COUNTY MILK PRODUCTS LIMITED
Company number 02873177 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
County Milk Products Limited operates as a well-established mid-tier player in the UK dairy commodity trading and specialist ingredient supply sector, demonstrating consistent profitability and steady equity growth over nearly a decade. However, the 24% profit decline in 2024, persistently thin cash reserves, and elevated leverage ratios indicate vulnerability to the sector-wide challenges of milk supply tightening, commodity price volatility, and cost inflation. The company's international trading capability and manufacturing access provide competitive differentiation, but its scale relative to major industry participants limits pricing power, making the ongoing diversification strategy critical to sustaining margins in an increasingly volatile trading environment.
Shareholders' funds
£14,841,257
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The nature of the company's operations and its principal activity is the sale of dairy commodities and specialist food ingredients.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-11-18
- Employees
- 145 (2024 accounts · was 138 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Dean Court, 85 Adlington Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 2BT
- Postcode
- SK9 2BT
- Capital
- 6 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-29
- Financial year end
- 29 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-08
- Next due by
- 2027-08-22
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47290 Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Officers 7 current · 6 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
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Contact details
- Website
- countymilk.co.uk
With over 30 years of industry experience, County Milk Products is one of the UK’s most established and trusted dairy ingredient suppliers.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| INHOCO 282 LIMITED | 1993-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| OAK HOUSE 137 GRAVEL LANE, WILMSLOW, CHESHIRE, SK9 6EG | 2010-10-21 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 06/08/2008 FROM, GREENWAYS, 3 HOLLY ROAD SOUTH, WILMSLOW, CHESHIRE, SK9 1NG | 2008-08-06 |
| GREENWAYS, 3 HOLLY ROAD SOUTH, WILMSLOW, CHESHIRE, SK9 1NG | 2008-08-06 |
| DENNIS HOUSE, MARSDEN STREET, MANCHESTER, M2 1JD | 1994-01-19 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 34 similar companies in SK
The largest employer among its local peers (145 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1993.
No.1 of the largest other retail sale of food in specialised stores companies in Stockport →
Competitors Stockport
This company ranks 1 among other retail sale of food in specialised stores in Stockport.
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,070 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2006-05-23
- Where
- Cheshire East
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH548946 | Cheshire East | Leasehold | 2006-05-23 | — |
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