McLaren Presentation Limited
Registered name: MCLAREN PRESENTATION LIMITED
Part of McLaren Packaging Limited groupMcLaren Presentation Limited made £2.2m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
McLaren Presentation Limited reported £2.2m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025, down 52% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 115 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 parent company is McLaren Packaging Limited, a company registered in Scotland, whose registered address is Gareloch Road, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde PA14 5XH.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £27.1m | £31.9m | £28.6m | £24.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £3.3m | £4.6m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £3.3m | £4.6m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £5m | £4.9m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 110 | 117 | 115 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £25.7k | £29.8k | £39.5k | £19.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲26.5% | ▲41.1% | ▼52.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▲6.4% | ▼1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £1.1m | £3.7m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £28.8m | £32.1m | £29.6m | £31.8m |
| Fixed assets | £18.8m | £18m | £22.3m | £18.2m |
| Current assets | £16.3m | £20m | £19.3m | £24m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £5.4m | £4.5m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £270k | £154k | £334k | £377k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£3.9m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.2k
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £31.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £377k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £18.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- McLaren Packaging Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- McLaren Presentation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Compack LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glenhaze LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Divisions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Packsure LimitedRev. — · Profit −£223k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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