THE MACALLAN DISTILLERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-14 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-30
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-64.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£1B
+9.5% vs 2024
Employees
190
+5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£246M
-40% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE MACALLAN DISTILLERS LIMITED 1998-01-13 → present
- MACALLAN - GLENLIVET P L C 1946-04-25 → 1998-01-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £465,300,000 | £400,500,000 | |
| Operating profit | £295,700,000 | £167,500,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £410,100,000 | £246,200,000 | |
| Net profit | £336,000,000 | £203,700,000 | |
| Cash | £5,900,000 | £2,100,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,243,000,000 | £1,369,600,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,097,400,000 | £1,202,100,000 | |
| Equity | £1,097,400,000 | £1,202,100,000 | |
| Average employees | 181 | 190 | |
| Wages | £9,300,000 | £10,300,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 63.6% | 41.8% | |
| Net margin | 72.2% | 50.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.8% | 12.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.1% | 17.2% | |
| Current ratio | 11.66x | 10.84x | |
| Interest cover | 60.35x | 32.84x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have confidence in the Company's financial position for the next 12 months and beyond and therefore deem it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE MACALLAN DISTILLERS LIMITED · parent
- Macallan Property Company Limited 100%
- Macallan Property Development Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The brand's 200th anniversary was marked with significant celebrations and the successful launch of TIME:SPACE, featuring the brand's oldest ever expression.”
- “Over the past 12 months, we have continued to strengthen our ownership of our sherry-seasoned oak cask supply chain giving us more control over these aspects which are highly important to the brand.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 56 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCMANUS, Nicholas John | Secretary | 2020-11-09 | — | — |
| CHAPLIN, Jeremy Mcdowell | Director | 2019-11-05 | Apr 1971 | British |
| MCCROSKIE, Scott John | Director | 2026-03-17 | Nov 1967 | British |
| TORII, Kengo | Director | 2022-03-15 | Sep 1967 | Japanese |
| UMEHARA, Takeshi | Director | 2026-03-17 | Dec 1976 | Japanese |
Show 56 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMERON, David Brian | Secretary | 1989-09-22 | 1996-09-20 |
| CLARK, Ashleigh Kay | Secretary | 2017-06-05 | 2020-11-09 |
| MORRISON, Fraser Stuart | Secretary | 1996-09-20 | 2017-06-05 |
| WILKEN, Charles Beaton | Secretary | — | 1990-05-11 |
| BALADI MOANACK, Albert | Director | 2014-10-09 | 2018-05-22 |
| BLACK, John Jeremy, Sir | Director | 1993-07-01 | 1996-07-29 |
| BOYADJIAN, Igor Pierre | Director | 2019-05-28 | 2026-03-17 |
| CAMPBELL, Lindsay Margaret | Director | 2019-05-28 | 2019-11-12 |
| CAMPBELL, Lindsay Margaret | Director | 2019-03-18 | 2019-05-28 |
| CHAPLIN, Jeremy Mcdowell | Director | 2019-05-28 | 2019-05-28 |
| COCHRANE, William Grant | Director | — | 1996-07-29 |
| COOMBS, Ian Courtenay | Director | — | 1995-05-10 |
| COX, David Arthur | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2004-11-11 |
| CURLE, Alexander Middlemas | Director | — | 1990-05-31 |
| FAIRLIE, Peter James Morrison | Director | 1996-09-20 | 1999-01-31 |
| FARRAR, Richard William | Director | 1996-09-20 | 2009-05-20 |
| FRIZZELL, Alan William | Director | 2009-05-20 | 2019-03-18 |
| GLEN, Trina Catherine | Director | 2001-08-29 | 2005-11-10 |
| GREENOW, Pryce William David | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2021-05-24 |
| GRIER, Kenneth William | Director | 2004-11-11 | 2018-09-28 |
| HATTORI, Seiichiro | Director | 2010-05-25 | 2011-03-29 |
| HIMENO, Kunimasa | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2020-03-25 |
| HIMENO, Kunimasa | Director | 2013-05-30 | 2015-05-14 |
| HIMENO, Kunimasa | Director | 2005-05-19 | 2008-05-15 |
| HUNTER, Richard Jackson Arrol | Director | 1999-11-18 | 2001-08-29 |
| IVORY, Brian Gammell, Sir | Director | 1996-07-29 | 1999-11-18 |
| JACKSON, Barrie Mason | Director | 1999-11-18 | 2001-08-29 |
| MACRAE, Stewart | Director | 2012-05-22 | 2015-10-24 |
| MAXWELL SCOTT, David Darragh | Director | 1997-01-23 | 2000-04-28 |
| MCCAFFER, Stuart John | Director | 1996-09-20 | 1998-02-27 |
| MCCROSKIE, Scott John | Director | 2015-11-24 | 2019-05-28 |
| MCGREGOR, William James | Director | 1996-07-29 | 1998-02-01 |
| MCLAREN, John Alexander | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| MITCALFE, Alan Hugh | Director | — | 1996-09-20 |
| MITCHELSON, Alan Wallace Fernie | Director | 1996-07-29 | 1996-12-31 |
| MIYAMORI, Hiroshi | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2018-05-22 |
| MIYAMORI, Hiroshi | Director | 2008-05-15 | 2010-05-25 |
| MORITA, Yoshihiro | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2024-03-11 |
| MORRISON, Fraser Stuart | Director | 2009-05-20 | 2017-06-05 |
| NAGATA, Seiichi | Director | 1997-12-16 | 2001-05-15 |
| NARA, Takumi | Director | 2024-03-11 | 2025-04-01 |
| NOEL-PATON, Frederick Ranald, The Hon | Director | — | 1996-07-29 |
| O'DONNELL, Gerrard Thomas Paul | Director | 2001-08-29 | 2004-11-11 |
| OHIWA, Hitofumi | Director | 1996-08-21 | 1997-12-16 |
| OKUDA, Hideaki | Director | 2025-04-01 | 2026-03-17 |
| ONO, Makiko | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2013-05-30 |
| PHILLIPS, William Charles Henry | Director | — | 1996-09-20 |
| PICKARD, Edward | Director | 1994-09-26 | 1996-07-29 |
| ROSS, Paul | Director | 2005-11-10 | 2011-03-29 |
| SHIACH, Allan George | Director | — | 1996-09-20 |
| SHIMIZU, Satoru | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2023-05-01 |
| TOKUDA, Hidenori | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2005-05-19 |
| TURNER, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2009-05-20 | 2010-05-25 |
| WATT, Malcolm | Director | 1993-09-15 | 1995-09-30 |
| WILSON, James Simpson | Director | 1996-07-29 | 1999-11-18 |
| YAMADA, Noriyuki | Director | 2021-05-24 | 2022-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hs (Distillers) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 284 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-13.9%
£465,300,000 £400,500,000
-
Cash
-64.4%
£5,900,000 £2,100,000
-
Net assets
+9.5%
£1,097,400,000 £1,202,100,000
-
Employees
+5%
181 190
-
Operating profit
-43.4%
£295,700,000 £167,500,000
-
Profit before tax
-40%
£410,100,000 £246,200,000
-
Wages
+10.8%
£9,300,000 £10,300,000
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