Hunter Laing & Company Limited
Registered name: HUNTER LAING & COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Hunter Laing Holdings Limited groupHunter Laing & Company Limited made £13.6m revenue and £533k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Hunter Laing & Company Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £13.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £533k profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.9m | £20.5m | £17.9m | £13.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.3m | £6.1m | £5.8m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | £10.7m | £14.3m | £12.1m | £8.6m |
| Operating profit | £7.9m | £11m | £8.8m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £7.5m | £7m | £5.3m | £760k |
| Profit after tax | £6.2m | £4.9m | £4.2m | £533k |
| Profit (best available) | £6.2m | £4.9m | £4.2m | £533k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 31 | 29 | 28 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 34.3% | 23.9% | 23.2% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 59.5% | 70.1% | 67.7% | 62.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £618k | £660k | £616k | £487k |
| Profit per employee | £212k | £158k | £143k | £19k |
| Cash conversion | −70.4% | −19.5% | −54.8% | 6.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.1% | ▼12.6% | ▼23.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.6% | ▼14.9% | ▼87.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▼6.5% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £197k | £420k | £521k |
| Net assets | £22.4m | £26.9m | £30.7m | £31.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £6.1m | £8.1m | £9m |
| Current assets | £45.8m | £45.5m | £49.6m | £50.8m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £3.3m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£5.6m | −£2.2m | −£4.8m | £303k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £487k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 6.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 66.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £31.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £521k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hunter Laing Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hunter Laing & Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Carron Property LtdFigures not disclosed
- Douglas Export Agency LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Edition Spirits Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Premier Bonding Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Raleigh (Glasgow) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Ardnahoe Distillery Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Way Down Bourbon Company 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £533k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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