INTERNATIONAL FLAVOURS & FRAGRANCES I.F.F.(GREAT BRITAIN)LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-12 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£18M
-15.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£33M
+11.7% vs 2023
Employees
408
-1.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9M
+89.3% vs 2023
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 | £174,813,000 | £179,546,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,567,000 | £15,092,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,956,000 | £9,380,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,033,000 | £7,895,000 | |
| Cash | £21,632,000 | £18,371,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£26,488,000 | -£24,082,000 | |
| Net assets | -£37,067,000 | -£32,748,000 | |
| Equity | -£37,067,000 | -£32,748,000 | |
| Average employees | 416 | 408 | |
| Wages | £22,887,000 | £25,437,000 |
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 | 6.0% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -39.9% | -62.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 126.2% | 126.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.68x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | 1.38x | 2.03x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In June 2023, in the case of Virgin Media vs NTL Pension Trustees II Limited, the High Court judged that amendments made to the Virgin Media scheme were invalid... On 25 July 2024, the Court of Appeal upheld the June 2023 High Court decision. The Court's decision could have wider ranging implications...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETHERIDGE, Duncan Roger | Director | 2022-01-21 | Nov 1966 | British |
| OLIVE, Susanne Jane | Director | 2007-06-15 | Oct 1973 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUMBER, Michael John | Secretary | 1998-10-06 | 1999-06-22 |
| GARDNER, Philip Jonathan | Secretary | 1999-06-22 | 2014-09-24 |
| ROBERTSON, John Binnie | Secretary | — | 1998-06-30 |
| BROUGHTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-01-19 | 2024-05-13 |
| BERRY, Robert | Director | 2014-10-17 | 2016-06-23 |
| BOOM, Frans | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
| CROFTS, Karen Jean | Director | 1998-12-01 | 1999-12-31 |
| DAVIES, Paul Charles | Director | 1996-02-01 | 2001-08-01 |
| DAVIES, Paul Charles | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1994-09-30 |
| DUNLEA, Thomas John | Director | 2006-07-17 | 2010-11-30 |
| ELLISON, David Neil | Director | 2001-09-21 | 2007-07-19 |
| FOX, John Kim | Director | 2012-12-31 | 2023-07-24 |
| GARDNER, Philip Jonathan | Director | 1998-11-30 | 2014-09-24 |
| HAMMOND, Keith John | Director | 2014-10-17 | 2023-05-26 |
| HISCOX, David Andrew, Dr | Director | 1997-06-02 | 2000-01-21 |
| MAJOR, Peter Graham | Director | — | 1997-01-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Thomas Hill | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| ROBERTSON, John Binnie | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| VAN DEN BOOM, Richard | Director | 1994-11-07 | 1995-11-30 |
| WHITAKER, David Andrew | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2012-12-31 |
| WHITE, Alistair | Director | 1998-01-01 | 1998-11-30 |
| WILKIE, David Francis | Director | 2000-12-20 | 2003-09-30 |
| WILSON, Stephen Roy | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2003-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Flavours & Fragrances (Gb) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-03 | Active |
| Bush Boake Allen Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-12-03 | Active |
| Mr Keith John Hammond | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-24 | Ceased 2019-12-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-19 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.7%
£174,813,000 £179,546,000
-
Cash
-15.1%
£21,632,000 £18,371,000
-
Net assets
+11.7%
-£37,067,000 -£32,748,000
-
Employees
-1.9%
416 408
-
Operating profit
+42.8%
£10,567,000 £15,092,000
-
Profit before tax
+89.3%
£4,956,000 £9,380,000
-
Wages
+11.1%
£22,887,000 £25,437,000
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