MCLAREN PACKAGING LIMITED
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Cash
£8.5M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£28M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
295
Average over period
Profit before tax
£222K
Period ending 2025-02-28
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £41,524,762 | £36,715,579 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £3,097,308 | £1,500,331 | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,746,504 | £221,879 | — | |
| Net profit | — | £1,449,971 | -£141,735 | — | |
| Cash | — | £5,040,972 | £8,491,729 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1 | £38,169,271 | £41,653,328 | — | |
| Net assets | — | £27,223,669 | £28,025,072 | — | |
| Equity | £1 | £27,223,669 | £28,025,072 | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | 303 | 295 | — | |
| Wages | — | £9,845,476 | £9,996,171 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £183,379 | £160,546 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 7.5% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.5% | -0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 8.1% | 3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 40.6% | 41.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.45x | 3.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | 7.24x | 3.10x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MCLAREN PACKAGING LIMITED 2025-11-05 → present
- MCLAREN PACKAGING GROUP LIMITED 2025-09-02 → 2025-11-05
- MACPAC HOLDINGS LIMITED 2023-05-12 → 2025-09-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MCLAREN PACKAGING LIMITED · parent
- Blue Box Design Limited 99.43%
- Compack Limited 100%
- McLaren Divisions Limited 100%
- Packsure Limited 100%
- Glenhaze Limited 100%
- McLaren Corrugate Limited 50%
Significant events
- “On 23 February 2024, the company issued £0.3m of shares to Macpro Holdings Limited in exchange for the acquisition of the entire share capital of the McLaren Presentation Limited group. This was accounted for using merger relief.”
- “On 7 October 2024 a new 100% owned subsidiary was incorporated within the group, McLaren Corrugate Limited. Subsequently... on 4 February 2025, the Group established a new joint venture arrangement with a third party. Although structured as a joint venture, the Group has operational control over the entity and, in accordance with FRS 102 section 9, has therefore accounted for it as a subsidiary within the consolidated financial statements.”
- “Post year end, as part of a wider group restructure, the company has changed its name from Macpac Holdings Limited to McLaren Packaging Limited. A part of this restructure, on 2nd September 2025 the trade, assets and liabilities of various subsidiaries were hived to other group entities”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCLAREN, Donald Thomas | Director | 2023-05-12 | Nov 1978 | British |
| MCLAREN, Michael James | Director | 2023-05-12 | Jun 1983 | Scottish |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael James Mclaren | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-02-23 | Active |
| Donald Thomas Mclaren | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-05-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 16 of 16 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-05 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-02 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-07-21 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2025-05-30 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type micro entity | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-03-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-12 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.