EDEN PROJECT LIMITED

Active
Company number 03278093Private limited companyIncorporated 1996

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 85590

Where the company stands among the 38,102 active companies whose first SIC code is 85590 (Other education n.e.c.).

Company age30.0 years
Older than 97% · median 4.1 years
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: EDEN PROJECT LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

EDEN PROJECT LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03278093. It was incorporated on 14 Nov 1996. Its status is active. The registered office is in Cornwall (PL24). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other education n.e.c. (85590), botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities (91040).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 38,102 active companies whose first SIC code is 85590: It is older than 97% of them (median age 4.1 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from Department for Education since 2023. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £608k. It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £68.4k, from Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, leather goods and bags, other textile articles. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly printed matter. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 78 days to pay suppliers, and 73% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 5.4% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 24 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 28 Nov 2026.

Public contracts

2 contracts

EDEN PROJECT LIMITED is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from Department for Education since 2023. Their combined published value is £608k.

Contracts
  1. 304000‡Department for Education · £304,000
  2. Provision of wildflower seeds and subsequent branding/ packagingDepartment for Education · £304,000

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

1 grant

EDEN PROJECT LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £68.4k.

Grant
  1. Second Half FundDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport · £68,406 · Centre for Social Action 1617

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Apr 2020 – 30 Sep 2020
Average time taken to pay invoices
78 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
73%
Standard payment terms
14–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 10%
  • 31 to 60 days 31%
  • After 60 days 59%
Earlier periods (3)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2020
42
18%
29%
30 Sep 2019
41
19%
30%
31 Mar 2019
37
27%
21%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 5.4% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 7.1% lower
Median bonus pay
women 62.5% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter64.8% womenLower middle62.2% womenUpper middle48.5% womenUpper pay quarter61.4% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 0.5% higher
women 2.5% higher
2023/24
women 3.1% lower
women 10.8% lower
2022/23
women 1.3% higher
women 3.9% higher
2021/22
women 29% lower
women 15% lower
2020/21
women 2% lower
women 4% lower
2019/20
women 5% lower
women 7% lower
2018/19
women 6% higher
women 4% higher
2017/18
women 4.7% lower
women 18.4% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 6 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, leather goods and bags, other textile articles, iron and steel articles and machinery.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently September 2025. Main goods: printed matter.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

5 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Eden Project Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. The Eden Trust ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. The Eden Trust registered as a person with significant control
  5. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.