What CORYTON does

CORYTON (legal entity: Coryton Advanced Fuels Ltd) is a UK-registered bespoke fuel blender and formulator headquartered in Stanford-le-Hope with a state-of-the-art laboratory and blending facility in Southend. The company designs, develops and produces custom hydrocarbon fuels across six vertical sectors — Research, Heavy Duty and Power, Light Duty, Motorsport, Marine and Aviation — producing roughly 4,000 unique blends per year and more than 14 million litres annually, with scale flexibility from 10-litre development batches through to millions of litres of production volumes.

The company’s technology core combines EN228-specification fuel blending with second-generation biofuel formulation using agricultural-waste biomass (straw and crop by-products not used for human consumption) sourced via the REFNOVA partnership with Nova Pangaea. The proprietary SUSTAIN sub-brand encompasses SUSTAIN Classic (Super 80, Super 33, Racing 50) for classic and consumer vehicles, SUSTAIN Racing for motorsport, and SUSTAIN 100 — a 100% fossil-free drop-in petrol requiring no vehicle or infrastructure modifications. Documented performance includes up to ~65–80% GHG savings versus fossil petrol, validation in real-world trials including a 1,000-mile Mazda MX-5 UK drive, a Dakar Rally top-five finish in 2022, and 48.8% GHG savings over 19,900 internal field-trial miles.

Commercially, Coryton operates as a private B2B (with emerging B2C) supplier using quote-based pricing tied to volume, specification and formulation complexity. It sells through direct enterprise sales across OEM and racing-team accounts, through its own SUSTAIN Fuels stockist network in the UK (anchored by Motor Spirit at Bicester Heritage for SUSTAIN Classic since June 2023), and through the official fuel partnership with Creventic’s Michelin 24H SERIES (from April 2026). Since February 2022 the company has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lantmännen Aspen (part of the Swedish farmer-owned Lantmännen agricultural cooperative), which provides capital, agricultural-feedstock integration and Nordic distribution reach while Coryton retains separate operational identity. The company holds Investors in People Silver accreditation and is certified under ISCC, ISO (via DNV), UKAS and EU AEO frameworks.

Name

CORYTON

Legal name

Coryton Advanced Fuels Ltd

Website

https://coryton.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CORYTON is a UK-based bespoke fuel blender designing custom hydrocarbon and second-generation biofuel formulations — including the SUSTAIN drop-in sustainable-fuel range — for motorsport teams, automotive OEMs and research customers across six sectors, producing ~4,000 unique blends and 14+ million litres annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Fuel Manufacturing

NAICS

Petroleum Refineries (324110)

SIC

Miscellaneous Products Of Petroleum & Coal (2990)

akta.pro primary industry

Biofuels & Renewable Fuels Switching (Biomethane/RNG, Bio-oils, Sustainable Biomass) (EUABAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refinery Blending & Product Quality Control (Gasoline/Diesel/Jet Blending, Additives) (EUALAGAJ), Alternative Transportation Fuels Retail (EV Charging, Hydrogen, CNG/LNG, Biofuels Blends) (EUALAIAI)

Keywords

• Bespoke fuel blending
• Sustainable fuel solutions
• Second-generation biofuels
• Motorsport racing fuels
• Custom fuel formulation

Headquarters

HQ city

Stanford Le Hope

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Bespoke Fuel Sales: Sale of custom-blended fuels to motorsport, automotive, aviation, marine, and industrial customers. Products range from standard specifications to highly specialized racing fuels with volume flexibility from small batches to millions of litres.
2. SUSTAIN Sustainable Fuel Products: Consumer-facing sustainable fuel products including SUSTAIN Classic for classic vehicles. Distribution through Motor Spirit at Bicester Heritage and other UK stockists.
3. Research & Development Services: Participation in European research consortia (DeCarTrans) and collaborative development programs with OEMs and industry partners to develop and validate sustainable fuel technologies.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Coryton designs, formulates, and manufactures bespoke blended hydrocarbon fuels at scale from 10 litres to millions of litres, creating 4,000 unique fuel blends annually (more than 14 million litres total) for clients across motorsport, automotive, aviation, marine, heavy-duty, and research sectors. Its proprietary SUSTAIN sub-brand delivers drop-in sustainable fuels with up to 80% renewable content produced from agricultural waste biomass, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 65% without requiring any vehicle or infrastructure modifications. The company combines custom blending services, second-generation biofuel technology, and collaborative R&D with OEMs and racing teams.

Product overview

CORYTON is a leading supplier of bespoke fuels and blended fuel design, producing 4,000 unique fuel blends per year (14+ million litres total) across multiple sectors. The core offering is custom fuel formulation and blending services. The product portfolio is organized around the SUSTAIN sub-brand of sustainable fuels (including SUSTAIN Classic for classic vehicles, SUSTAIN Racing for motorsport, and SUSTAIN 100 fossil-free fuels), alongside sector-specific solutions for Research, Heavy Duty and Power, Light Duty, Motorsport, Marine, and Aviation. All products are designed as drop-in replacements requiring no vehicle or infrastructure modifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bespoke Fuel Blending Services Custom fuel formulation and blending services producing 4,000 unique blends per year (14+ million litres) for enterprise clients across Research, Heavy Duty and Power, Light Duty, Motorsport, Marine, and Aviation sectors, with scale flexibility from 10 litres to millions of litres.
• SUSTAIN Fuels Sub-brand of sustainable fuels using advanced second-generation biofuel manufactured from agricultural waste (straw, crop by-products). Includes SUSTAIN Classic, SUSTAIN Racing, and SUSTAIN 100 variants for various applications.
• SUSTAIN Classic Sustainable petrol for classic and vintage vehicles with three variants: SUPER 80 (80% renewable, 98 RON), SUPER 33 (33% sustainable), and RACING 50 (50% renewable, 102 RON). Drop-in replacement requiring no engine modifications.
• SUSTAIN Racing High-performance sustainable racing fuels for motorsport applications, developed for racing teams requiring high octane fuels with sustainable content. Includes fuels such as RACING GT80 (102 RON) and RACING DIESEL 100 (67 CETANE).
• SUSTAIN 100 (Fossil-Free Fuel) 100% sustainable road fuel created using agricultural waste. Drop-in replacement for standard petrol requiring no vehicle modifications, demonstrated in the Mazda UK 1000-mile drive in an unmodified MX-5.
• Aviation Fuel Solutions Sustainable fuel solutions for the aviation sector, designing fuels for sustainable aviation and providing drop-in replacements addressing aviation decarbonization requirements.
• Marine Fuel Solutions Innovative marine fuel solutions designed to meet tightening maritime environmental regulations through low-emission drop-in fuel alternatives.
• Heavy Duty and Power Fuel Solutions Smart fuel solutions for heavy-duty vehicles and power generation designed to help meet carbon reduction challenges in hard-to-electrify sectors.
• Light Duty Fuel Solutions Fuels helping existing and new light-duty vehicles reduce their greenhouse gas emission footprint through drop-in sustainable fuel formulations.
• Research Sector Fuels Innovative fuels created to drive engine advancements and support research sector development for engine manufacturers, research institutions, and OEMs requiring specialized test fuels.
• Motorsport Fuel Solutions High-performance fuels for motorsport that increase performance while reducing environmental impact, including racing fuels such as RACING GT80 (102 RON) and RACING DIESEL 100 (67 CETANE).

Quantifiable outcome

• 65%+ GHG reduction with SUSTAIN Classic Super 80
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Creventic (Michelin 24H SERIES)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 March 2026Aspen Group (parent of Coryton) became official fuel partner and supplier for the Michelin 24H SERIES endurance racing championship from March 2026. Supplying controlled-specification Eurosport 100 race fuel with higher octane than previously used. Partnership provides exposure to international motorsport markets.
• Toyota GR Customer RacingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Aspen Group (via SUSTAIN brand) working with Toyota GR Customer Racing on development programme testing sustainable fuels in Supra GT4 car. Podium finishes achieved in Creventic Michelin 24H SERIES Middle East Trophy. Programme intended as test platform for advanced sustainable fuels consideration in 2027 series.
• Motor Spirit at Bicester HeritagecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 June 2023Distribution partnership for SUSTAIN Classic sustainable fuel products for classic vehicles. Motor Spirit serves as the inaugural distributor launching SUSTAIN Classic from Bicester Heritage venue in June 2023. Expanding UK stockist network for classic car sustainable fuels.
• DeCarTrans ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2023Four-year European research consortium (Demonstrating a Circular Carbon Economy in Transport Along the Value Chain) funded with 14.93 million euros by German Federal Ministry. Coryton is one of three blenders delivering fuel for the project alongside mineral oil industry, process engineering, and R&D partners. Focus on industrial-scale renewable fuel production, process efficiency, and market launch scenarios.
• BentleyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Provided 100% renewable SUSTAIN 95 RON fuel for Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid demonstration in Iceland, showcasing sustainable fuel capability for luxury vehicles.
• Motorsport UKcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership to recognize and support sustainable fuel demonstrations including Mazda MX-5 1000-mile UK drive completing laps at circuits in each UK nation. Promotes adoption of sustainable fuels in UK motorsport.
• MazdacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Multi-solution partnership demonstrating sustainable fuel compatibility with Mazda vehicles. 1000-mile UK drive across all four home nations using SUSTAIN 100% fossil-free fuel in standard MX-5. Highlights role of sustainable fuels in decarbonizing road cars.
• CosworthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Technical collaboration to demonstrate feasibility of high bio-content EN228 fuels in high-performance engines. Testing conducted on Ford 2.3L Ecoboost and 1.0L high-speed engines using Cosworth EMS. Results validated drop-in capability of advanced biofuels without engine modifications.
• Nova PangaeacoreTechnology or Integration · 1 October 2020Technology partnership for REFNOVA second-generation ethanol production from agricultural residues. Coryton served as fuel technology partner for successful E10 motorcycle trial demonstrating viability of Nova Pangaea's patented technology. Fuel formulated using Nova Pangaea's second-generation bioethanol met EN228 specifications.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Neste: World's largest producer of renewable diesel and SAF from waste and residues. Operates at much greater scale than Coryton but competes in the same end-markets (transportation decarbonization, drop-in renewable fuels).
• Shell (Specialty Products / Shell V-Power Racing): Global oil major with bespoke fuel blending for motorsport (Ferrari F1 partnership), aviation, and consumer sustainable fuel initiatives. Overlaps directly with Coryton in motorsport fuels and increasingly in sustainable road fuels.
• BP (Castrol / biofuels): Integrated energy major with specialty fuel blending capability through Castrol and growing investment in biofuels. Competitor in motorsport fuels and sustainable transportation.
• TotalEnergies Special Fluids: Major integrated energy company with a special fluids business producing high-purity hydrocarbon solvents and specialty fuels. Competes in adjacent specialty fuel markets with broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• Sunfire: German e-fuels company producing synthetic gasoline, diesel, and kerosene from renewable electricity and CO2. Adjacent in the synthetic sustainable fuel space, addressing similar aviation and road-fuel decarbonization customers.
• Gevo: Renewable fuels and chemicals company producing low-carbon gasoline, jet fuel, and isooctane from agricultural residues. Comparable technology approach (biomass-to-fuel) and overlapping end-markets with Coryton's SUSTAIN products.
• Velocys: SAF technology company developing Fischer-Tropsch processes for waste-to-jet fuel. Focused on aviation decarbonization like Coryton's aviation vertical, with partial overlap on sustainable aviation fuel market.
• Prometheus Fuels: Producer of net-zero carbon gasoline and jet fuel from captured CO2 and renewable hydrogen. Adjacent in the drop-in sustainable transportation fuel space Coryton targets.

Direct peers

• SkyNRG: Specialist sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) developer and supplier focused on drop-in aviation fuels. Comparable to Coryton in the niche fuel-formulation space, with overlap in aviation sector products.
• HCS Group (Haltermann Carless): Specialty hydrocarbon and fuel blending company producing tailored fuels, solvents, and performance products for automotive, pharma, and industrial customers — directly analogous to Coryton's bespoke blending model across similar verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sustainfuels
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coryton-advanced-fuels

Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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