FMC AGRO LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£43m
+3.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
81
-3.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.8m
+0.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-04.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51,771,991 | £44,435,196 | £54,226,054 | +22% | |
| Operating profit | £6,851,847 | £1,078,007 | £823,433 | -23.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,811,188 | £1,835,059 | £1,848,433 | +0.7% | |
| Net profit | £5,181,209 | £1,319,963 | £1,326,482 | +0.5% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £41,359,220 | £42,795,642 | £44,116,417 | +3.1% | |
| Net assets | £40,828,493 | £42,148,456 | £43,474,938 | +3.1% | |
| Equity | £40,828,493 | £42,148,456 | £43,474,938 | +3.1% | |
| Average employees | 89 | 84 | 81 | -3.6% | |
| Wages | £3,286,103 | £3,808,724 | £3,774,537 | -0.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £399,860 | £306,999 | £333,985 | +8.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £21,709 | £21,751 | £22,927 | +5.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £222,499 | £142,057 | £159,426 | +12.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 2.4% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 3.0% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.6% | 2.5% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.9% | 26.5% | 36.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.79x | 3.60x | 2.61x |
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
- FMC AGRO LIMITED 2018-06-29 → present
- HEADLAND AGROCHEMICALS LIMITED 1993-12-01 → 2018-06-29
- W.B.C. TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1986-03-27 → 1993-12-01
- PAINBUSH LIMITED 1985-12-24 → 1986-03-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has sufficient financial resources together with a strong profitable trading record. The directors have prepared cashflow forecasts. These forecasts demonstrate that the Company is expected to continue to be cash generating for the foreseeable future and is expected to be in a position to settle liabilities as they fall due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Mandy | Secretary | 2013-07-01 | — | — |
| BLAIR, Brian Joseph | Director | 2023-11-01 | Apr 1975 | American |
| ESCUDE FORNES, Jose Oriol | Director | 2020-09-22 | May 1968 | Spanish,American |
| HUTTON, John | Director | 2023-11-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| JONES, Mandy | Director | 2017-12-28 | Dec 1977 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSBORNE, Wendy Ann | Secretary | — | 2009-03-09 |
| ROBINSON, Judith | Secretary | 2009-03-09 | 2012-06-30 |
| AGGER, Thomas Peter Brejnholt | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2009-03-09 |
| BOTHAM, Peter John William | Director | — | 2019-06-28 |
| DAVIES, Martin Stuart | Director | — | 1993-02-13 |
| DAY, Patrick Charles | Director | 2017-12-28 | 2020-09-22 |
| GOMEZ-ARNAU, Jaime | Director | 2007-10-12 | 2016-05-31 |
| HACUETT LEALIY, Eleua Ana | Director | 2009-03-09 | 2012-02-28 |
| HANSEN, Jesper Kirkeby | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2007-11-30 |
| HANSEN, Jesper Kirkeby | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2003-03-01 |
| HJORT, Niels Morten | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2015-05-05 |
| HUNTER, Robert Wishart | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1996-11-30 |
| KAALUND, Kurt Pedersen | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2013-11-13 |
| KAALUND, Kurt Pedersen | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2003-12-01 |
| MCMUNN, Simon Luke | Director | 2020-09-22 | 2023-11-01 |
| NEVADO CARRASCO, Juan Ramon | Director | 2012-02-28 | 2016-03-31 |
| OSBORNE, Wendy Ann | Director | — | 2009-03-09 |
| REDBOND, Martin Ronald | Director | 1998-09-01 | 1999-09-01 |
| ROBINSON, Judith | Director | 2009-03-09 | 2012-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fmc Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.