Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
WATSON AND LYALL LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Dryden Road, Bilston Glen Industrial Estate, Loanhead, Midlothian EH20 9LZ
- Classification (SIC)
- Other building completion and finishing (43.39 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 18/08/2026View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31
- 29/09/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2024-12-31
- 19/08/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-08-17 with no updates
- 30/08/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 7 in full
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What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
- Whether this company files on time, and how often its record changes.
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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
31/08/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 17/08/2026Due 31/08/2027
- Next statement date
- 17/08/2027
- Last statement dated
- 17/08/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures WATSON AND LYALL LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£23.03K2025
-45.43%vs 20242024: £42.20K
Total Assets
£296.41K2025
-22.97%vs 20242024: £384.81K
Cash in Bank
£7.82K2025
-91.83%vs 20242024: £95.78K
Total Liabilities
£240.45K2025
-22.07%vs 20242024: £308.56K
Employees
192025
-1vs 20242024: 20
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 22.97% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for WATSON AND LYALL LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through WATSON AND LYALL LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -81.3% 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, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | -1 |
| 2024 | 20 | +20 |
| 2023 | 0 | -21 |
| 2022 | 21 | -2 |
| 2021 | 23 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 23 in 2021 to 19 in 2025. 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.
- Company potential
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
4Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 20/06/1989–30/03/1990 | 3 | |
| Secretary | 03/01/2004–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 12/05/1997–12/04/2002 | 0 | |
| Director | 16/08/1997–03/01/2004 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–06/04/2016 | 4 | |
| 06/04/2016–06/04/2016 | 1 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 8
- Since 22/08/2023
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 18/08/2026
- 1 month ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 18/08/2026
Filing timeline
- 18/08/2026View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31
- 29/09/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2024-12-31
- 19/08/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-08-17 with no updates
- 30/08/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 7 in full
- 22/08/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-08-17 with no updates
- 17/07/2024View PDF (11 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2023-12-31
- 14/09/2023View PDF (12 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2022-12-31
- 22/08/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-08-17 with no updates
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About WATSON AND LYALL LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
WATSON AND LYALL LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Dryden Road, Bilston Glen Industrial Estate, Loanhead, Midlothian EH20 9LZ. Companies House classifies its business as Other building completion and finishing. It has been on the register for 41 years 8 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £23.03K and 19 employees.
WATSON AND LYALL LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records WATSON AND LYALL LIMITED under one registered business activity: Other building completion and finishing (43.39 - SIC 2007).
WATSON AND LYALL LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 25/01/1985.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £23.03K, total assets of £296.41K, cash in bank of £7.82K and total liabilities of £240.45K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 18/08/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31, 1 month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 31/08/2027.
Companies House lists 4 officers (1 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control (0 current).