CRODA EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-23 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-58.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£381M
-24.1% vs 2023
Employees
960
+0.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14M
-76% vs 2023
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
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £466,738,000 | £431,090,000 | |
| Operating profit | £40,468,000 | -£1,544,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £58,117,000 | £13,953,000 | |
| Net profit | £41,348,000 | £7,517,000 | |
| Cash | £7,295,000 | £3,034,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £627,921,000 | £466,342,000 | |
| Net assets | £501,131,000 | £380,528,000 | |
| Equity | £501,131,000 | £380,528,000 | |
| Average employees | 954 | 960 | |
| Wages | £45,289,000 | £49,385,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.7% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | -0.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.34x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | 13.96x | -0.57x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- CRODA EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Croda Canada Limited 100%
- Croda Nordica AB 100%
- Croda Korea (Branch Office) 100%
- Croda Middle East FZE 100%
- Croda RUS LLC 99.9%
- 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 3.89%
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.”
- “A £24.3m impairment has been recognised in relation to Croda Denmark A/S, a trading subsidiary based in Denmark.”
- “The Company also increased the impairment of their investment in Enza Biotech AB during the year... The Company announced the closure of the site in March 2024 and operations subsequently ceased trading as of 30 June 2024.”
- “The remaining investment at 31 December 2024 (Croda RUS LLC) was impaired in full due to uncertainty over recovery of the remaining investment value.”
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 174 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-7.6%
£466,738,000 £431,090,000
-
Cash
-58.4%
£7,295,000 £3,034,000
-
Net assets
-24.1%
£501,131,000 £380,528,000
-
Employees
+0.6%
954 960
-
Operating profit
-103.8%
£40,468,000 -£1,544,000
-
Profit before tax
-76%
£58,117,000 £13,953,000
-
Wages
+9%
£45,289,000 £49,385,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers