Croda Investments No 3 Limited
Registered name: CRODA INVESTMENTS NO 3 LIMITED
Part of Croda International Public Limited Company groupCroda Investments No 3 Limited made £180m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Croda Investments No 3 Limited reported £180m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024, up 154% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 2 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Goole; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Goole, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Croda International Plc”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Operating profit | −£845k | £422k |
| Profit before tax | £54m | £160m |
| Profit after tax | £70.6m | £180m |
| Profit (best available) | £70.6m | £180m |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £35.3m | £89.8m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲154.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £2.1bn | £2.3bn |
| Debtors | £57.7m | £51.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £89.8m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲9%
- Now £2.3bn
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Croda International Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- Croda Investments No 3 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Croda Europe LimitedRev. £432m · Profit −£24.9m
- Croda Overseas Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £320m
Sister companies (18)
- Brookstone Chemicals LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cowick Hall Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Croda (Cpi) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Croda Cosmetics & Toiletries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Croda Cosmetics (Europe) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Croda Distillates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Croda Enterprises LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Croda Food Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Croda FoundationFigures not disclosed
- Croda Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Croda Polymers International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Croda Resins LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Croda Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Croda World Traders LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Southerton Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Technical and Analytical Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uniqema LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uniqema UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £180m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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