GOWAN CROP PROTECTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£178K
+215.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£37M
-40.2% vs 2023
Employees
70
-2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£24M
-711.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £213,891,297 | £196,483,183 | |
| Operating profit | £3,526,352 | -£16,021,151 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,938,627 | -£23,853,155 | |
| Net profit | -£1,865,465 | -£24,626,387 | |
| Cash | £56,345 | £177,705 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £61,839,459 | £37,115,118 | |
| Net assets | £61,319,348 | £36,692,961 | |
| Equity | £61,319,348 | £36,692,961 | |
| Average employees | 72 | 70 | |
| Wages | £5,302,531 | £5,799,237 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | -8.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | -12.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | -43.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.7% | 87.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.92x | 0.83x | |
| Interest cover | 0.88x | -2.73x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have obtained confirmation from Gowan Company L.L.C, that they will ensure adequate funding is provided to Gowan Crop Protection and it will not seek repayment of any intercompany indebtedness for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. ... The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Directors continue to invest in extending its portfolio to provide its customers with more products and engaging with new customers in new geographical markets.”
- “The company entered into agreements with Syngenta Crop Protection AG to acquire global rights to the active ingredient Cyromizine. Company aims to grow its insecticide business with the Cyromizine acquisition.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEAZLEY, Max Gaston | Director | 2021-01-14 | Oct 1978 | British |
| JESSEN, Juli | Director | 2016-05-20 | Aug 1961 | American |
| VICENTE SANCHEZ, Ignacio | Director | 2026-01-24 | Feb 1971 | Spanish |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENEUFBOURG, Olivier Alain Roger | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2022-03-30 |
| LAMB, Dominic Joseph, Dr | Director | 2015-11-02 | 2022-01-19 |
| LOPEZ SERRANO, Blas Guillermo | Director | 2022-03-30 | 2026-01-24 |
| RE, Marcello | Director | 2015-11-02 | 2020-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crop Demetra Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 44 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-08 | 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
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-8.1%
£213,891,297 £196,483,183
-
Cash
+215.4%
£56,345 £177,705
-
Net assets
-40.2%
£61,319,348 £36,692,961
-
Employees
-2.8%
72 70
-
Operating profit
-554.3%
£3,526,352 -£16,021,151
-
Profit before tax
-711.7%
-£2,938,627 -£23,853,155
-
Wages
+9.4%
£5,302,531 £5,799,237
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