COFCO INTERNATIONAL UK LTD

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Shareholders' funds

£20,822,289

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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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
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 1610 Support activities for crop production

Officers 9 current · 23 resigned

Appointed 2025-10-15
Christine REED Director
Appointed 2025-09-17
Christine REED Secretary
Appointed 2021-07-12
DIRECTOR Appointed 2019-05-01
COMPANY DIRECTOR Appointed 2013-12-19

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Group structure 4 subsidiaries

Controlled by Cofco International Netherlands B.V. (NA) — since 2016-04-06

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

NameDate changed
NIDERA UK LIMITED2017-04-21
INTERNATIONAL CORN COMPANY (U.K.) LIMITED2002-06-17
ROSS T. SMYTH LIMITED1986-06-11
ROSS T. SMYTH & CO. (SOUTH AMERICA) LIMITED1983-02-21
ROSS T.SMYTH & COMPANY,LIMITED1976-12-31

Previous registered addresses 6

AddressChanged on
15 15 THE HAVENS, RANSOMES EUROPARK, IPSWICH, IP3 9SJ, ENGLAND2019-05-09
15 THE HAVENS, RANSOMES EUROPARK, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP3 9SJ, UNITED KINGDOM2019-04-03
THE HAVENS, RANSOMES EUROPARK, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP3 9SJ2019-04-02
POWELL DUFFRYN HOUSE, LANDSEER ROAD, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK IP3 0BG2004-03-10
ORWELL TERMINAL, DUKE STREET, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK IP3 0AG1993-09-27
GRANARY HOUSE, THE DOCKS, EXMOUTH, DEVON EX8 1EB1986-05-08

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 →

36 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Ipswich

This company ranks 1 among support activities for crop production in Ipswich.

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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 numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice 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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