Who owns UK companies in Growing of spices, aromatic, drug and pharmaceutical crops?
40 of the 206 companies registered under SIC 01280 (Growing of spices, aromatic, drug and pharmaceutical crops) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 174 individual shareholders and 22 companies, trusts and other entities.
In this industry:
- 33% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies — about 3 times the national rate.
- 15% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies.
- 23% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.
How companies in this industry are owned
| Share of companies | This industry | All UK companies |
|---|---|---|
| Single shareholder | 28% | 23% |
| 2 to 5 shareholders | 58% | 68% |
| 6 or more shareholders | 15% | 9.6% |
| Owned only by individuals | 78% | 66% |
| At least one company shareholder | 23% | 33% |
| Majority-owned by a company* | — | 22% |
| Largest shareholder holds 50% or more* | — | 88% |
| Largest shareholder holds 75% or more* | — | 60% |
| A non-UK entity among shareholders | 0.0% | 2.2% |
| A trust, fund or pension scheme among shareholders | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| A nominee among shareholders | 0.0% | 0.7% |
* Among the 15 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.
Company size and age
The median company in this industry was incorporated 6.7 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).
| Latest accounts filed | This industry | All UK companies |
|---|---|---|
| Full, group or medium-sized accounts | 7.5% | 8.2% |
| Small-company accounts | 28% | 40% |
| Micro-entity accounts | 28% | 38% |
| Dormant-company accounts | 33% | 10% |
| No accounts filed yet, or other | 5.0% | 4.3% |
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Corporate shareholders in this industry
All 21 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 01280, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. None holds shares in more than one company in this industry: ownership here is not concentrated in corporate groups. Trusts and individuals are not named.
| # | Shareholder | Type | Companies House no. | Companies held in this industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANANDA PHARMA PLC | UK company | 11159584 | 1 |
| 2 | DESI WARDROBE LTD | UK company | 16411028 | 1 |
| 3 | DEU-CHEM LTD | UK company | 02710431 | 1 |
| 4 | GUMINA | UK company | 12578053 | 1 |
| 5 | HAELAN PHARMACAUTICALS LIMITED | Company | — | 1 |
| 6 | JLEN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS GROUP (UK) LIMITED | UK company | 08856505 | 1 |
| 7 | LLOYD | UK company | 00786404 | 1 |
| 8 | LOFT & LANTERN LIMITED | UK company | 14317666 | 1 |
| 9 | MRC-AGRI HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 13065753 | 1 |
| 10 | NORWOOD | UK company | 16314733 | 1 |
| 11 | PHILLIPS | UK company | 03297334 | 1 |
| 12 | PSI PHARMACEUTICALS LTD | UK company | 13775713 | 1 |
| 13 | PSYENCE GROUP INC. | Company | — | 1 |
| 14 | PSYENCE LABS LTD. | Company | — | 1 |
| 15 | RICHARD LEWIS | UK company | 04636539 | 1 |
| 16 | RKSK LTD | UK company | 09083172 | 1 |
| 17 | ROCKHAM HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 12872844 | 1 |
| 18 | SALARIYA | UK company | 04617086 | 1 |
| 19 | SAMA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | UK company | 16142203 | 1 |
| 20 | STEADMAN HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | SC573781 | 1 |
| 21 | SWEENEY | UK company | 04845398 | 1 |
About this data
Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 11 March 2021 and 22 April 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.
Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.