Annual accounts
Medium accounts
31/05/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/08/2025Due 31/05/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/08/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/08/2025
JAMES LAING & SONS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Laings Bathrooms, Bedrooms And Kitchens Inverurie Business Park, Oldmeldrum Road, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire AB51 0ZJ
- Classification (4 SIC codes)
- Electrical installation (43.21 - SIC 2007)Plumbing heat and air-conditioning installation (43.22 - SIC 2007)Wholesale of hardware plumbing and heating equipment and supplies (46.74 - SIC 2007)Retail of furniture lighting and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store (47.59/9 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Medium
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 09/07/2026View PDF (32 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-08-31
- 03/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-13 with no updates
- 28/08/2025View PDF (31 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2024-08-31
- 23/12/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-13 with no 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.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
27/12/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 13/12/2025Due 27/12/2026
- Next statement date
- 13/12/2026
- Last statement dated
- 13/12/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures JAMES LAING & SONS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2022–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£2.82M2025
14.59%vs 20242024: £2.46M
Total Assets
£6.27M2025
11.77%vs 20242024: £5.61M
Cash in Bank
£3.36M2025
24.14%vs 20242024: £2.70M
Total Liabilities
£3.05M2025
11.22%vs 20242024: £2.74M
Employees
872025
+4vs 20242024: 83
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 11.77% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for JAMES LAING & SONS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through JAMES LAING & SONS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +13.3% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2022–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures5 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 2022–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | +4 |
| 2024 | 83 | -17 |
| 2023 | 100 | +10 |
| 2022 | 90 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 90 in 2022 to 87 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Officers
13Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Secretary | 08/05/2008–20/04/2016 | 143 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 13/12/1993–08/05/2008 | 210 | |
| Director | 20/04/2016–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 20/04/2016–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/11/2022–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 11/01/1994–16/03/2007 | 1 | |
| Director | 16/03/2007–25/11/2011 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/09/2021–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 01/09/2021–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 20/04/2016–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 11/01/1994–27/08/2021 | 2 | |
| Secretary | 20/04/2016–26/08/2021 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/09/2021–Present | 2 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 27/08/2021–Present | 2 | |
| 27/08/2021–Present | 1 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 16
- Since 26/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 09/07/2026
- 2 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 09/07/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 03/02/2026
Filing timeline
- 09/07/2026View PDF (32 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-08-31
- 03/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-13 with no updates
- 28/08/2025View PDF (31 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2024-08-31
- 23/12/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-13 with no updates
- 09/08/2024View PDF (32 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-08-31
- 29/01/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Janice Murray as a director on 2022-11-01
- 21/12/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-12-13 with no updates
- 30/08/2023View PDF (32 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2022-08-31
- 15/03/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Ms Kelly Linda Abel on 2023-03-15
- 15/03/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Darren Andrew Walker on 2023-03-15
- 15/03/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Darren Andrew Walker as a person with significant control on 2023-03-15
- 15/03/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mrs Claire Anne Mckay as a person with significant control on 2023-03-15
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About JAMES LAING & SONS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
JAMES LAING & SONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Laings Bathrooms, Bedrooms And Kitchens Inverurie Business Park, Oldmeldrum Road, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire AB51 0ZJ. Companies House classifies its business as Electrical installation, one of 4 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 32 years 9 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £2.82M and 87 employees.
JAMES LAING & SONS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records JAMES LAING & SONS LIMITED under 4 registered business activities: Electrical installation (43.21 - SIC 2007), Plumbing heat and air-conditioning installation (43.22 - SIC 2007), Wholesale of hardware plumbing and heating equipment and supplies (46.74 - SIC 2007) and Retail of furniture lighting and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store (47.59/9 - SIC 2007).
JAMES LAING & SONS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 13/12/1993.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £2.82M, total assets of £6.27M, cash in bank of £3.36M and total liabilities of £3.05M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 09/07/2026: Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-08-31, 2 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/05/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 27/12/2026.
Companies House lists 13 officers (7 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control.