Mccain Foods (G.B.) Limited
ActiveLiveMccain Foods (G.B.) Limited is an active private limited company incorporated on 22 Aug 1962 (64 years ago), with its registered office in Scarborough, Yorkshire & the Humber. The company operates in Agriculture & fishing.
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Active, reachable and in a growing market
A registered office is on file; phone and web are checked on Pro.
Companies House · ONS · Nomis · General opportunity model · 100% of the model measurable
Financials
No machine-readable accounts to parse yet. New companies often haven’t filed, and some file PDF-only or dormant accounts.
A long-standing agriculture & fishing business in Yorkshire & the Humber, in a market growing 5.2% a year and tracking below the national rate here. Every signal in the model was measurable for this company.
CompetitionRead this one the other way round: a high number means a crowded market, where differentiation matters more than timing.
Answers: Is this a live, reachable business in a market worth being in?
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Accounts are next due 31 Mar 2027; the last set was made up to 30 Jun 2025.
What this means for you: Filings are up to date, which makes this an easier first conversation.
What we checked · General opportunity weighting
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Commonly offered to a company like this
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Answers: is this market big, growing and survivable — and is the region ahead or behind?
Sector size & momentum
This sector is growing roughly in line with the national average in Yorkshire & the Humber.
Companies House · every incorporation with a SIC code in this sector (40 codes)
How long companies last here
Of every 100 companies started in this sector, roughly 41 are still trading five years later. This company is past that point.
The market around it
Where the sector is heading
- 1Yorkshire & the Humber is a very high-density market for agriculture & fishing, with about 403,599 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+4.8%).
- 3Around 35,409 new companies registered in this industry locally over the last year.
- 4Sector survival sits at 41% over five years — the benchmark for businesses in this classification.
Answers: how crowded is this market, and where does this company sit against its peers?
Score distribution
A quick score from register status and company age only, because that is all the peer list carries. To compare like with like, this company is placed on the same quick score (100) — not the full 70/100 at the top of the page. Treat it as a position, not a ranking.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovely Lilly’S LTD 14462052 · SIC 01130 | 04 Nov 2022 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 77 |
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| Forestart Limited 03614573 · SIC 01250 | 12 Aug 1998 | Wales | Active | 100 |
| Green Leaf Trees LTD 11639024 · SIC 01300 | 23 Oct 2018 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Gu Green Union LTD 13903341 · SIC 01640 | 09 Feb 2022 | South East | Active | 82 |
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| Grow Plus Limited 10376751 · SIC 01610 | 15 Sept 2016 | East of England | Active | 100 |
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| Esusenergy Limited 07392509 · SIC 01290 | 30 Sept 2010 | London | Active | 100 |
| Murrays Seed Cleaning Limited 07733691 · SIC 01640 | 09 Aug 2011 | North West | Active | 100 |
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| Gandalf Seeds LTD 09116258 · SIC 01640 | 04 Jul 2014 | Wales | Active | 100 |
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| Agriscientific Limited 13621178 · SIC 01640 | 14 Sept 2021 | London | Active | 84 |
| Ladyton Manor LTD SC686855 · SIC 01300 | 25 Jan 2021 | Scotland | Active | 87 |
| NB (Seed Processors) Limited 01468792 · SIC 01640 | 27 Dec 1979 | East Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Plants 4 U LTD 04757382 · SIC 01640 | 08 May 2003 | North East | Active | 100 |
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Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with updates10 Sept 2026
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date06 Jul 2026
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date06 Jul 2026
- Director appointedAppoint person director company with name date06 Jul 2026
- Accounts filedFull accounts11 Apr 2026
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date02 Jan 2026
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date07 Oct 2025
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates04 Sept 2025
- Accounts filedFull accounts04 Apr 2025
- Director appointedAppoint person director company with name date31 Mar 2025
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Company details
- Company
- Mccain Foods (G.B.) Limited
- Number
- 00733218
- Registered office
- Havers Hill, Eastfield, Scarborough, YO11 3BS
- Incorporated
- 22 Aug 1962
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 01640 — Crop & animal production; 10310 — Manufacture of food products; 10390 — Manufacture of food products; 10890 — Manufacture of food products
- Status
- Active
- Region
- Yorkshire & the Humber · England
- Accounts
- Next due 31 Mar 2027
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 12 Sept 2027
Connected companies
Other companies run by the same directors are checked on paid plans — each appointment is a separate register lookup.
Who runs and owns it
- Created
- 28 Oct 1983
- Registered
- 01 Oct 1984
- Persons entitled
- Armco Europe Finance Limited, Mcdonnell Douglas Finance Corporaion Limited
- Created
- 18 Mar 1982
- Registered
- 01 Apr 1982
- Persons entitled
- The Bank of Nova Scotia
- Created
- 10 Mar 1980
- Registered
- 17 Mar 1980
- Persons entitled
- The Bank of Nova Scotia
- Created
- 21 Nov 1975
- Registered
- 28 Nov 1975
- Persons entitled
- Bank of Noa Scotia
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