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First Milk Limited

First Milk - The Regenerative Co-op

First Milk is a farmer-owned dairy co-operative, enriching life every day to secure the future.

CRN
IP29199R
Founded
2001
Age
25

Overview

Legal name
FIRST MILK LIMITED
Region
Unknown
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

Updated 06 Jun 2026 16:52

First Milk Limited
No active corporate controller recorded.

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

2 events
15 Apr
2017

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

01 Apr
2001

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

6 awards
First funded
2015
Funded years
2015, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Age at first award
14 years

Projects

2024 Collaborative R&D

A Platform to Rate Organisms Bred for Improved Traits and Yield (PROBITY)

1 Aug 2024 to 30 Jun 2027

Awarded
£26,494
Total cost £52,987

Over the next 25 years, agricultural productivity in the UK must increase by almost as much as it has over the previous 50 if it is to keep pace with the world's increasing demand for food. But it has plateaued. Meanwhile climate change demands reductions in agricultural GHG emissions, threatens food security, its nutritional quality and the distribution ...

2023 Responsive Strategy and Planning

Biosynthesis green hydrogen demonstration

1 Nov 2023 to 31 May 2025

Awarded
£4,622
Total cost £9,245

Biofoundry Energy Limited (BE) is developing a novel pathway for green hydrogen synthesis from wastewater derived from the dairy sector. The technology will support a sustainable and affordable transition of the dairy sector to net zero by production of low cost and sustainable green hydrogen. The project will deliver improved productivity and sustainabil...

2023 Collaborative R&D

Nitrogen efficient plants for climate smart arable cropping systems (NCS)

1 Apr 2023 to 31 Mar 2027

Awarded
£155,754
Total cost £259,590

The UK Processors and Growers Research Organisation will lead this ambitious national research programme with 200 UK farms and 18 partners to design an environmentally transformative, economically sustainable arable rotation system to optimise crop rotations for climate benefit. UK farming accounts for 10% of the UK's total GHG emissions p/a (46.3 MT), 68...

2022 Small Business Research Initiative

Digital Dairy Value Chain in South West Scotland & Cumbria

1 Feb 2022 to 31 Jan 2027

Awarded
£426,000
Total cost £710,000

**VISION** Creating 624 jobs and £64M p.a. additional GVA, the Digital Dairy Value-Chain will deliver an uplift in the rural economies of Cumbria and South West Scotland. It will develop a world-class research, innovation, business and skills platform to establish the region as a leader in advanced, sustainable and high-value dairy manufacturing. Inclusiv...

2020 Collaborative R&D

Identifying best sensor technologies to deliver verifiable health & welfare, environment and processing quality benefits for dairy production.

1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sep 2022

Awarded
£55,300
Total cost £92,166

Dairy production and processing are key industries for many rural areas in western Britain, converting human inedible feeds into valuable components of healthy varied diets and contributing to the sustainability of rural communities. Dairy production has the lowest carbon footprint of all of the ruminant production systems that can utilise the UK's grassl...

2015 Collaborative R&D

Effective milk processing with variable composition

1 Nov 2015 to 31 Jul 2018

Awarded
£47,974
Total cost £95,948

This project is will deliver a step change to the capability of milk processing technology at Nestlé. It will deliver consistent high quality output, irrespective of the specification of the incoming milk. The Nestlé plant at Dalston in Cumbria has developed a number of innovative processes to produce a variety of milk powder based products. A key element...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Responsive Strategy and Planning Small Business Research Initiative