BARCLAY & MATHIESON LIMITED
Company number SC030987 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Barclay & Mathieson is a strategically positioned UK steel stockholder leveraging the global scale of its MISI parent group, a nationwide depot network, and technology-enabled operations to navigate a challenging market environment. However, consecutive years of losses, margin compression, and regulatory cost inflation require decisive action on value-added service expansion and international diversification to restore profitability and reverse equity erosion before the balance sheet advantage becomes a vulnerability.
Shareholders' funds
£28,858,630
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
What it does
Steel stockholder
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1955-08-09
- Employees
- 461 (2026 accounts · was 381 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 180 Hardgate Road, Glasgow, Scotland, G51 4TB
- Postcode
- G51 4TB
- Capital
- 8,600 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 17 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-12
- Next due by
- 2026-12-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25110 Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
- 25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 6 current · 27 resigned
Group structure 8 subsidiaries
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ALCYON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED Dissolved
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B & M STEEL LIMITED Dissolved
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CLYDESIDE STEEL FABRICATIONS LIMITED Dissolved
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STEEL PLATE AND SECTIONS LIMITED Dissolved
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TATHAM MILLER LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2026-03-31) — 4 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB262660 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
0.67%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O MACROBERTS LLP, FLOOR 10, CAPELLA 60 YORK STREET, GLASGOW, G2 8JX | 2015-07-17 |
| SHIELDHALL WORKS, 180 HARDGATE ROAD, GLASGOW, G51 4TB | 2015-04-07 |
| SHIELDHALL WORKS, 180 HARDGATE ROAD, GLASGOW, G51 4TB | 2015-04-07 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 51 similar companies in G
The largest employer among its local peers (461 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1955.
No.1 of the largest manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures companies in Glasgow →
Competitors Glasgow
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures in Glasgow.
Property in England & Wales 10 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 9
- Most recent registration
- 2023-03-03
- Where
- Southend-On-Sea (3), Lancashire (3), Greater Manchester (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA54627 | Southend-On-Sea | Leasehold | 2023-03-03 | — |
| AA54628 | Southend-On-Sea | Leasehold | 2023-03-03 | — |
| MAN330297 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2019-01-17 | — |
| SYK668476 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2019-01-17 | — |
| EX805979 | Southend-On-Sea | Freehold | 2018-04-13 | — |
| TT73115 | Kent | Leasehold | 2017-11-15 | — |
| CYM718821 | Gwynedd | Leasehold | 2017-08-16 | — |
| LAN191017 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2017-05-11 | — |
| LAN46577 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2007-02-13 | — |
| LAN46579 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2007-02-13 | — |
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