McAlpine & Company. Limited
Registered name: MCALPINE & COMPANY. LIMITED
McAlpine & Company. Limited made £83.7m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
McAlpine & Company. Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £83.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.8m profit and 748 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 119 yrs · since 1907
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £82.9m | £82.3m | £83.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£60m | −£59.2m | −£63.2m |
| Gross profit | £22.9m | £23.1m | £20.5m |
| Operating profit | £6.7m | £6.3m | £5.2m |
| Profit before tax | £7.1m | £7.5m | £6.5m |
| Profit after tax | £5.3m | £5.7m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.3m | £5.7m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 740 | 733 | 748 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 6.9% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 27.7% | 28.1% | 24.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £112k | £112k | £112k |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | £7.8k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▼15.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▲2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £112k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now 748
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wylie-Redman (Moulds) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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