Milk & cream
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
367
Active companies
262
Formed in latest 12 months
29
Median active-company age
9.4 years
Revenue known
15
Importers
40
Exporters
22
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 367 |
| Active companies | 262 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 29 |
| Importers | 40 |
| Exporters | 22 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 15 known, 247 unknown (5.7%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 4 | 2 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 235 |
| Dissolved | 97 |
| Dormant | 27 |
| Liquidation | 7 |
| In Administration | 1 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | 25 |
| Mid and South West Wales | 15 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 14 |
| Devon | 13 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 |
| Greater Manchester | 12 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 12 |
| Lancashire | 11 |
| Southern Scotland | 11 |
| North Yorkshire | 9 |
Geography coverage: 260 known, 2 unknown (99.2%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 95 |
| 1m-15m | 62 |
| 15m-54m | 12 |
| 54m+ | 27 |
Revenue-range coverage: 196 known, 66 unknown (74.8%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 44 |
| Small | 108 |
| Medium | 5 |
| Large | 33 |
| Holding | 3 |
| Dormant | 27 |
Company-size coverage: 220 known, 42 unknown (84.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 40 |
| 1–9 | 84 |
| 10–49 | 30 |
| 50–249 | 8 |
| 250+ | 5 |
Employee coverage: 167 known, 95 unknown (63.7%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 28 |
| 1–3 years | 28 |
| 3–5 years | 21 |
| 5–10 years | 57 |
| 10–20 years | 53 |
| 20+ years | 75 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 262 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| 10511 | 262 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 21 |
| Exporter only | 3 |
| Both | 19 |
| Neither | 219 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 30 | £9,384,293,895 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 27 | £2,530,062,846 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 22 | £8,287,630,047 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 16 | £1,184,484,841 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 13 | £810,399,028 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 12 | £361,022,049 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 04 — Dairy, eggs, honey, and edible animal products | 11 | £463,440,931 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 9 | £433,792,771 | 2017-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 30 — Pharmaceutical Products | 7 | £110,658,913 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 7 | £245,500,696 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 — Dairy, eggs, honey, and edible animal products | 18 | £467,157,006 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 10 | £1,147,029,493 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 9 | £440,923,513 | 2021-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 7 | £119,388,055 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 7 | £465,197,913 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 6 | £68,866,817 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 6 | £628,136,429 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 5 | £57,542,404 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-07-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 5 | £139,961,331 | 2021-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 5 | £229,547,741 | 2021-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 68 | 201 | 61 | 76.7% |
| Holding company | 0 | 201 | 61 | 76.7% |
| Solo founder | 82 | 201 | 61 | 76.7% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 31 | 231 | 11.8% |
| Website | 38 | 38 | 224 | 14.5% |
| 28 | 38 | 224 | 14.5% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Strathroy Dairy Limited | £176,048,013 |
| Andros Uk Limited | £161,857,348 |
| Cotteswold Dairy Limited | £102,295,677 |
| Ehrmann Cornish Dairy Limited | £95,881,977 |
| Blackmore Vale Farm Cream Limited | £58,112,943 |
| Wells Farm Dairy Limited | £57,398,817 |
| A.e. Rodda & Son Limited | £50,622,000 |
| Pattemore's Transport (crewkerne) Limited | £44,565,826 |
| Creamline Dairies Limited | £42,825,024 |
| Dewlay Cheesemakers Limited | £42,702,187 |
Revenue coverage: 15 known, 247 unknown (5.7%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other (not elswhere classified) | 7,022 |
| Bread, pastry, cakes | 5,758 |
| Coffee and coffee substitutes | 1,866 |
| Prepared meals and dishes | 1,344 |
| Condiments and seasonings | 1,066 |
| Processed meat & poultry | 1,060 |
| Buscuits, rusks, crackers and similar | 962 |
| Chocolate and cocoa | 943 |
| Fruits & vegetable products | 933 |
| Ice cream | 826 |
| Raw meats | 771 |
| Homogenized food, dietetic food | 672 |
| Juices | 665 |
| Sugar confectionery | 542 |
| Fish & sea products | 471 |
| Tea | 468 |
| Breakfast cereals and similar | 346 |
| Butter & cheese | 313 |
| Oils (vegetable, animal and fish) & fats | 303 |
| Yoghurts, dry milk, other milk products | 297 |
| Other | 690 |
SIC classification
SIC 10511 — Liquid milk and cream production
Includes
manufacture of fresh liquid milk, pasteurised, sterilised, homogenised and/or ultra heat treated, manufacture of cream from fresh liquid milk, pasteurised, sterilised, homogenised
Excludes
production of raw milk (cattle), see ##01.41, production of raw milk (sheep, goats, horses, asses, camels, etc.), see ##01.43, ##01.44, ##01.45, manufacture of non-dairy milk substitutes, see ##10.89
Details
manufacture of butter,manufacture of cheese and curd