ORIGIN UK OPERATIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-05 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
+9.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£96M
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
224
-2.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£12M
-12.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- ORIGIN UK OPERATIONS LIMITED 2013-04-26 → present
- ORIGIN FERTILISERS (UK) LIMITED 2008-06-23 → 2013-04-26
- IAWS FERTILISERS (UK) LIMITED 1998-01-14 → 2008-06-23
- INDEPENDENT FERTILISERS (SOLENT) LIMITED 1993-08-24 → 1998-01-14
- INDEPENDENT FERTILISERS (SOLENT) 1990 LIMITED 1990-04-23 → 1993-08-24
- HACKREMCO (NO.557) LIMITED 1990-01-31 → 1990-04-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £288,672,000 | £298,943,000 | |
| Operating profit | £14,989,000 | £12,813,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,319,000 | £11,685,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,431,000 | £10,172,000 | |
| Cash | £14,568,000 | £15,975,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £96,894,000 | £102,546,000 | |
| Net assets | £95,514,000 | £95,617,000 | |
| Equity | £95,514,000 | £95,617,000 | |
| Average employees | 229 | 224 | |
| Wages | £10,064,000 | £8,836,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.5% | 12.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | — | 56.20x |
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
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, this conclusion is not a guarantee as to the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- ORIGIN UK OPERATIONS LIMITED · parent
- Provantis Amenity Limited 100%
- Line Mark (UK) Limited 100%
- Eco Solutions (C&R) Limited 100%
- Greentech Limited 51.26%
- Aluminati Limited 100%
- Agri-Gem Limited 100%
- British Hardwood Tree Nursery Limited 100%
- Neo Environmental Limited 100%
- Groundtrax Systems Limited 100%
- Avian Ecology Limited 100%
- Bowland Ecology Limited 100%
- Brooks Ecological Limited 100%
- GE Consulting Limited 100%
- Biogains Limited 100%
- Elixir Garden Supplies Limited 100%
Significant events
- “No material impact on the business from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Although trade is conducted with Europe, the business has put measures in place to minimise the impact.”
- “The war in Ukraine and ongoing global energy and supply disruptions have resulted in exceptional price volatility for fertilizer raw materials.”
- “The company's scope 1 emissions increased by 3.68% on prior year, scope 2 emissions increased by 32%. Overall, carbon dioxide emissions increased by 6.84% due to increase production volumes. This is an ongoing area of focus of the business as it tries to reduce its carbon footprint.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORIGIN SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-05-11 | — | — |
| ALCORN, James Samuel | Director | 2024-04-08 | Jun 1970 | British |
| BEENEY, Robert Emile | Director | 2008-07-17 | Feb 1976 | British |
| COYLE, Sean Gerard | Director | 2018-10-01 | Oct 1972 | Irish |
| KENT, Brendan Francis | Director | 2008-07-17 | Nov 1968 | Irish |
| PATER, Michael St John | Director | 2001-08-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| PURCELL, Colm | Director | 2024-08-01 | Aug 1978 | Irish |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOUGH, Patrick | Secretary | — | 1992-02-24 |
| REDDEN, Michael Anthony | Secretary | 2003-01-01 | 2012-05-11 |
| REID, Joseph Eamonn | Secretary | 1992-02-14 | 2003-01-01 |
| ALLEN, Simon John | Director | — | 2000-05-31 |
| ANGELL, Gordon Locksley | Director | 1993-01-07 | 1997-12-31 |
| CLARK, Christopher | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| COSTELLO, Vincent | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| DEARING, Roland | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2015-10-01 |
| DUNNE, Peter Michael | Director | 2018-02-28 | 2019-11-19 |
| FITZGERALD, Brendan | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2014-08-16 |
| HURLEY, Imelda | Director | 2014-08-16 | 2018-02-28 |
| KELLY, Thomas James (Tj), Mr. | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2024-08-01 |
| KIERNAN, Patrick Joseph | Director | — | 1995-11-10 |
| KING, Terence | Director | — | 2003-01-01 |
| LARKIN, William Noel | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2020-11-30 |
| LOWTHER, Alan | Director | 2004-10-29 | 2007-03-09 |
| LOWTHER, Alan | Director | 1997-04-25 | 2003-01-01 |
| LYNCH, Philip | Director | — | 2004-12-23 |
| MARTIN, David | Director | — | 2004-10-29 |
| MCENIFF, Patrick | Director | 2004-10-29 | 2007-07-24 |
| MONCK, Richard John Christopher | Director | — | 2001-07-31 |
| O'MAHONY, Thomas Joseph | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2020-06-30 |
| PRATT, Michael | Director | — | 2016-10-31 |
| REDDEN, Michael Anthony | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2012-05-11 |
| REID, Joseph Eamonn | Director | 1993-01-07 | 2003-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin Enterprises Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+3.6%
£288,672,000 £298,943,000
-
Cash
+9.7%
£14,568,000 £15,975,000
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£95,514,000 £95,617,000
-
Employees
-2.2%
229 224
-
Operating profit
-14.5%
£14,989,000 £12,813,000
-
Profit before tax
-12.3%
£13,319,000 £11,685,000
-
Wages
-12.2%
£10,064,000 £8,836,000
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