ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED is a private company limited by shares, registered in England and Wales under company number 01122942. It was incorporated on 16 July 1973 and Companies House records its status as Active. Its filed accounts give its principal activity as the manufacture and distribution of probiotic animal and human healthcare products, sold in the UK and overseas. Companies House lists its nature of business as SIC 10890, manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified.
The company has held four names. Each change is dated here from the filed certificate of incorporation on change of name. It was incorporated as Exmouth Port Services Company Limited. It became Usborne Port Services Limited by certificate dated 7 July 1981, following a special resolution of 14 April 1981. Companies House’s previous-names table dates this change to 31 December 1981, which conflicts with the certificate. It became Probiotics International Limited by certificate dated 3 September 1992, and ADM Protexin Limited by certificate dated 23 August 2018, under a special resolution of 15 August 2018. The 1992 resolution replaced the objects clause with animal feed, veterinary and livestock-supply activities.
The registered office has been at 2 New Bailey, 6 Stanley Street, Salford, Greater Manchester, M3 5GS, since August 2021. The FY2025 accounts give the principal place of business as Lopen Head, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5JH. That is also the address in the footer of the brand website, protexin.com, which names ADM Protexin Ltd but does not publish a company number. The company’s products are sold under the Protexin umbrella brand and include the Bio-Kult human supplement range (with BK Gummies launched under it) and Lepicol.
All the following figures are company-level, from ADM Protexin Limited’s own audited full accounts. For the year to 31 December 2025, turnover was £94.6m (2024: £80.7m) and operating profit was £26.3m (2024: £19.1m). Profit for the year was £14.3m, after £8.0m of finance costs on group borrowings. Turnover by market in 2025 was £27.5m in the UK, £17.9m in Europe and £49.2m in the rest of the world. The average workforce was 232 (2024: 228). Net assets were £69.1m at 31 December 2025.
The FY2025 accounts restated 2024. A £15.0m non-cash impairment of intra-group receivables turned 2024’s originally reported profit of £8.8m into a loss of £6.2m. It also cut 2024 net assets from £69.9m, as first filed, to £54.9m. The company filed accounts to 31 July each year until 2018, and has filed full accounts to 31 December since. The register records four charges, all satisfied, the last two on 14 August 2018. The complete filing history (207 entries) contains no insolvency or striking-off filing.
Sources
- Companies House, company overview 01122942 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942 — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, full accounts to 31 December 2025 (filed 12 Aug 2026) — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history/MzUzNzk2OTI0NWFkaXF6a2N4/document — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, full accounts to 31 December 2024 (filed 6 Aug 2025) — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history/MzQ3NjIwMTM4NGFkaXF6a2N4/document — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, certificate on change of name, 7 July 1981 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history/MzE3NzcyOTg1NGFkaXF6a2N4/document — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, certificate on change of name and special resolutions, 3 September 1992 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history/MTI0MDk3MzIwYWRpcXprY3g/document — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, NM01 and certificate on change of name, 23 August 2018 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history/MzIxMjcyODg5MGFkaXF6a2N4/document — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, charges register and filing history — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/charges and https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history — retrieved 2026-10-15
- ADM news release, 15 August 2018 — https://www.adm.com/en-us/news/news-releases/adm-adds-to-nutrition-offerings-with-acquisition-of-probiotics-international-limited/ — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Protexin website footer — https://www.protexin.com/ — retrieved 2026-10-15
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Shareholders
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Shareholders of ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED has one disclosed shareholder: Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited (company number 01090901, England and Wales). The company’s last confirmation statement to include a full shareholder list was dated 15 February 2022. It records Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited as the holder of all 27,144,155 ordinary shares of £1 each. The FY2025 accounts give the same issued share capital at 31 December 2025: 27,144,155 fully paid £1 ordinary shares in one class, carrying full voting, dividend and capital rights. The confirmation statements of 15 February 2023 to 15 February 2026 were each filed “with no updates”. So this direct holding is 100% of both share capital and voting rights, and the stored shareholder row matches the filings exactly.
The same 2022 statement also records the former holder, Tithebarn Limited (00300375), as having transferred 103,434 ordinary shares on 26 November 2018. However, the PSC register records Tithebarn Limited’s control as having ceased on 15 August 2018, and Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited as notified on that date. The two filings give different dates for this change, and both are reported here as filed. A statement of capital following an allotment on 12 November 2018 records the issued capital as £27,144,155.
The PSC register has one active entry, Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited. It is registered under three limbs: ownership of shares of 75% or more, ownership of voting rights of 75% or more, and the right to appoint or remove directors.
Ultimate beneficial ownership
The company’s FY2025 accounts (note 28) name Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, incorporated in Delaware and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker ADM), as the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party. No natural person is recorded as a person with significant control of ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED. No natural-person beneficial owner can be identified from the filings reviewed, so no UBO percentage is calculated.
Data availability
Full: UK companies file their shareholders on confirmation statements and their controllers on the public PSC register, and both are available for this company. The register records control in bands, not exact percentages. The 100% figure above comes from the filed shareholder list and statement of capital, not from the PSC band.
Sources
- Companies House, confirmation statement made up to 15 February 2022 (filed 28 Feb 2022) — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history/MzMzMTI4MDcwOGFkaXF6a2N4/document — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, persons with significant control, 01122942 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/persons-with-significant-control — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, full accounts to 31 December 2025, notes 25 and 28 (filed 12 Aug 2026) — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history/MzUzNzk2OTI0NWFkaXF6a2N4/document — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, filing history 01122942 (SH01 filed 4 Dec 2018; CS01s 2023–2026) — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history — retrieved 2026-10-15
Data-provider feed — rows as supplied to Zavia for Companies House, including entries the profile above does not cover. These rows are not a verbatim copy of the register: they have been found to duplicate the same person under different spellings and to keep a status of Active after an appointment ended. Where they disagree with the profile above, the profile is the checked version.
| Shareholder | Type | Holding | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND (UK) LIMITED | 100% | Companies House |
Officers
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Directors and officers of ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED
The Companies House register lists 34 appointments for ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED: 3 are current and 31 have ended. The current directors of ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED are Francisco Climent Marin, appointed 11 January 2021; Gustavo Rodrigues Zenaide, appointed 5 May 2022; and Jonas Maximilian Neidinger, appointed 1 June 2023. All three hold the office of director, and the register shows each as identity-verified. No company secretary is currently appointed. The last secretary, the corporate secretary Eversecretary Limited (03481135), served from 15 August 2018 to 1 February 2021.
The register records nationality for each current director: Spanish (Climent Marin), Brazilian (Zenaide) and German (Neidinger). It records country of residence as Spain for Climent Marin and Neidinger, and the United States for Zenaide. All three use the company’s registered office as their correspondence address. The ended appointments go back to before 12 July 1991; for appointments made before that date the register gives no exact date. They include eight secretaryships. On 15 August 2018, the directors and secretary then in office stood down and a new board was appointed.
Recent officer changes
- Rebecca Jones ceased to be a director on 22 August 2025 (TM01 filed 26 Aug 2025). She had been appointed on 17 May 2024.
- John Gerard Rea ceased to be a director on 25 April 2025 (TM01 filed 7 May 2025). He had been appointed on 21 January 2022.
- Director’s details changed for Jonas Maximilian Neidinger, effective 1 August 2025 (CH01 filed 12 Oct 2026).
Data availability
Full: the UK register publishes current and former officers with appointment and resignation dates, role, nationality, country of residence and month and year of birth. For appointments before 1991 it shows only “appointed before 12 July 1991”. The provider officer data stored for this page is incomplete and partly duplicated. It holds 5 rows, which repeat two of the three current directors, and claims 48 records in total against the register’s 34 appointments. Its “address_country” values (GB, ES, US) do not match the register’s countries of residence.
Sources
- Companies House, officers of 01122942 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/officers — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, filing history 01122942 (TM01, AP01, CH01, AP04, TM02 filings 2018–2026) — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history — retrieved 2026-10-15
Data-provider feed — rows as supplied to Zavia for Companies House, including entries the profile above does not cover. These rows are not a verbatim copy of the register: they have been found to duplicate the same person under different spellings and to keep a status of Active after an appointment ended. Where they disagree with the profile above, the profile is the checked version.
Group Structure
Group structure of ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED is part of the Archer-Daniels-Midland group. Its FY2025 accounts (note 28) name its immediate parent as Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited (01090901). They name its ultimate parent and controlling party as Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, incorporated in Delaware and listed on the NYSE. The group became its owner on 15 August 2018, when ADM completed its £185m acquisition of the company, then called Probiotics International Limited. Before that, the PSC register recorded Tithebarn Limited (00300375) as its controlling shareholder.
The accounts of Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited for 2024 name its own immediate parent as Archer Daniels Midland Europe B.V. Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited’s PSC register, however, names Archer-Daniels-Midland Company directly (Delaware registration number 0152524). The register therefore skips the Dutch holding company, so the PSC entry alone does not show that the holding is direct. Any holding companies between the Dutch company and the ultimate parent were not verified.
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED itself acquired FDL Holdings Limited on 31 January 2024, for consideration of £182m. On 4 June 2025, FDL Holdings Limited’s investments were transferred to the company, and FDL Holdings Limited was dissolved on 9 December 2025. At 31 December 2025, the company directly held two UK subsidiaries and, through Fuerst Day Lawson Limited, held further indirect subsidiaries.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | United States (Delaware) | 0152524 | Ultimate parent and controlling party | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 31 Dec 2025 (accounts note 28) |
| Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited | United Kingdom | 01090901 | Immediate parent | 100% of shares and voting rights | Active | 15 Feb 2022 (CS01); 31 Dec 2025 (accounts) |
| Archer Daniels Midland Europe B.V. | Netherlands | Not verified | Immediate parent of Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Not verified | 31 Dec 2024 (parent’s accounts note 21) |
| Fuerst Day Lawson Limited | United Kingdom | 00607374 | Direct subsidiary | 100% of ordinary shares and voting rights | Active | 31 Dec 2025 (accounts note 15) |
| Fuerst Day Lawson (U.S.A.) Limited | United Kingdom | 01867013 | Direct subsidiary | 100% of ordinary shares and voting rights | Active | 31 Dec 2025 (accounts note 15) |
| Fuerst Day Lawson International Trade (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. | China | Not verified | Indirect subsidiary, held through Fuerst Day Lawson Limited | 100% (indirect) | Not verified | 31 Dec 2025 (accounts note 15) |
| Quest Ingredients Limited | United Kingdom | 04059983 | Historical indirect subsidiary, held through Fuerst Day Lawson Limited | 100% (indirect) at 31 Dec 2025 | Dissolved 28 Apr 2026 | 31 Dec 2025 (accounts note 15) |
| FDL Holdings Limited (Fuerst Day Lawson Holdings Limited) | United Kingdom | 02067286 | Historical direct subsidiary | 100% (acquired 31 Jan 2024) | Dissolved 9 Dec 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 (accounts note 15) |
Recent structural changes
- 31 January 2024: the company acquired 100% of FDL Holdings Limited for £182m, financed by a £200m five-year loan facility from the group treasury (FY2024 and FY2025 accounts).
- 4 June 2025: FDL Holdings Limited’s investments were transferred to the company, which became the direct shareholder of Fuerst Day Lawson Limited (PSC notified 4 June 2025) and Fuerst Day Lawson (U.S.A.) Limited.
- 9 December 2025 and 28 April 2026: FDL Holdings Limited and Quest Ingredients Limited were dissolved.
Data availability
Partial: the parents and subsidiaries above come from filed UK accounts and PSC registers. The corporate-structure graph on this page contains entities not named in the company’s filed subsidiary note: Fuerst Day Lawson, Inc. (US) and a Swedish entity whose number is in the 502 range used for Swedish branches (filialer). Those entities are not confirmed here. Holding companies above Archer Daniels Midland Europe B.V. were not verified.
Sources
- Companies House, full accounts of ADM Protexin Limited to 31 December 2025, notes 15 and 28 (filed 12 Aug 2026) — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history/MzUzNzk2OTI0NWFkaXF6a2N4/document — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, full accounts of ADM Protexin Limited to 31 December 2024, strategic report (filed 6 Aug 2025) — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/filing-history/MzQ3NjIwMTM4NGFkaXF6a2N4/document — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, full accounts of Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited to 31 December 2024, note 21 (filed 18 Aug 2025) — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01090901/filing-history/MzQ3NzM4OTI5N2FkaXF6a2N4/document — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, PSC registers of 01122942, 01090901 and 00607374 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01122942/persons-with-significant-control ; https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01090901/persons-with-significant-control ; https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00607374/persons-with-significant-control — retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, company overviews 02067286, 04059983 and 01867013 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02067286 ; https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04059983 ; https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01867013 — retrieved 2026-10-15
- ADM news release, 15 August 2018 — https://www.adm.com/en-us/news/news-releases/adm-adds-to-nutrition-offerings-with-acquisition-of-probiotics-international-limited/ — retrieved 2026-10-15
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED do?
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED (company number 01122942, England and Wales, incorporated 16 July 1973) manufactures and distributes probiotic animal and human healthcare products, sold under the Protexin brand and including Bio-Kult and Lepicol. Its registered office is in Salford, and its accounts give its principal place of business as Lopen Head, South Petherton, Somerset.
Who owns ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED?
All 27,144,155 ordinary £1 shares of ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED are held by Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited (01090901), according to its 2022 confirmation statement and FY2025 accounts. Every later confirmation statement was filed with no updates.
Who is ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
No natural person is registered as a person with significant control of ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED. Its accounts name Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, a Delaware corporation listed on the NYSE, as its ultimate parent and controlling party. No individual beneficial owner is identified in the filings reviewed.
What is ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED's company registration number?
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED's registration number is 01122942, filed with Companies House in United Kingdom. Its current status on the register is active.
Is ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED still an active company?
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED's status on Companies House is listed as active.
When was ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED incorporated?
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED was incorporated on 16 July 1973, according to Companies House.
What is ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED's registered address?
The registered address on file for ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED is Salford, United Kingdom.
What legal structure is ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED registered as?
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED is registered as a Private limited company (Ltd.) in United Kingdom.
What is ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED's revenue?
According to its own audited accounts, ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED had turnover of £94.6m for the year to 31 December 2025 (2024: £80.7m), with operating profit of £26.3m and profit for the year of £14.3m. These are company-level figures, not ADM group figures.
Is ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED listed on a stock exchange?
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED is a private limited company and is not listed. Its ultimate parent, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker ADM.
Who are the officers/directors of ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED?
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED has three current directors on the Companies House register: Francisco Climent Marin (appointed 11 January 2021), Gustavo Rodrigues Zenaide (appointed 5 May 2022) and Jonas Maximilian Neidinger (appointed 1 June 2023). No company secretary is currently appointed.
Does ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED have a parent company or subsidiaries?
ADM PROTEXIN LIMITED has been part of the Archer-Daniels-Midland group since 15 August 2018. Its immediate parent is Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited and its ultimate parent is Archer-Daniels-Midland Company. It directly owns Fuerst Day Lawson Limited and Fuerst Day Lawson (U.S.A.) Limited, which it acquired through its £182m purchase of FDL Holdings Limited in January 2024.
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