WORLD SUGAR RESEARCH ORGANISATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-25 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+39.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£754K
+2.6% vs 2023
Employees
3
-25% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£19K
+164.8% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £413,500 | — | £435,900 | £515,300 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£61,369 | — | -£29,714 | £19,251 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£29,714 | £19,251 | |
| Net profit | — | -£60,033 | — | -£28,661 | £19,048 | |
| Cash | — | £828,861 | — | £761,332 | £1,063,013 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £763,497 | — | £734,836 | £753,884 | |
| Net assets | — | £763,497 | — | £734,836 | £753,884 | |
| Equity | — | £763,497 | — | £734,836 | £753,884 | |
| Average employees | — | 4 | — | 4 | 3 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+18.2%
£435,900 £515,300
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+39.6%
£761,332 £1,063,013
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+2.6%
£734,836 £753,884
-
Employees
-25%
4 3
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+164.8%
-£29,714 £19,251
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+164.8%
-£29,714 £19,251
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -14.8% | — | -6.8% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | — | -14.5% | — | -6.6% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -8.0% | — | -4.0% | 2.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 13.87x | 2.38x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Mr Paul Robert Kenward (resigned 18 March 2024)”
- “Mr Olivier Leducq (appointed 20 June 2024)”
- “Mr Keith Richard Packer (appointed 18 March 2024)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
17 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHEA, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2025-12-01 | — | — |
| BOUCHARD, Stanislas | Director | 2017-05-30 | Oct 1960 | French |
| FANJUL, Alexander | Director | 2011-05-05 | Jan 1950 | American |
| GAINE, Courtney, Dr | Director | 2016-05-31 | May 1977 | American |
| GORISSEN, Lars, Dr | Director | 2017-12-02 | May 1972 | German |
| GREGORY, Paul Edward | Director | 2023-06-27 | Apr 1964 | Australian |
| HERRERA, Diego | Director | 2018-04-12 | Oct 1972 | French |
| IRAGORRI, Mauricio | Director | 2020-07-02 | Jan 1966 | Colombian |
| LEDUCQ, Olivier | Director | 2024-06-20 | Sep 1967 | French |
| MARSDEN, Sandra | Director | 2011-05-05 | Feb 1956 | Canadian |
| NOTTEBOHM, Marco Antonio Regalado | Director | 2011-05-05 | Nov 1967 | Salvadorean |
| PACKER, Keith Richard | Director | 2024-03-18 | Nov 1967 | British |
| PÖRKSEN, Niels Heinrich, Dr | Director | 2020-07-02 | May 1963 | German |
| SCHAUPP, Michael Werner | Director | 2019-01-01 | Dec 1970 | German |
| SEOANE, Carlos Jorge | Director | 2025-06-12 | Jul 1952 | Mexican |
| VAN BAKEL, Maikel Petrus Martinus Gerardus | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jan 1973 | Dutch |
| WALTON, Michael Wayne | Director | 2022-04-01 | Feb 1962 | Canadian |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTTRELL, Richard Conrad, Dr | Secretary | 2004-05-18 | 2015-07-31 |
| KHAN, Riaz Ahmed, Doctor | Secretary | 1995-06-01 | 2004-05-19 |
| RE, Roberta, Dr | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | 2019-03-07 |
| VLITOS, August John, Professor | Secretary | — | 1995-06-01 |
| BACON, Ian Donald Fordyce, Mr. | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2015-05-26 |
| BAMBERGER, Jonathan | Director | 2014-05-27 | 2017-12-02 |
| BAMBERGER, Jonathan | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2012-06-15 |
| BRISCOE 111, Andrew | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2016-01-15 |
| CARR, Mark Ian, Dr | Director | 2005-05-03 | 2023-01-26 |
| COTTRELL, Richard Conrad, Dr | Director | 2011-05-31 | 2015-05-26 |
| DE SOUSA, Eduardo Luis Leao | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2020-07-02 |
| DUIGNAN, Bernard William | Director | 2019-06-06 | 2023-06-27 |
| FUCHS, Hartwig | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2017-12-01 |
| GREUBEL, Bernhard, Dr | Director | 2009-06-26 | 2015-11-16 |
| HART, Timothy Joseph | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2013-02-18 |
| HEER, Wolfgang Helmut | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2020-02-05 |
| HOLLIDAY, John Wesley | Director | 2019-06-06 | 2022-04-01 |
| JACKSON, Peter John | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2004-05-19 |
| JASSO TORRES, Humberto | Director | 2015-11-13 | 2025-06-12 |
| KENWARD, Paul Robert | Director | 2022-07-21 | 2024-03-18 |
| MAKIN, Edward | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2014-05-27 |
| MARKUSSE, Albertus Jan, Ir | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2017-06-01 |
| MARSDEN, Sandra | Director | 2004-05-18 | 2005-05-03 |
| MESTERS, Paul Paulus Hubertus Joseph | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2025-06-12 |
| MURKUMBI, Narendra | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2017-12-02 |
| MUSESENGWA, Stanley Hwami | Director | 2004-05-18 | 2009-06-26 |
| NEBBIA, Fernando | Director | 2015-05-26 | 2017-12-02 |
| RE, Roberta, Dr | Director | 2015-05-26 | 2019-03-07 |
| ROBERTS, Richard | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2019-05-17 |
| SCHÖNEBERG, Uwe Siegfried | Director | 2016-05-31 | 2018-12-31 |
| SHERSBY, Julian Michael | Director | — | 1997-05-08 |
| SPETTMAN, Theo, Dr | Director | 2004-05-18 | 2005-05-03 |
| TAPENEEYANGKUL, Prasert, Dr | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-11-21 |
| TRIKAM, Mukesh Kalidas | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2019-03-19 |
| VAN DER MERNE, Johannes Matthys | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2012-04-30 |
| WEITEMEYER, Scott Wallace | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2015-11-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.