SMITH & MCLAURIN LIMITED
Company number SC229817 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Smith & McLaurin Limited is a well-established mid-market specialist in paper coating and converting, demonstrating financial resilience in a challenging, mature sector. Its improved gross margins and consistent equity accumulation are commendable, though flat revenue in real terms, thin operating margins, and exposure to macroeconomic headwinds temper the outlook. The company occupies a defensible niche rather than a dominant market position, and its ongoing investment in technical capability appears appropriate for maintaining competitiveness against both domestic specialists and larger European operators.
Shareholders' funds
£4,789,485
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of speciality coating and converting of paper products.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-04-02
- Employees
- 69 (2025 accounts · was 75 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Cartside Mill Kilbarchan Road, Kilbarchan, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, PA10 2AF
- Postcode
- PA10 2AF
- Capital
- 50,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-06
- Next due by
- 2027-02-20
Nature of business (SIC)
- 17120 Manufacture of paper and paperboard
Officers 7 current · 16 resigned
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| YORK PLACE (NO. 274) LIMITED | 2002-08-07 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 5TH FLOOR QUARTERMILE TWO, 2 LISTER SQUARE, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, EH3 9GL | 2013-04-23 |
| 30-31 QUEEN STREET, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, EH2 1JX | 2009-11-11 |
| CARTSIDE MILLS, KILBARCHAN, PA10 2AF | 2007-04-23 |
| 30-31 QUEEN STREET, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, EH2 1JX | 2002-07-21 |
The class of 2002
40%
of the 122,927 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.