VIVERS SCOTLAMB LIMITED
Company number SC340007 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Vivers Scotlamb is a specialized meat processing entity leveraging its J.W. Galloway group affiliations to execute a strategic pivot toward European export markets following a deliberate exit from UK retail. Despite strong 12% top-line growth to £38.6m, severe margin compression and a depletion of standalone cash reserves highlight acute operational vulnerabilities to input inflation and labor constraints. Future success depends entirely on securing livestock supply chains and driving operational efficiencies to convert revenue scale into sustainable profitability.
Shareholders' funds
£5,628
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-02
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the production and sale of lamb products, principally to the export market.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2008-03-22
- Employees
- 67 (2025 accounts · was 70 in 2024)
- Registered office
- The Abattoir, Dornock, Annan, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, DG12 6SU
- Postcode
- DG12 6SU
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-02
- Next due by
- 2026-11-30
- Financial year end
- 28 February
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10130 Production of meat and poultry meat products
Officers 1 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by J.W. GALLOWAY LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z3318422 (Tier 1), registered since 2012.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.vivers.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DMWS 874 LIMITED | 2008-08-19 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 16 CHARLOTTE SQUARE, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, EH2 4DF | 2020-08-27 |
At this address
Among the biggest employers
of 32 similar companies in DG — measured against the wider sector, with 67 staff.
The class of 2008
24%
of the 245,267 companies incorporated in 2008 are still active today; 74% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.