The Fresh Milk Company Limited
Registered name: THE FRESH MILK COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Lactalis McLelland Limited groupThe Fresh Milk Company Limited made £10.5m revenue and £777k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Fresh Milk Company Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £10.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £777k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats” and is based in Redhill; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redhill
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.8m | £9.7m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£9.1m | −£8.5m | −£9.3m |
| Gross profit | −£303k | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | −£1.2m | £315k | £776k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | £319k | £776k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | £319k | £777k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | £319k | £777k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −13.4% | 3.3% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | −3.5% | 12.3% | 11.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | −£293k | £79.8k | £194k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▲8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲143.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £194k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lactalis McLelland Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Fresh Milk Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Ambrosi (UK) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£107k
- Galloway Cheddar Cheese Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lubborn Cheese LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLelland Cheese Packing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Caledonian Cheese Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £777k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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