MCQUEENS DAIRIES LTD

Active
Company number SC246355Private limited companyIncorporated 2003

Key figures

£30,762,755+23.8%
Net assets 2024/25
+23.8%
Average annual growth 2023/24–2024/25
010 m20 m30 m40 m2023/242024/25

† MCQUEENS DAIRIES LTD filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 10511

Where the company stands among the 181 active companies whose first SIC code is 10511 (Liquid milk and cream production).

Net assets£30,762,755
Higher than 92% · median £144,469
Total assets£50,953,453
Higher than 85% · median £604,127
Cash£17,417,673
Higher than 97% · median £62,047
Employees3
Around the median · median 3
Company age23.6 years
Older than 71% · median 10.3 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ARLA FOODS LIMITED£448.3m
  2. ARLA FOODS UK PLC£434.7m
  3. DALE FARM LIMITED£154.1m
  4. LACPATRICK DAIRIES (NI) LIMITED£87.7m
  5. MEADOW FOODS LIMITED£85.5m
  6. CREDITON DAIRY LIMITED£58m
  7. ANDROS UK LIMITED£40.7m
  8. YEO VALLEY FARMS (PRODUCTION) LIMITED£33.9m
  9. MCQUEENS DAIRIES LTD£30.8m
  10. DEWLAY CHEESEMAKERS LIMITED£22m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 181. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: MCQUEENS DAIRIES LTD

What kind of company is it?

MCQUEENS DAIRIES LTD is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC246355. It was incorporated on 25 Mar 2003. Its status is active. The registered office is in Glasgow (G4). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is liquid milk and cream production (10511).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Jul 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £129,962,445. Profit for the year was £9,609,544. Net assets were £30,762,755, up 23.8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £17,417,673. Total assets were £50,953,453 and total liabilities £17,141,080. The company had an average of 3 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 181 active companies whose first SIC code is 10511: By net assets it ranks higher than 92% of them (median £144,469). By total assets it ranks higher than 85% of them (median £604,127). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £62,047). By number of employees it is around the median of them (3). It is older than 71% of them (median age 10.3 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £3,000, from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly vegetable and fruit preparations, plastics, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly dairy, eggs and honey.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 7 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Apr 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 11 Mar 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover104,122,306129,962,445
Profit for the year8,438,2229,609,544
Cash at bank and in hand—17,417,673
Total assets42,233,86650,953,453
Total liabilities14,632,71117,141,080
Net assets / total equity24,853,21130,762,755
Average number of employees—3

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

1 grant

MCQUEENS DAIRIES LTD is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £3,000.

Grant
  1. Identifying best sensor technologies to deliver verifiable health & welfare, environment and processing quality benefits for dairy production.Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £3,000 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 4 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: vegetable and fruit preparations, plastics and electrical equipment.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently December 2025. Main goods: dairy, eggs and honey.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

9 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £130m, net assets £30.8m, 3 employees
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £104.1m, net assets £24.9m
  3. Mcqueens Dairies Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Mrs Margaret Anne Mcqueen ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Mr Michael George Mcqueen ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Mrs Margaret Anne Mcqueen registered as a person with significant control
  7. Mr Michael George Mcqueen registered as a person with significant control
  8. Name changed to MCQUEENS DAIRIES LTDPreviously SUNFRESH DAIRIES LTD
Earlier events (1)
  1. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.