CRODA EUROPE LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of the listed group Croda International Plc, the company manufactures speciality chemicals and active ingredients for the consumer care, pharmaceutical, and agricultural sectors.
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Cash
£7.2M
+136.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£360M
-5.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
926
-3.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£28M
-303.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £466,738,000 | £431,090,000 | £432,408,000 | +0.3% | |
| Operating profit | £40,468,000 | -£1,544,000 | -£37,572,000 | -2,333.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £58,117,000 | £13,953,000 | -£28,362,000 | -303.3% | |
| Net profit | £41,348,000 | £7,517,000 | -£24,896,000 | -431.2% | |
| Cash | £7,295,000 | £3,034,000 | £7,178,000 | +136.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £627,921,000 | £466,342,000 | £458,505,000 | -1.7% | |
| Net assets | £501,131,000 | £380,528,000 | £360,192,000 | -5.3% | |
| Equity | £501,131,000 | £380,528,000 | £360,192,000 | -5.3% | |
| Average employees | 954 | 960 | 926 | -3.5% | |
| Wages | £45,289,000 | £49,385,000 | £50,644,000 | +2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £363,711 | £444,000 | £485,000 | +9.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.7% | -0.4% | -8.7% | |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 1.7% | -5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | -0.3% | -8.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 36.5% | 37.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.34x | 1.10x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | 13.96x | -0.57x | -17.04x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CRODA EUROPE LIMITED 2012-01-03 → present
- CRODA CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 2012-01-03
- CRODA FOOD INGREDIENTS GROUP LIMITED 1920-05-07 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are therefore satisfied that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operation for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CRODA EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Croda Canada Limited 100%
- Croda Nordica AB 100%
- Croda GmbH 15%
- Croda Kimya Ticaret Limited Sirketi 100%
- Croda Middle East FZE 100%
- Enza Biotech AB 88%
- Croda Chemicals Limited 100%
- Croda Application Chemicals Limited 100%
- Croda Universal Limited 100%
- Croda (Goole) Limited 100%
- Croda Leek Limited 100%
- Croda JDH Limited 100%
- Croda Limited 100%
- Croda Colloids Limited 100%
- Croda CE Limited 100%
- Croda Trustees Limited 100%
- Plant Impact Limited 100%
- Croda Denmark A/S 100%
- MX Adjuvac AB 100%
- Croda Pars Trading Co 100%
- P.I. Bioscience Limited 100%
- Bio Futures Limited 100%
- Croda Japan KK 18%
- Croda Magyarorszag Kft 3%
- SiSaf Ltd 3.36%
Significant events
- “On 1 July 2024, the Company completed the sale of certain trade and assets in its Korea branch to Croda Korea Ltd, an entity incorporated in the Republic of Korea and a fellow undertaking of the Company's ultimate parent company, Croda International plc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROPHY, Thomas Michael | Secretary | 2012-12-10 | — | — |
| BREENE, Sandra Elaine | Director | 2012-01-01 | Dec 1968 | British |
| BROPHY, Thomas Michael | Director | 2017-07-03 | Dec 1973 | British |
| FIRTH, James William | Director | 2020-08-07 | Feb 1983 | British |
| FITZPATRICK, Anthony Damien | Director | 2017-07-03 | Sep 1968 | British |
| THORNTON, Laura Jayne | Director | 2023-01-20 | Oct 1982 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AINGER, John Roy | Secretary | 1999-01-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| BATES, George Edwin | Secretary | — | 1998-12-31 |
| SCOTT, Alexandra Louise | Secretary | 2006-01-01 | 2012-12-09 |
| ARNOTT, Stuart | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2021-04-30 |
| BARRACLOUGH, David Edward | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2014-10-31 |
| BATES, George Edwin | Director | — | 1999-05-12 |
| BULL, Geoffrey David | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2003-01-01 |
| CAMPBELL, Martin Conleth | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2019-07-15 |
| CHALLONER, Nicholas Ian, Dr | Director | 2019-07-15 | 2024-02-16 |
| CHRISTIE, Michael Sean | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2015-01-22 |
| CLIFTON, David James | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| FENNEY, Albert Roy | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2001-03-30 |
| FOOTS, Stephen Edward | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2019-07-15 |
| FRANKISH, Chloe Jane | Director | 2019-07-29 | 2021-04-15 |
| HART, Jennifer Wilson | Director | 2021-04-15 | 2022-02-01 |
| HEIJBROEK, Maarten Willem | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2021-04-15 |
| HOLT, Clifford | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| HOPKINS, Keith George Grant, Dr | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| HUMPHREY, Michael | Director | — | 2011-12-31 |
| LONGDEN, Anthony Craig | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| NEWTON, Paul Anthony | Director | 2015-02-02 | 2019-07-15 |
| PITT, John Stephen | Director | — | 1993-10-29 |
| RAESIDE, John Gordon | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| RICHMOND, Barbara Mary | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2006-03-31 |
| STEFANINI, Francisco Peter | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1995-12-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croda Investments No 3 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.