manufacture of bespoke steel frame buildings, Livestock handling solutions for farming & grain dryers.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| JOHN THORBURN & SONS LTD | 2021-09-30 |
| JOHN THORBURN & SONS (CONSTRUCTION) LTD. | 2020-02-11 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 20 similar companies in TD — measured against the wider sector
The largest employer among its local peers (116 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1992.
The class of 1992
49%
of the 21,839 companies incorporated in 1992 are still active today; 46% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2025-04-07
- Price paid, where recorded
- £105,000
- Where
- Northumberland
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND157942 | Northumberland | Leasehold | 2025-04-07 | £105,000 |
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