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Melcourt Industries Limited

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Melcourt is the UK's leading supplier of mulches, growing media, play surfaces, soil improvers, equestrian surfaces, biofiltration & more

CRN
01734220
Founded
1983
Age
43

Overview

Legal name
MELCOURT INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Region
South West England
Registered address
BOLDRIDGE BRAKE
LONG NEWNTON
TETBURY
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
GL8 8RT
Insolvency history
No

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Nov 2023 to 31 Oct 2024

FULLACCOUNTS
Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
£745,514
Employees
23

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

10 events
09 Mar
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

31 Jul
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

09 Jun
2026

Cessation Of A Person With Significant Control

Persons-with-significant-control

PSC07 | Transaction MzUyNjAzMTAzOWFkaXF6a2N4

Published 09 Jun 2026 11:56

23 Feb
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Oct
2024

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

07 Oct
2024

Appoint Person Director Company With Name Date

Officers

AP01 | Transaction MzQzODU1Mjk4OGFkaXF6a2N4

Published 07 Oct 2024 08:16

07 Oct
2024

Termination Director Company With Name Termination Date

Officers

TM01 | Transaction MzQzODU1MjcxM2FkaXF6a2N4

Published 07 Oct 2024 08:13

07 Oct
2024

Termination Secretary Company With Name Termination Date

Officers

TM02 | Transaction MzQzODU1MjQ5OGFkaXF6a2N4

Published 07 Oct 2024 08:11

07 Oct
2024

Appoint Person Secretary Company With Name Date

Officers

AP03 | Transaction MzQzODU1MjcwNGFkaXF6a2N4

Published 07 Oct 2024 01:44

24 Jun
1983

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

3 awards
First funded
2018
Funded years
2018, 2020, 2022
Age at first award
34 years

Projects

2022 Collaborative R&D

Growing Media for the Future: Production of Sphagnum for High-quality, Sustainable and Peat-free Substrate

1 May 2022 to 30 Apr 2024

Awarded
£39,008
Total cost £65,014

Our collaborative project will develop a method for producing Sphagnum moss at scale for commercial processing into sustainable growing media, with a particular focus on producing quality sterile growing media for vegetable seedlings, hydroponics and vertical farming. Our growing media will enable the horticultural sector to achieve the Defra target of el...

2020 Study

Sphagnum Farming UK - First Steps to Commercial Peat-Free Growing Media

1 Nov 2020 to 31 Oct 2023

Awarded
£27,316
Total cost £39,023

Commercial extraction of peat as a growing media is unsustainable and mandated by DEFRA to cease by 2030\. Exploited peatlands are a net source of carbon dioxide emissions through oxidation of the unsaturated peat layer, equating to between 18.5 to 23 MtCO2e/year in the UK, equivalent to 4% of annual UK CO2 emissions. Peat remains in high demand as altern...

2018 BIS-Funded Programmes

Sphagnum Farming UK - A Sustainable Alternative to Peat in Growing Media

1 Jan 2018 to 31 Mar 2019

Awarded
£5,192
Total cost £9,441

This project seeks to establish a method for growing Sphagnum moss on a large scale to provide a sustainable alternative to peat in horticulture. Natural peat is expected to run out within 2 decades, and harvesting is causing great harm to the environment. Sphagnum grown on a commercial scale offers an fast, effective and sustainable solution to this mark...

Product types

BIS-Funded Programmes Collaborative R&D Study