Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/03/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2024Due 31/03/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2024
BUCHAN GUNS LTD.
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Ugie Lodge Mill Of Rora, Longside, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire AB42 4UB
- Classification (SIC)
- Manufacture of weapons and ammunition (25.40 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 14/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-11 with no updates
- 20/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-11 with updates
- 21/12/2023View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 21/11/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-11 with updates
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
186 days overdue
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
25/10/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 11/10/2025Due 25/10/2026
- Next statement date
- 11/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 11/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures BUCHAN GUNS LTD. filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£-193.07K2024
62.05%vs 20232023: £-508.69K
Total Assets
£153.57K2024
200.74%vs 20232023: £51.07K
Cash in Bank
£12.14K2024
-45.44%vs 20232023: £22.25K
Total Liabilities
£105.19K2021
First reported yearEmployees
92024
+3vs 20232023: 6
Of the 3 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 1 fell. Net assets moved furthest, up 62.05% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for BUCHAN GUNS LTD..
The full financial record
Four ways through BUCHAN GUNS LTD.'s filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Cash in Bank · -5.6% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures3 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | +3 |
| 2023 | 6 | +3 |
| 2022 | 3 | +1 |
| 2021 | 2 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 2 in 2021 to 9 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
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Officers
5Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 22/03/2011–22/03/2011 | 3895 | |
| Corporate Secretary | 22/03/2011–22/03/2011 | 2287 | |
| Director | 22/03/2011–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 10/12/2021–Present | 6 | |
| Director | 22/03/2011–09/07/2021 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 01/01/2018–Present | 5 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 48
- Since 22/03/2011
- Last 12 months
- 1
- Same as the year before (1)
- Most recent filing
- 14/10/2025
- 11 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 14/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 14/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-11 with no updates
- 20/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-11 with updates
- 21/12/2023View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 21/11/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-11 with updates
- 31/03/2023View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-03-31
- 16/12/2022View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-10-11 with updates
- 13/12/2022View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Grant Buchan as a person with significant control on 2021-07-09
- 11/01/2022View PDF (42 pages)
Registration of charge SC3960770001, created on 2021-12-23
- 16/12/2021View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr David Ian Buchan as a director on 2021-12-10
- 07/12/2021View PDF (3 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2021-03-31
- 06/12/2021View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2021-10-11 with updates
- 06/08/2021View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Francis Buchan as a director on 2021-07-09
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About BUCHAN GUNS LTD.
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
BUCHAN GUNS LTD. is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Ugie Lodge Mill Of Rora, Longside, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire AB42 4UB. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of weapons and ammunition. It has been on the register for 15 years 6 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £-193.07K and 9 employees. Its accounts are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
BUCHAN GUNS LTD.: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records BUCHAN GUNS LTD. under one registered business activity: Manufacture of weapons and ammunition (25.40 - SIC 2007).
BUCHAN GUNS LTD. is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 22/03/2011.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £-193.07K, total assets of £153.57K, cash in bank of £12.14K and total liabilities of £105.19K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 14/10/2025: Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-11 with no updates, 11 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/03/2026, which has passed and the next confirmation statement is due by 25/10/2026.
Companies House lists 5 officers (2 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.