McLean & Appleton (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: MCLEAN & APPLETON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Part of Lithia Motors, Inc. groupMcLean & Appleton (Holdings) Limited does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Jan 2025 show net assets of £56.8m and 367 employees.
McLean & Appleton (Holdings) Limited did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 showed net assets of £56.8m and 367 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party of the group is Mr G S Williams.”
Key figures
Revenue not disclosed
McLean & Appleton (Holdings) Limited’s accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.
We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.
- Employees
- 367
- Net assets
- £56.8m
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £340m | — |
| Profit (best available) | — | — |
| Staff costs | £17.1m | £16.8m |
| Employees (average) | 390 | 367 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £15.4m | — |
| Net assets | £49.6m | £56.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲15%
- Now £56.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 367
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lithia Motors, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Lithia UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Pendragon Newco 2 Limited75–100%
- Stratstone Motor Holdings Limited75–100%
- Stratstone Limited75–100%
- McLean & Appleton (Holdings) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- McLean & Appleton LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £7.6m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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