LACTALIS MCLELLAND LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£29M
+8.1% vs 2023
Employees
125
-0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+31.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LACTALIS MCLELLAND LIMITED 2006-11-01 → present
- A. MCLELLAND & SON LIMITED 1927-04-29 → 2006-11-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £282,819,000 | £277,306,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,302,000 | £1,081,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,722,000 | £2,270,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,588,000 | £2,287,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,101,000 | £29,263,000 | |
| Net assets | £26,987,000 | £29,166,000 | |
| Equity | £26,987,000 | £29,166,000 | |
| Average employees | 126 | 125 | |
| Wages | £8,206,000 | £9,125,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.8% | 3.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.3% | 79.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 0.43x | 0.32x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's directors expect the Company to continue to trade in future as normal. In the planning process, the Directors have considered the availability of funds by considering the ongoing impact of external environment pressures and the challenges in 2024.”
Group structure
- LACTALIS MCLELLAND LIMITED · parent
- The Caledonian Cheese Company Limited 100%
- McLelland Cheese Packing Limited 100%
- Lubborn Cheese Limited 100%
- The Fresh Milk Company Limited 100%
- Ambrosi (UK) Limited 100%
- Orkney Cheese Company Limited 20%
- Dairy Solutions Limited 30%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-08-20 | — | — |
| CHATTERS, Michael David John | Director | 2020-06-01 | May 1963 | British |
| GOPAL, Naigee | Director | 2009-03-01 | Aug 1962 | British |
| HAAGEN, Jean-Yves Bernard Francois | Director | 2024-11-27 | Nov 1964 | Luxembourger |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRVINE, Agnes Wilson | Secretary | — | 2005-01-10 |
| POWELL-COOK, Neale Alan | Secretary | 2005-01-10 | 2007-03-28 |
| DAVID VENUS & COMPANY LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2016-06-17 | 2018-08-20 |
| SLC REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-03-28 | 2016-06-17 |
| BOUISSET, Frederic | Director | 2007-01-10 | 2018-01-25 |
| BOYER, Jean-Francois | Director | 2007-01-10 | 2010-06-30 |
| CAIRNS, Joseph Thomas Francis | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2006-06-30 |
| CEYRAC, Regis | Director | 2007-01-10 | 2018-01-25 |
| CLEMENT, Thierry Thomas Yves Marie | Director | 2011-02-21 | 2018-01-25 |
| DEGLI ANTONI, Filippo | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2008-05-16 |
| GILMOUR, Robin Moffat | Director | — | 1997-07-25 |
| GUERIN, Yvon Phillippe | Director | 2011-02-21 | 2012-09-18 |
| IRVINE, Douglas Forbes | Director | 1993-10-13 | 2005-01-10 |
| IRVINE, Hugh Mclelland | Director | — | 2005-01-10 |
| IRVINE, John Alastair | Director | 1992-10-13 | 2005-01-10 |
| JAOUEN, Daniel Marie | Director | 2005-01-10 | 2020-11-09 |
| KLEIN, Olivier Pierre | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2012-09-18 |
| LEONARD, Michel | Director | 2007-01-10 | 2011-03-17 |
| LEVANTAL, Thierry | Director | 2005-01-28 | 2008-07-08 |
| MCGREGOR, James | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| MEAUDRE, Hugues Bernard | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2020-06-01 |
| PESLIER, Michel | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2024-04-30 |
| POWELL-COOK, Neale Alan | Director | 2005-01-10 | 2007-03-28 |
| SALA, Antonio | Director | 2013-08-12 | 2015-07-01 |
| SAUVAGEOT, Patrick Francois | Director | 2012-07-16 | 2018-01-25 |
| SMITH, Andrew James | Director | 2005-01-10 | 2014-07-14 |
| TAYLOR, Mark Garfield | Director | 2014-07-14 | 2018-07-31 |
| ZADRO, Mato | Director | 2012-07-16 | 2013-01-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Emmanuel Besnier | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Jean-Michel Besnier | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Ms Marie Besnier | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-1.9%
£282,819,000 £277,306,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+8.1%
£26,987,000 £29,166,000
-
Employees
-0.8%
126 125
-
Operating profit
-17%
£1,302,000 £1,081,000
-
Profit before tax
+31.8%
£1,722,000 £2,270,000
-
Wages
+11.2%
£8,206,000 £9,125,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers