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Company description
THE FIRST MILK CHEESE COMPANY LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 2 August 2006; registered for 20 years; registered office reported in WIGTON, CUMBRIA. Its primary declared activity is 10512 · Butter and cheese production.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 9 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- THE FIRST MILK CHEESE COMPANY LIMITED
- Company number
- 05893846
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 16 total · 7 outstanding · 9 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2025Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
2 August 2025Next statement due
16 August 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Filed
- 29 April 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 75 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 April 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £3,586,549
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £9,890,350
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £6,196,821
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £1,220,162
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 68.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 1.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 75 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
The purchaser shall pay each invoice submitted by the supplier within 45 days of the date of invoice unless the parties otherwise agree in writing.
- Dispute resolution process
If any dispute arises out of the Contract the parties will attempt to settle it by negotiation within 90 days of the dispute arising, which failing the parties shall attempt to settle it by mediation in accordance with the Centre for Dispute Resolution Model Mediation procedure.
No party may commence any court proceedings in relation to any dispute arising from a Contract until they have attempted to settle it by mediation and that mediation has terminated.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 47.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 47.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 47.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay72.0% outside terms
- 51.0 average days to pay91.0% outside terms
- 62.0 average days to pay97.0% outside terms
- 59.0 average days to pay94.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
04 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
THE FIRST MILK CHEESE COMPANY LIMITED
LEI 213800WB5D7HYIW3G322 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 2 August 2006
- Initial LEI registration
- 27 November 2025
- LEI last updated
- 27 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 27 November 2026
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- THE LAKE DISTRICT CREAMERY, STATION ROAD, ASPATRIA, GB-CMA, CA7 2AR, GB
- Headquarters address
- THE LAKE DISTRICT CREAMERY, STATION ROAD, ASPATRIA, GB-CMA, CA7 2AR, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800WB5D7HYIW3G322 to LEI 549300913NZXEL55RA51
- Related legal entity
- FIRST MILK LIMITED →
- Initial registration
- 27 November 2025
- Last updated
- 27 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 27 November 2026
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-03-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2025-11-21T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05893846/filing-history/MzQ0NDc0NjE3NWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800WB5D7HYIW3G322 to LEI 549300913NZXEL55RA51
- Related legal entity
- FIRST MILK LIMITED →
- Initial registration
- 27 November 2025
- Last updated
- 27 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 27 November 2026
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-03-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2025-11-21T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05893846/filing-history/MzQ0NDc0NjE3NWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- THE FIRST MILK CHEESE COMPANY LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- LACTALIS (UK) LIMITED
- Statement period
- 31 March 2020 – 30 March 2021
- Approved
- 31 March 2021
- Sectors
- Food and beverages, agriculture and fishing
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Under £36 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 16 April 2021
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Your whole organisation
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Other monitoring
All employees are trained when they join the Company, and there are posters up at all sites advising individuals of what to do if they feel at risk.
Demonstrated progress
We review the Policy on a regular basis, and attend Stronger Together training programmes, using their resources to help us keep up to date with additional steps we can take and keep us up to date with communications required
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
06 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
THE FIRST MILK CHEESE COMPANY LIMITED
EPR/KP3931MS · CA7 2AR
- Permit or record holder
- THE FIRST MILK CHEESE COMPANY LIMITED
- Record date
- 23 January 2007
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Regulated site or public record address
- Aspatria Creamery, Lake District Creamery First Milk Cheese Co, Lake District Creamery, Wigton EPR/KP3931MS, Station Road, Aspatria, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 2AR
- Activity
- Animal Vegetable And Food; Treating Etc Milk >200T/Day - 6.8 A(1) e)
- Grid reference
- NY1445041160
- Easting
- 314450.000
- Northing
- 541160.000
- All populated source fields
- Permission Number: EPR/KP3931MS; Name: THE FIRST MILK CHEESE COMPANY LIMITED; Activity Type Description: Animal Vegetable And Food; Treating Etc Milk >200T/Day - 6.8 A(1) e); Document URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ca7-2ar-the-first-milk-cheese-company-limited-environmental-permit-issued-eprkp3931msv004; Site Address: Aspatria Creamery, Lake District Creamery First Milk Cheese Co, Lake District Creamery, Wigton EPR/KP3931MS, Station Road, Aspatria, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 2AR; Site Postcode: CA7 2AR; Site Grid Reference: NY1445041160; Easting: 314450; Northing: 541160; Local Authority: Cumberland; Permission Date: 2007-01-23
An official document URL is recorded and is available through the dedicated source page; no direct external link is placed here.
These are candidate company associations. The public-register downloads do not supply Companies House numbers. BritDB requires one unique exact holder-name and postcode match; the regulated site may differ from the registered office, so verify the record at source.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
THE LAKE DISTRICT DAIRY Co.
Owner The First Milk Cheese Company Limited · classes 5,29,30,32
- Filed / designated
- 22 February 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 February 2023
DAIRY MANIACS
Owner The First Milk Cheese Company Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 9 March 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 March 2021
CHEDDAR STIX
Owner The First Milk Cheese Company Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 9 March 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 March 2021
WOLFSCASTLE RED PEMBROKESHIRE CHEESE COMPANY
Owner The First Milk Cheese Company Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 6 October 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 October 2018
WOLFSCASTLE RED
Owner The First Milk Cheese Company Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 6 October 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 October 2018
PEMBROKESHIRE CHEESE COMPANY Just as it should be Fel Y Dylai Fod
Owner The First Milk Cheese Company Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 22 May 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 May 2018
Figurative mark
Owner The First Milk Cheese Company Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 22 August 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 August 2027
THE LAKE DISTRICT CHEESE Co.
Owner The First Milk Cheese Company Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 22 August 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 August 2027
AFON CLEDDAU
Owner The First Milk Cheese Company Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 19 January 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 January 2014
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
First Milk Limited
- Has significant influence or control (as a firm)
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Scotland
- Legal form
- Ltd
- Place registered
- Co-Operative And Community Benefits Societies Act 2014
- Registration number
- Ip29199r
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
A registrable PSC exists but has not yet been identified
- Notified
- 2 August 2016
- Ceased
- 10 January 2018
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: GRASSFLIP LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Candidate permit and enforcement associations based on a unique exact holder-name and postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.