KWS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-20 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-06
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-72% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
+15.3% vs 2024
Employees
78
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
-44.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,516,000 | £50,315,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,749,000 | £4,492,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,394,000 | £4,645,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,766,000 | £3,142,000 | |
| Cash | £8,251,000 | £2,314,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,361,000 | £28,727,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,492,000 | £23,634,000 | |
| Equity | £20,492,000 | £23,634,000 | |
| Average employees | 78 | 78 | |
| Wages | £4,043,000 | £4,198,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £278,000 | £178,000 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
+1.6%
£49,516,000 £50,315,000
-
Cash
-72%
£8,251,000 £2,314,000
-
Net assets
+15.3%
£20,492,000 £23,634,000
-
Employees
0%
78 78
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Operating profit
-48.7%
£8,749,000 £4,492,000
-
Profit before tax
-44.7%
£8,394,000 £4,645,000
-
Wages
+3.8%
£4,043,000 £4,198,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 8.9% | |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.5% | 15.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.8% | 29.8% | |
| Current ratio | 4.42x | 4.19x | |
| Interest cover | 24.65x | 18.56x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- KWS UK LIMITED 2008-01-30 → present
- CPB TWYFORD LIMITED 1995-04-12 → 2008-01-30
- CAMBRIDGE PLANT BREEDERS LIMITED 1987-08-14 → 1995-04-12
- AGRIGENE LIMITED 1981-08-10 → 1987-08-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the cash flow forecast, the availability of this support, and the Group's long-standing treasury arrangements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- KWS UK LIMITED · parent
- Twyford Seeds Limited 100%
- CPB Twyford Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Benjamin Edward | Director | 2026-03-01 | May 1978 | British |
| HUNT, Robert Geoffrey, Mr. | Director | 2015-04-20 | Dec 1980 | British |
| SCHNEIDER, Anna Christa | Director | 2026-01-31 | Jan 1983 | German,British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRODIE, Robert Shankland | Secretary | 2003-10-31 | 2004-07-12 |
| BROWN, Michael | Secretary | 2004-07-12 | 2006-04-21 |
| HAMILTON, David James | Secretary | — | 2002-08-08 |
| KAZIOW, Martin Michael | Secretary | 2002-08-09 | 2003-10-02 |
| MOORE, Nigel Henry | Secretary | 2006-04-21 | 2015-01-01 |
| ZHAO, Lili | Secretary | 2015-04-20 | 2017-06-30 |
| AHRENS, Christopher Rudolf, Dr | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2011-02-11 |
| AMBERGER, Christopher, Dr | Director | 2001-10-17 | 2002-09-18 |
| BLACKMAN, John Alexander | Director | 1995-02-24 | 2004-03-09 |
| COMPSON, William George | Director | 2021-09-14 | 2024-01-19 |
| DOERR, Karl Heinz | Director | 2002-09-18 | 2005-07-01 |
| GILMOUR, Roger Hugh, Doctor | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| HAMILTON, David James | Director | — | 2002-08-08 |
| LABUDA, Theodor Brunon | Director | 1995-02-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| LEITZKE, Jurgen | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2011-06-28 |
| MOORE, Nigel Henry | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2015-01-01 |
| MURUHESAPILLAI, Vienoth | Director | 2021-09-14 | 2026-01-31 |
| NEWBY, Andrew David | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| PATTON, Felix Jonathan | Director | 1995-02-24 | 1996-03-31 |
| POTTER, Salvador Patrick James | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2005-08-25 |
| SPREADBURY, Raymond John | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| TAPSELL, Christopher Robert, Dr | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2021-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kws Saat Se & Co Kgaa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-01 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-16 | 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
- 2
- 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.