TXT In plain English
Company description
LACTALIS MCLELLAND LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 29 April 1927; registered for 99 years; registered office reported in STRANRAER. Its primary declared activity is 10511 · Liquid milk and cream production, with 2 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 23 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
- LACTALIS MCLELLAND LIMITED
- Company number
- SC014583
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 3 total · 0 outstanding · 3 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 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
16 June 2026Next statement due
30 June 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 July 2023 – 31 December 2023
- Filed
- 1 March 2024
- Shortest standard term
- 45 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 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-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 59.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Our standard payment term is 60 days from the date of receipt of an appropriate invoice. Invoices must quote the purchase order reference and will be paid in full if all goods and services received are accurate. Terms can vary in accordance with individual contract terms with specific suppliers.
- Dispute resolution process
Dispute resolution is handled by the relevant purchasing team in communication with the supplier, supported by the purchase ledger and purchasing teams and with reference to agreed terms and conditions.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 43.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay17.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 49.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
- 71.0 average days to pay40.0% outside terms
- 51.0 average days to pay48.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay23.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay21.0% 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 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- LACTALIS MCLELLAND 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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
McLelland SERIOUS ABOUT CHEESE SINCE 1850 SERIOUSLY STRONG Spreadable
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 29 December 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 December 2025
McLelland SERIOUSLY TASTY CHEDDAR
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 5 August 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 August 2025
Figurative mark
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29,30,32
- Filed / designated
- 7 December 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 December 2024
McLelland SERIOUSLY STRONG FARMHOUSE CHEDDAR
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 22 June 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 June 2024
McLelland · SERIOUSLY · STRONG CHEDDAR CHEESE MERCHANTS SINCE 1850
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 29 November 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 November 2022
LOCH RYAN
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 27 February 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 February 2022
GLEN RYAN
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 9 February 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 February 2022
MCLELLAND
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 22 November 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 November 2021
SERIOUSLY STRONG
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29,30,32
- Filed / designated
- 28 September 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 September 2021
SERIOUSLY STRONG
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 28 September 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 September 2021
SERIOUSLY STRONG
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 15 November 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 November 2025
GALLOWAY
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 31 October 1994
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 October 2024
Galloway
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 13 January 1990
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 January 2027
Figurative mark
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 25 August 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 August 2025
MCLELLAND SERIOUSLY
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 1 November 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 November 2015
McLelland SERIOUSLY SMOOTH CHEDDAR
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 5 August 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 August 2015
McLelland SERIOUSLY FARMY CHEDDAR
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 5 August 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 August 2015
Aeron Valley
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 27 April 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 April 2014
AERON VALLEY
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 16 April 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 April 2014
SERIOUSLY STRONG PIZZA
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 25 June 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 June 2013
DO IT FOR THE TASTE
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29,30,31,32,33
- Filed / designated
- 30 January 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 January 2013
SERIOUSLY STRONG CLOTHING
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 25
- Filed / designated
- 10 March 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 March 2011
TOON
Owner Lactalis McLelland Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 13 November 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 November 2006
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.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Mr Emmanuel BesnierSee 4 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- French
- Country of residence
- France
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Appointment Verification Statement Date: 2026-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Statement Due On: 2026-09-14T00:00:00Z
Mr Jean-Michel BesnierSee 4 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- French
- Country of residence
- France
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Anti Money Laundering Supervisory Bodies: HMRC
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-07-21T00:00:00Z
- Authorised Corporate Service Provider Name: PRISM COMMUNICATIONS & MANAGEMENT LIMITED ACSP
- Identity Verified On: 2026-06-18T00:00:00Z
- Preferred Name: Jean-Michel Besnier
Ms Marie BesnierSee 4 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- French
- Country of residence
- France
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Anti Money Laundering Supervisory Bodies: HMRC
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-07-09T00:00:00Z
- Authorised Corporate Service Provider Name: PRISM COMMUNICATIONS & MANAGEMENT LIMITED ACSP
- Identity Verified On: 2026-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Preferred Name: Marie Besnier
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06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
10 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.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats
Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
12 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.
13 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: A. MCLELLAND & SON LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 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.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
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.