McLelland Cheese Packing Limited
Registered name: MCLELLAND CHEESE PACKING LIMITED
Part of Lactalis McLelland Limited groupMcLelland Cheese Packing Limited made £59.9m revenue and £634k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
McLelland Cheese Packing Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £59.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £634k profit. The company is classified under “packaging activities” and is based in Stranraer; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stranraer
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- 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) | £66.1m | £62m | £59.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£64m | −£60.1m | −£57.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £642k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £777k | £254k | £748k |
| Profit after tax | £480k | £157k | £634k |
| Profit (best available) | £480k | £157k | £634k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▼3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67.3% | ▲303.8% |
| 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
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lactalis McLelland Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- McLelland Cheese Packing 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
- The Caledonian Cheese Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Fresh Milk 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 £634k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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