SYNGENTA GRIMSBY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-23 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-09
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£210K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company is not expected to carry out any activities in the future and therefore do not consider the Company to be a going concern. Accordingly, the financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SYNGENTA GRIMSBY LIMITED 2000-11-29 → present
- NOVARTIS CROP PROTECTION GRIMSBY LIMITED 2000-05-09 → 2000-11-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£36,000 | £23,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £116,000 | £210,000 | |
| Net profit | £89,000 | £172,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,559,000 | £3,646,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,061,000 | £3,233,000 | |
| Equity | £3,061,000 | £3,233,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -1.0% | 0.6% | |
| Current ratio | -132.81x | -96.95x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company is not expected to carry out any activities in the future and therefore do not consider the Company to be a going concern. Accordingly, the financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Historically the principal activity of the Company was the sale and manufacture of crop protection chemical products which ceased in 2005. During 2024 the principal activity was the ongoing management of the Company's Grimsby site including residual matters from its past manufacturing activities.”
- “The Company is about to conduct a tender exercise and is in the process of appointing a new auditor.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCULLOCH, Shirley | Secretary | 2023-01-01 | — | — |
| ELCE, Kirsten Elizabeth | Director | 2006-08-30 | May 1970 | English |
| MUTTON, Lynsey, Dr | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jan 1982 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLISS, Matthew David | Secretary | 2002-07-12 | 2023-01-01 |
| BOARDMAN, Lynton David | Secretary | 2000-11-15 | 2002-07-12 |
| THIRKETTLE, Paul Richard Edward | Secretary | 2000-06-16 | 2000-11-15 |
| MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-05-09 | 2000-06-16 |
| BISSELL, Robert Bruce | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2007-02-20 |
| BOARDMAN, Lynton David | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2002-07-12 |
| COLLINS, Penelope Anne | Director | 2004-07-23 | 2005-05-26 |
| DEMPSEY, Neil | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2004-07-23 |
| FULLAGAR, Edgar | Director | 2000-06-16 | 2000-11-15 |
| HOLDSWORTH, Richard | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2002-07-02 |
| JAMES, David Thomas Edward | Director | 2005-05-25 | 2006-08-30 |
| JOHNSON, Andrew David | Director | 2004-07-23 | 2023-12-31 |
| PEACOCK, Mark Gerard | Director | 2007-02-20 | 2012-12-21 |
| PEARSE, Michael Trelease, Doctor | Director | 2000-06-16 | 2005-12-09 |
| SAVEAL, Keith Roy | Director | 2000-06-16 | 2000-11-15 |
| STROPPEL, Stefan Hans | Director | 2000-06-16 | 2000-11-15 |
| THIRKETTLE, Paul Richard Edward | Director | 2000-06-16 | 2000-11-15 |
| WARD, Neil John | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2016-04-25 |
| MAWLAW CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-05-09 | 2000-06-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syngenta Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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