INTERNATIONAL FLAVOURS & FRAGRANCES (CIL) LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.9bn
USD 3,874,501,000
+81.2% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£92m
USD -124,573,000
-2,158.9% 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 Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£3,184 | £45,863 | +1,540.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,092,646 | -£92,447,495 | -2,158.9% | |
| Net profit | £4,277,300 | -£92,447,495 | -2,261.4% | |
| Cash | £3,980 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,080,752,149 | £4,354,385,158 | +41.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,587,035,180 | £2,875,325,417 | +81.2% | |
| Equity | £1,587,035,180 | £2,875,325,417 | +81.2% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.0% | 35.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.09x | 0.09x | |
| Interest cover | -0.00x | 0.00x |
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
- INTERNATIONAL FLAVOURS & FRAGRANCES (CIL) LIMITED 2008-02-26 → present
- CELESSENCE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1997-02-19 → 2008-02-26
- CELESSENCE (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED 1997-01-27 → 1997-02-19
- HIGHRIDE LIMITED 1996-11-28 → 1997-01-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mark J Rees LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, as the directors consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- INTERNATIONAL FLAVOURS & FRAGRANCES (CIL) LIMITED · parent
- Hagelin Flv (UK) Ltd 100%
- Frutarom Global Ltd 55%
- IFF (BVI) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Intra-group reorganisation transactions involving subsidiary undertakings”
- “Capital reduction of $5,500,017,000 transferred from share premium to retained earnings”
- “Distributions in kind/dividends paid of $1,506,579,000 to its parent undertaking”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETHERIDGE, Duncan Roger | Director | 2022-01-21 | Nov 1966 | British |
| OLIVE, Susanne Jane | Director | 2021-09-09 | Oct 1973 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLANSBERG, Caron R | Secretary | 1997-01-28 | 2003-09-03 |
| GARDNER, Philip Jonathan | Secretary | 2003-09-03 | 2014-09-24 |
| MICHIE, Diana Jean | Nominee Secretary | 1996-11-28 | 1997-01-28 |
| BROUGHTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-01-19 | 2024-05-13 |
| BENNETT, Sydney William | Director | 1998-05-11 | 2003-09-03 |
| BERRY, Robert | Director | 2014-10-15 | 2016-06-23 |
| BROOKS, Clint Dee Winton | Director | 2003-09-03 | 2004-10-01 |
| FLANSBERG, Caron R | Director | 1997-01-28 | 2003-09-03 |
| GARDNER, Philip Jonathan | Director | 2003-09-03 | 2014-09-24 |
| HAMMOND, Keith John | Director | 2014-10-15 | 2023-05-26 |
| MILLER, Stanley | Director | 1997-01-28 | 2008-02-14 |
| O'SHEA, Andrew Jeffrey | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1998-02-09 |
| PAGE, Brian Robert | Nominee Director | 1996-11-28 | 1997-01-28 |
| VAN NOORDEN, Jeroen Henricus Maria | Director | 2008-12-29 | 2021-09-08 |
| WETMORE, Douglas | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2008-12-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-17 | Active |
| International Flavours & Fragrances (Gb) Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-03 | Ceased 2024-12-17 |
| Mr Keith John Hammond | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-24 | Ceased 2019-12-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-07-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-19 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-19 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-06-19 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-05-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 7
- 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.