CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE UK LIMITED
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Cash
£67k
-87.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.7m
+5.3% vs 2024
Employees
117
-3.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£667k
-90.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £113,581,000 | £97,008,000 | £98,181,000 | +1.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£616,000 | £6,871,000 | £554,000 | -91.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,013,000 | £7,032,000 | £667,000 | -90.5% | |
| Net profit | £5,700,000 | £5,339,000 | £329,000 | -93.8% | |
| Cash | £59,000 | £549,000 | £67,000 | -87.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,652,000 | £7,748,000 | £8,292,000 | +7% | |
| Net assets | £9,153,000 | £7,343,000 | £7,735,000 | +5.3% | |
| Equity | £9,153,000 | £7,343,000 | £7,735,000 | +5.3% | |
| Average employees | 120 | 121 | 117 | -3.3% | |
| Wages | £8,601,000 | £8,897,000 | £10,195,000 | +14.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £366,000 | £334,000 | £345,000 | +3.3% |
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 | -0.5% | 7.1% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 5.5% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.4% | 88.7% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 77.7% | 79.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.27x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | -0.51x | 18.88x | 1.79x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE UK LIMITED 2021-01-05 → present
- DOW AGROSCIENCES LIMITED 1998-01-01 → 2021-01-05
- DOWELANCO LIMITED 1990-01-10 → 1998-01-01
- DOW ELANCO LIMITED 1989-10-09 → 1990-01-10
- DOW AGRICULTURE LIMITED 1989-08-25 → 1989-10-09
- REEDPAD LIMITED 1989-05-09 → 1989-08-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider the Company to be a going concern given its strong balance sheet position and the intention to continue to trade.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNATT, Edward Andrew | Director | 2025-10-01 | Sep 1974 | British |
| BHUVA, Vijay Shantilal | Director | 2019-06-14 | Jun 1960 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AROZENA, Fernando | Secretary | 1992-07-06 | 1996-02-07 |
| CRACKNELL, Louise | Secretary | 2010-07-20 | 2013-09-09 |
| DANCE, Iona Lorraine | Secretary | 1996-02-07 | 2010-07-20 |
| FOX, Kim Lesley | Secretary | 2013-09-09 | 2016-07-06 |
| JENKINS, Cathrine Anne | Secretary | 2016-07-06 | 2019-04-01 |
| WALES, William Wesley | Secretary | — | 1992-07-06 |
| DYE & DURHAM SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-12-07 | 2023-06-02 |
| BOOTHEY, Scott Alexander | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2015-02-09 |
| COLLISON, Robert | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1996-07-15 |
| CORRIGAN, William Mark | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2025-10-01 |
| DANN, Geoffrey William | Director | 2000-09-14 | 2006-03-31 |
| FISCHER, Arthur Charles | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
| GALE, Robert Nicholas Cassell | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| GERMON, Everett N | Director | 1996-04-30 | 2000-07-27 |
| GOUGH, Adrian Paul | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| HUMPHREYS, John David | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2018-12-30 |
| JONES, Andrew Michael | Director | 2016-04-19 | 2019-04-01 |
| LONGHURST, Christopher, Dr | Director | 1998-03-12 | 2012-06-30 |
| MCCORMACK, Richard Anthony | Director | 2018-12-30 | 2019-06-14 |
| MCEWAN, Toni Fasone | Director | 2015-02-09 | 2017-04-01 |
| NICKLIN, Hugh Giles | Director | 1998-03-12 | 2000-09-14 |
| PESKETT, Francis John | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| RISH, Nelson Wayne | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1998-03-12 |
| SCORER, David John | Director | 1999-07-27 | 2009-08-01 |
| SEGUIN, Jean | Director | 1996-05-01 | 1998-03-12 |
| WEST, Johanna | Director | 2012-12-17 | 2016-04-19 |
| WESTWATER, Donald Sinclair | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2011-06-01 |
| WIGGINS, Keith Alan | Director | 2006-03-31 | 2012-12-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corteva Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-06-01 | Active |
| The Dow Chemical Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-06-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-14 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-11-14 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-14 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-22 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-08-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-06-29 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.