EUROPEAN FLAVOURS & FRAGRANCES PLC
Company number 01551982 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
European Flavours & Fragrances PLC exhibits exceptional financial health, characterized by robust 19% turnover growth, a dramatically strengthened cash position, and highly defensive liquidity ratios. The business has successfully translated increased revenues into significant shareholder value and cash reserves, demonstrating an efficient operational metabolism and strong pricing power. With a positive outlook and planned strategic investments, the company is well-insulated against macroeconomic volatility and ideally positioned for sustainable, long-term expansion.
Shareholders' funds
£19,153,201
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company and group continued to be that of fragrance and flavour manufacturing.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1981-03-20
- Employees
- 242 (2025 accounts · was 238 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 9 Peerglow Estate, Marshlane, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9QL
- Postcode
- SG12 9QL
- Capital
- 90,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-12
- Next due by
- 2027-08-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 8 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| EUROPEAN FRAGRANCES LTD | 1990-12-06 |
| EUROPA FRAGRANCES LIMITED | 1987-06-01 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 116 similar companies in SG
The largest employer among its local peers (242 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1981.
No.1 of the largest other manufacturing not elsewhere classified companies in Stevenage →
Competitors Stevenage
This company ranks 1 among other manufacturing not elsewhere classified in Stevenage.
The class of 1981
65%
of the 14,515 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-04-12
- Where
- Hertfordshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD608217 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2022-04-12 | — |
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