Mackie's Limited
Registered name: MACKIE'S LIMITED
Part of Westertown Limited groupMackie's Limited made £24.8m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Mackie's Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £24.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.8m profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of ice cream” and is based in Aberdeenshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- 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 and controlling party is Westertown Limited. Westertown Limited heads the only group for which consolidated financial statements have been prepared. Copies of these results”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.7m | £20.8m | £22.3m | £24.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £13.7m | £13.7m | £15.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £7.1m | £8.6m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £965k | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.3m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £5m | £4m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 100 | 110 | 115 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.8% | 5.5% | 8.5% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 40.9% | 34.1% | 38.8% | 37.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £187k | £208k | £203k | £216k |
| Profit per employee | £14.6k | £11.3k | £17.2k | £15.6k |
| Cash conversion | −101.7% | −174.6% | −158.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.3% | ▲7.2% | ▲11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.4% | ▲67% | ▼5.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▲10% | ▲4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1m | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £23m | £24.1m | £25.8m | £23.6m |
| Fixed assets | £18m | £17.8m | £18m | £18.1m |
| Current assets | — | £12m | £14.7m | £12.4m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £4.8m | £5.3m | £6.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1m | £851k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | −£1.7m | −£2.5m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £216k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 72.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.4%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £23.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £851k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £18.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Westertown Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mackie's Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Mackie's Renewables LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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