McLanachan Holdings Limited
Registered name: MCLANACHAN HOLDINGS LIMITED
McLanachan Holdings Limited made £8.3m revenue and £319k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
McLanachan Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 33% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £319k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Motherwell; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Motherwell, Scotland
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.1m | £12.5m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | £10.3m | £8.9m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £3.6m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.5m | £3m | £386k |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £3m | £434k |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £2.2m | £319k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £2.2m | £319k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 46 | 43 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 23.9% | 17.9% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 31.9% | 28.8% | 18.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £7.5m | £272k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8m | £48.8k | £7.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼33.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼85.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £427k |
| Net assets | £900 | £900 | £6.3k |
| Fixed assets | £900 | £900 | £756k |
| Debtors | £900 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲601%
- Now £6.3k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £427k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲83900%
- Now £756k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- McLanachan Transport LimitedRev. £8.3m · Profit £313k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £319k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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