COFCO INTERNATIONAL UK LTD
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Shareholders' funds
£20,822,289
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the Company continued to be the procurement, marketing and distribution of combinable crops, sowing seeds, and fertilisers. Almost all activities remain within the United Kingdom and European Union.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1920-03-27
- Employees
- 98 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 15 The Havens, Ransomes Europark, Ipswich, England, IP3 9SJ
- Postcode
- IP3 9SJ
- Capital
- 5,813,455 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-07
- Next due by
- 2026-10-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 1610 Support activities for crop production
Officers 9 current · 23 resigned
Group structure 4 subsidiaries
Controlled by Cofco International Netherlands B.V. (NA) — since 2016-04-06
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BARMBY MOOR HOLDINGS LIMITED Dissolved
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GRAINSEED LIMITED Dissolved
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GRAIN TERMINAL (IPSWICH) LIMITED(THE) Dissolved
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H & H (EAST ANGLIA) LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA613980 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- cofcointernational.com
COFCO International is a global agri-business, committed to responsibly source, process and distribute agri-commodities including grains, oilseeds, coffee and sugar.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| NIDERA UK LIMITED | 2017-04-21 |
| INTERNATIONAL CORN COMPANY (U.K.) LIMITED | 2002-06-17 |
| ROSS T. SMYTH LIMITED | 1986-06-11 |
| ROSS T. SMYTH & CO. (SOUTH AMERICA) LIMITED | 1983-02-21 |
| ROSS T.SMYTH & COMPANY,LIMITED | 1976-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 15 15 THE HAVENS, RANSOMES EUROPARK, IPSWICH, IP3 9SJ, ENGLAND | 2019-05-09 |
| 15 THE HAVENS, RANSOMES EUROPARK, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP3 9SJ, UNITED KINGDOM | 2019-04-03 |
| THE HAVENS, RANSOMES EUROPARK, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP3 9SJ | 2019-04-02 |
| POWELL DUFFRYN HOUSE, LANDSEER ROAD, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK IP3 0BG | 2004-03-10 |
| ORWELL TERMINAL, DUKE STREET, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK IP3 0AG | 1993-09-27 |
| GRANARY HOUSE, THE DOCKS, EXMOUTH, DEVON EX8 1EB | 1986-05-08 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 80 similar companies in IP
The largest employer among its local peers (98 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1920.
No.1 of the largest support activities for crop production companies in Ipswich →
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 1 among support activities for crop production in Ipswich.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-12-23
- Price paid, where recorded
- £752,842
- Where
- Suffolk (4)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK434444 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2024-12-23 | — |
| SK370137 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2021-01-11 | £752,842 |
| SK337569 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2020-07-14 | — |
| SK236622 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2003-05-15 | — |
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