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Registered number: SC204777
DIRECTORS' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
CONTENTS
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The directors have pleasure in presenting their strategic report for the year ended 30 June 2025.
On 31 July 2024 100% of the share capital of its holding company, SGH Investments Limited, was acquired by Hillhouse Quarry Group, a subsidiary of Hillhouse Estates Ltd, a company incorporated in Scotland.
Consequently, the trading, as presented in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, reflects the 9 month trading period, rather than 12 months in 2024. Key performance indicators continue to be monitored over a number of areas. Robust control over all aspects of working capital, strict monitoring of all aspects of cash flow and the monitoring of actual results against a detailed budget, including unit gross profit calculations for each physical unit of productive activity, by division. The Company’s pre tax profit for the period was £200,015 whilst the Company’s balance sheet shows a net asset position of £1,681,010 with net current assets of £1,970,789. Turnover decreased by 32% albeit this reflects a 9 month trading period. The directors consider the Company to be well positioned to take advantage of the demand for its products and services. Additional planning consent for a key site has expanded the life for sand, gravel and hard rock mining. The Company is supported and works closely with its holding company, SGH Investments Ltd. The Company has no indebtedness to any financial institution and functions without the need to operate a bank overdraft. The Company transferred its trade, assets and liabilities to Hillhouse Quarry Group Limited, the parent of SGH Investments Limited, on 1 April 2025 and ceased trading on that date.
In the construction sector the main commercial risks surround the level of general construction and housebuilding which is on-going at any time, in chosen geographical markets, needed to generate a requirement for the Company’s goods and services. Other risks surround the availability of staff across all disciplines. Those risks which the business finds itself exposed to are managed by a strong and experienced board of directors and management team.
The Company’s principal financial instruments comprise bank balances and loans from its holding company, SGH Investments Ltd. The main purpose of these instruments is to finance operations. Due to the nature of these financial instruments there is no exposure to price risk. In respect of bank balances the liquidity risk is managed by maintaining flexibility through the use of cash at bank resources. Loans from the holding company, SGH Investments Ltd, provides further flexibility if required with managing cash flow. Credit risk is another key factor. The Company aims to avoid any such losses and credit limits are set using credit worthiness procedures. Credit insurance facilities are utilised to mitigate risk and provide up to date reliable market intelligence.
The Company recognises the importance of health and safety, environment and quality and has policies and procedures in place to ensure requirements are met at all times.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Future outlook With the acquisition during the period the combined team are looking forward to working together to integrate and grow. Being part of Hillhouse Group will ensure the long term sustainability of the business and provide opportunities for people and refine a platform for future success.
This report was approved by the board on 17 December 2025 and signed on its behalf.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2025.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The profit for the period, after taxation, amounted to £149,507 (2024 - £984,983).
There are no proposed dividends for the year ended 30 June 2025.
The directors who served during the period were:
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Notwithstanding the transfer of the company's trade, assets and liabilities to its parent company on 1 April 2025, core operations are strong and the directors consider the business to be in a robust financial position allowing it to fully exploit future opportunities. The directors and senior members of staff continually strive to improve productivity and strive to be forward thinking and innovative.
The acquisition by Hillhouse Group will enhance the combined businesses capabilities as it builds upon existing resources and expertise to drive forward new opportunities. The Company's strong presence in the East of Scotland will complement Hillhouse Group's West of Scotland sites. The business with its strong community roots, Company values that are consciously chosen and preset and aspirations to deliver excellent products and services will combine to deliver for the construction sector in its chosen geographical areas markets.
There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end, not otherwise mentioned within this report.
This report was approved by the board on
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Skene Group Construction Services Limited (the 'Company') for the period ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Financial Position, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
We draw your attention to Note 2.1 of the financial statements which explains that the directors transferred its trade, assets and liabilities to a group company on 1 April 2025. Therefore they do not consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in Note 2.1. Our opinion is not modified in respect of the matter.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial period for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' Report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
We gained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the company and the industry in which it operates, and considered the risk of acts by the company that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud. We designed audit procedures to respond to the risk, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion. We focused on laws and regulations which could give rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements, including, but not limited to, the Companies Act 2006 and UK tax legislation. Our tests included agreeing the financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation and enquiries with management. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. We did not identify any key audit matters relating to irregularities, including fraud. As in all our audits, we also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including testing journals and evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by the directors that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' Report.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: SC204777
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 13 to 23 form part of these financial statements.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Skene Group Construction Services Limited is a private company, limited by shares, domiciled in Scotland, registration number SC204777. The registered office is Hillhouse Quarry, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA10 7HY.
The financial statements are presented in Sterling, which is the functional currency of the Company, and rounded to the nearest £. During the period, the Company shortened their year end from 30 June 2025 to 31 March 2025 and therefore, the financial statements cover the nine month period ended 31 March 2025.
2.Accounting policies
The Company transferred its trade, assets and liabilities to Hillhouse Quarry Group Limited, the parent of SGH Investments Limited, on 1 April 2025 and ceased trading on that date. All assets and liabilities were transferred at book value.
Subsequently the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. In view of the transfer values to Hillhouse Quarry Group Limited the directors' consider that no adjustments to net asset values at 31 March 2025 are necessary. The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".
- the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows; - the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.41(b), 11.41(c), 11.41(e), 11.41(f), 11.42, 11.44 to 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c); - the requirements of Section 12 Other Financial Instruments paragraphs 12.26 to 12.27, 12.29(a), 2.29(b) and 12.29A; - the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7 This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Hillhouse Estates Limited as at 31 March 2025 and these financial statements are available from its registered office, Hillhouse Quarry, Troon, Ayrshire, KA10 7HX.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Company has no further payment obligations. The contributions are recognised as an expense in the Statement of Comprehensive Income when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in other creditors as a liability in the Statement of Financial Position. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds.
When the Company is legally or contractually required to restore a quarry site the estimated costs of site restoration are accrued over the estimated operating life of the quarry on a site by site basis.
The Company estimates its total future costs requirements for these activities. The provisions have not been discounted as the effect of doing so would not be material.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
The Company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the Company's Statement of Financial Position when the Company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Included within the financial statements is a restoration provision relating to the Lomond and Soutra quarries, which represents an estimate of the amounts that would be required to be paid in order to discharge the Company's legal responsibilities in respect of the sites.
The whole of the turnover is attributable to construction supplies and services.
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Profit and loss account
The Company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Company to the fund and amounted to £78,811 (2024 - £142,543). Contributions totalling £10,903 (2024 - £17,028) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors.
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SKENE GROUP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SGH Investments Limited, a company registered in England, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hillhouse Quarry Group Limited on 31 July 2024. The ultimate controlling party is considered to be Hillhouse Estates Limited, a company registered in Scotland. Consolidated financial statements are prepared for Hillhouse Estates Limited. The registered office address and principal place of business is Hillhouse Quarry, Troon, Ayrshire, KA10 7HX.
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