THE FIRST MILK CHEESE COMPANY LIMITED
Company number 05893846 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
First Milk Cheese Company Limited operates as the cheese production subsidiary of the farmer-owned First Milk cooperative, with substantial £28M capitalisation reflecting significant group investment in the Aspatria creamery facility. The business benefits from genuine Lake District provenance positioning, cooperative supply chain security, and parent company financial backing – competitive advantages that are difficult to replicate. However, single-site concentration risk, cooperative governance complexity, and margin dependency on intra-group transfer pricing present structural vulnerabilities. The company is well-positioned within the mid-premium UK cheese market but faces ongoing margin pressure from retail buyer power and input cost volatility common across the dairy processing sector.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-08-02
- Registered office
- The Lake District Creamery Station Road, Aspatria, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 2AR
- Postcode
- CA7 2AR
- Capital
- 28,000,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-02
- Next due by
- 2027-08-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10512 Butter and cheese production
Officers 3 current · 19 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by FIRST MILK LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-03-30) as part of the LACTALIS (UK) LIMITED group statement.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| GRASSFLIP LIMITED | 2006-10-16 |
Previous registered addresses 9
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PICKHILL LANE CROSS LANES, WREXHAM, LL13 0UE | 2014-04-03 |
| NOT APPLICABLE PICKHILL LANE, CROSS LANES, WREXHAM, LL13 0UE, WALES | 2008-12-10 |
| MAELOR CREAMERY PICKHILL LANE, CROSS LANES, WREXHAM, LL13 0UE, WALES | 2008-12-09 |
| ELGAR BUSINESS CENTRE, HALLOW, WORCESTERSHIRE, WR2 6NJ | 2008-03-26 |
| MAELOR CREAMERY PICKHALL LANE, CROSS LANES, WREXHAM, LL13 0UE, WALES | 2008-03-26 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 26/03/2008 FROM, ELGAR BUSINESS CENTRE, HALLOW, WORCESTERSHIRE, WR2 6NJ | 2008-03-26 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 26/03/2008 FROM, MAELOR CREAMERY PICKHALL LANE, CROSS LANES, WREXHAM, LL13 0UE, WALES | 2008-03-26 |
| MITCHELL LANE, BRISTOL, BS1 6BU | 2006-08-23 |
| 1 MITCHELL LANE, BRISTOL, BS1 6BU | 2006-08-23 |
The class of 2006
33%
of the 182,202 companies incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 7 titles
- Freehold
- 6
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2007-01-05
- Where
- Cumberland (4), Pembrokeshire (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CU101712 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2007-01-05 | — |
| CU60876 | Cumberland | Leasehold | 2007-01-05 | — |
| CU93317 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2007-01-05 | — |
| CU98414 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2007-01-05 | — |
| CYM214134 | Pembrokeshire | Freehold | 2007-01-03 | — |
| CYM60078 | Pembrokeshire | Freehold | 2007-01-03 | — |
| WA680475 | Pembrokeshire | Freehold | 2007-01-03 | — |
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