Dundas Chemical Company (Mosspark) Limited
Registered name: DUNDAS CHEMICAL COMPANY (MOSSPARK) LIMITED
Part of Lincoln Protein Holdings Ltd groupDundas Chemical Company (Mosspark) Limited made £29.3m revenue and £392k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Dundas Chemical Company (Mosspark) Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £29.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £392k profit and 119 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of poultry meat” and is based in Dumfries; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dumfries, Scotland
- Age
- 67 yrs · since 1958
- 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: “Lincoln Protein Holdings Ltd.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £49.3m | £38.6m | £29.3m |
| Cost of sales | £45.4m | £41.2m | £28.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | −£2.6m | £979k |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | −£5.5m | −£2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | −£5.5m | −£91.7k |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | −£4m | £392k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | −£4m | £392k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 133 | 127 | 119 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | −10.3% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 8% | −6.8% | 3.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £371k | £304k | £246k |
| Profit per employee | £16.2k | −£31.4k | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.7% | ▼24.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼284.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £2.1m | — |
| Net assets | £12.4m | £8.4m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £16.8m | £16.6m | £7m |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £5.1m | £7m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £1.8m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £970k | £1.2m | £827k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £246k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▼79%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 119
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £827k
- Fixed assets
- ▼58%
- Now £7m
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
- Lincoln Protein Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Dundas Chemical Company (Mosspark) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Ayrshire Animal By=products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Caledonian Petfoods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Caledonian Proteins LimitedFigures not disclosed
- North East Fallen Stock LtdFigures not disclosed
- Northern Fallen Stock LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Inztec LimitedRev. £22.2m · Profit £1.4m
- Lincoln Proteins LimitedRev. £5.8m · Profit £1.1m
- Inztec Composting 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 Dec 2024 (profit £392k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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