Company registration number SC433127 (Scotland)
GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Company information
1
Directors' report
2 - 3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 6
Statement of comprehensive income
7
Balance sheet
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 12
GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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Directors
Mr D M Taylor
(Appointed 30 June 2025)
Mrs E Brotherton
(Appointed 2 June 2026)
Mr M Fendall
(Appointed 2 June 2026)
Mr N Newton
(Appointed 2 June 2026)
Mr P Vian
(Appointed 4 March 2026)
Secretary
Mr A J Leak
Company number
SC433127
Registered office
Cadder House
160 Clober Road
Milngavie
Glasgow
Scotland
G62 7LW
Auditor
Dains Audit (Scotland) Limited
169 West George Street
Glasgow
United Kingdom
G2 2LB
GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of an intermediate holding company.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 7.

Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £16,250 (2025: £32,500). The directors do not recommend payment of a further dividend.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Mr D C Coghlan
(Resigned 30 June 2025)
Mr W Bow
(Resigned 30 June 2025)
Mr O J Hall
(Appointed 30 June 2025 and resigned 2 June 2026)
Mr D M Taylor
(Appointed 30 June 2025)
Mr I J Trevor
(Appointed 30 June 2025 and resigned 2 June 2026)
Mrs E Brotherton
(Appointed 2 June 2026)
Mr M Fendall
(Appointed 2 June 2026)
Mr N Newton
(Appointed 2 June 2026)
Mr P Vian
(Appointed 4 March 2026)
Auditor

Dains Audit (Scotland) Limited were appointed as auditor to the company and are deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

Statement of directors' responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

 

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

 

 

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 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.

GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

On behalf of the board
Mr M Fendall
Director
1 July 2026
GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Gabb Holdings (Scotland) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2026 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including 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).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

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 Auditor's 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 UK, including the FRC’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.

Conclusions relating to going concern

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.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

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 directors' report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

 

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

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 auditor's 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.

 

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

 

 

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence.

 

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
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A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Use of our report

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 auditor's 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.

Andrew McKay
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Dains Audit (Scotland) Limited
Statutory Auditor
169 West George Street
Glasgow
United Kingdom
G2 2LB
7 July 2026
GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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2026
2025
Notes
£
£
Administrative expenses
(3)
(7)
Loss before taxation
(3)
(7)
Tax on loss
-
0
-
0
Loss for the financial year
(3)
(7)

The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

The notes on pages 10 to 12 form part of these financial statements.

GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2026
31 March 2026
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2026
2025
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
5
6,000
6,000
Current assets
Debtors
7
850,672
-
0
Cash at bank and in hand
-
0
866,925
Net current assets
850,672
866,925
Net assets
856,672
872,925
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
8
6,000
6,000
Profit and loss reserves
850,672
866,925
Total equity
856,672
872,925

The notes on pages 10 to 12 form part of these financial statements.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 1 July 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr M Fendall
Director
Company Registration No. SC433127
GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 October 2024
6,000
899,432
905,432
Year ended 31 March 2025:
Loss and total comprehensive income for the year
-
(7)
(7)
Dividends
4
-
(32,500)
(32,500)
Balance at 31 March 2025
6,000
866,925
872,925
Year ended 31 March 2026:
Loss and total comprehensive income for the year
-
(3)
(3)
Dividends
4
-
(16,250)
(16,250)
Balance at 31 March 2026
6,000
850,672
856,672

The notes on pages 10 to 12 form part of these financial statements.

GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Gabb Holdings (Scotland) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Scotland. The registered office is Cadder House, 160 Clober Road, Milngavie, Glasgow, Scotland, G62 7LW. The company's registration number is SC433127.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of DCC Plc. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office DCC House, Leopardstown Road, Foxrock, Co Dublin, Ireland.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in the profit and loss account.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.4
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.5
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet 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.

2
Operating loss
2026
2025
Operating loss for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
2,500
-
0
3
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2026
2025
Total
0
0
4
Dividends
2026
2025
£
£
Final paid
16,250
32,500

The dividends recognised in the year relate to distributions made to the previous shareholders before the acquisition of the company on 30th June 2025. No dividends were declared or paid following the acquisition.

5
Fixed asset investments
2026
2025
Notes
£
£
Investments in subsidiaries
6
6,000
6,000
GABB HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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6
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 March 2026 are as follows:

Name of undertaking
Registered office
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Power & Control Solutions Ltd
Cadder House 160 Clober Road Milngavie, Glasgow, Scotland, G62 7LW
Ordinary
100.00
7
Debtors
2026
2025
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
850,672
-
0
8
Share capital
2026
2025
£
£
Ordinary share capital
Issued and fully paid
6,000 Ordinary of £1
6,000
6,000
9
Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

 

No other transactions with related parties were undertaken such as are required to be disclosed under Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.

10
Ultimate controlling party

Prior to 30th June, no individual shareholder had a controlling interest. On 30th June 2025, the entire share capital of the company was acquired by Dieselec Thistle Generators Limited. Dieselec Thistle Generators is now the immediate parent company.

 

The directors regard DCC plc, a company registered in the Republic of Ireland, as the ultimate parent company. The smallest and largest group of undertakings which the company is consolidated for which group financial statements are prepared is DCC plc. Copies of the consolidated financial statements may be obtained from The Secretary, DCC plc, DCC House, Leopardstown Road, Foxrock, Co Dublin, Ireland.

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