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Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages · Glasgow

Douglas Laing & Company Limited.

ActiveLatest figures: 2023Abridged accountsAs filed (group accounts)76 years on the register

Private limited company registered in Glasgow, classed under “Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages”.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2023 · As filed (group accounts)

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£1.57m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

3 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£20192020202120222023
Profit after tax£1.57m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves
Dividends paid

Every figure for all 5 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2020202120222023
Fixed assets
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Dividends to profitDividends paid as a share of profit after tax, in a year with a profit
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

7 balance-sheet lines and 8 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-29

  1. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Scott Macdonald as a director on 14 January 2026
  2. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2024
  3. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Michael John Ord as a director on 1 September 2025
  4. Address
    Register inspection address has been changed (and 1 more like it since 22 April 2010)
  5. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Danny Maclennan as a director on 31 January 2025
  6. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Ewen Cameron Mackintosh as a director on 1 January 2025
  7. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mr Danny Maclennan on 14 December 2024
  8. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2023
  9. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mrs Caraline Sara Leggat on 27 August 2024
  10. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2022
  11. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Michael John Ord as a director on 19 June 2023
  12. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Scott Macdonald as a director on 15 March 2023
  13. 25 earlier
    1. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Christopher George Leggat as a director on 24 February 2023
    2. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2021
    3. Address
      Registered office address changed from Douglas House 18 Lynedoch Crescent Glasgow G3 6EQ to Douglas House 19 Mossland Road Glasgow G52 4XZ on 21 November 2022
    4. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Alan Adrian Wright as a director on 18 August 2022
    5. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 December 2020
    6. Directors
      Appointment of Dr Alan Adrian Wright as a director on 1 June 2021
    7. Shares
      Change of share class name or designation (and 2 more like it since 9 May 2013)
    8. Filing
      Memorandum and Articles of Association (and 1 more like it since 20 June 2013)
    9. Filing
      Resolutions (and 2 more like it since 9 May 2013)
    10. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 December 2019
    11. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 December 2018
    12. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 3 in full
    13. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 4 in full
    14. Charges
      Registration of charge SC0276190005, created on 15 August 2018
    15. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 December 2017
    16. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 December 2016
    17. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Danny Maclennan as a director on 22 May 2017
    18. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 December 2015
    19. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 December 2014
    20. Accounts
      Previous accounting period shortened from 31 March 2015 to 31 December 2014
    21. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 31 March 2014
    22. Accounts
      Previous accounting period shortened from 30 April 2014 to 31 March 2014
    23. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Caraline Sara Leggat as a director
    24. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Christopher George Leggat as a director
    25. Accounts
      Accounts for a small company made up to 30 April 2013

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Douglas Laing & Company Limited. do?

Private limited company registered in Glasgow, classed under “Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages”. In its own words: “Established 1948, Douglas Laing is a leading Independent blender and bottler specialising the creation of artisan, Small Batch and Single Cask Scotch Whisky.”

›How much turnover does Douglas Laing & Company Limited. make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Douglas Laing & Company Limited. profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £1.57m in the year to 31 December 2023, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at Douglas Laing & Company Limited.?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns Douglas Laing & Company Limited.?

Its directors are Alexander Melville Bisset, Caraline Sara Laing, Frederick Hamilton Laing, Ewen Cameron Mackintosh. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Douglas Laing & Company Limited. based?

Its registered office is Douglas House 19, Mossland Road, Glasgow, G52 4XZ, in Glasgow.

›When was Douglas Laing & Company Limited. founded?

Douglas Laing & Company Limited. was incorporated on 31 March 1950.

›Is Douglas Laing & Company Limited. still trading?

The register lists Douglas Laing & Company Limited. as active.

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