Ian Macleod Distillers Limited
Registered name: IAN MACLEOD DISTILLERS LIMITED
Ian Macleod Distillers Limited made £118m revenue and £5.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Ian Macleod Distillers Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £118m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £5.5m profit and 371 employees. The company is classified under “distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits” and is based in Broxburn; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Broxburn, Scotland
- Age
- 68 yrs · since 1957
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £161m | £128m | £118m |
| Cost of sales | −£77.1m | −£61.9m | −£56.1m |
| Gross profit | £83.4m | £66.4m | £62m |
| Operating profit | £37.5m | £22.6m | £15.4m |
| Profit before tax | £33.8m | £15.6m | £8.5m |
| Profit after tax | £26m | £11.6m | £5.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £26m | £11.6m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 277 | 320 | 371 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 16.2% | 9.1% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 52% | 51.8% | 52.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £580k | £401k | £318k |
| Profit per employee | £93.8k | £36.3k | £14.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.1% | ▼8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼55.2% | ▼53% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.5% | ▲15.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £318k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.7k
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now 371
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (11)
- Edinburgh Gin LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hedges & Butler LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ian Macleod and Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laggan Bay Distillers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lang Brothers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peter J Russell & Company Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Scottish Independent Distillers Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Spencerfield Spirit Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Glengoyne Distilling Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wincarnis LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WM Maxwell (Scotch Whisky) 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £5.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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