McLean Holdings Ltd
Registered name: MCLEAN HOLDINGS LTD
McLean Holdings Ltd made £74.4m revenue and £4.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
McLean Holdings Ltd’s revenue grew 7% to £74.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.6m profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Shaftesbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shaftesbury, South West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
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) | £80.4m | £69.4m | £74.4m |
| Cost of sales | £74.4m | £62.8m | £66.9m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £6.6m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.7m | £5.1m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £5.2m | £6.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £3.9m | £4.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £3.9m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 28 | 29 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 5.6% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 7.4% | 9.5% | 10.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.8m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | £125k | £138k | £160k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.7% | ▲7.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▲19.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £160k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- R.J. & K.D. McLean LimitedRev. £74.4m · Profit £4.6m
- McLean & Sons LtdFigures 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 £4.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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