BOCM PAULS

What BOCM PAULS does

BOCM PAULS is the historical brand identity for ForFarmers UK Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England (registration number 62904) and wholly-owned subsidiary of ForFarmers N.V., the Dutch feed group listed on Euronext Amsterdam. The UK entity manufactures and distributes compound animal feeds, forage products, fertilizers, and feed-grade co-products across the United Kingdom, operating from a headquarters in Bury St Edmunds and more than 13 manufacturing and distribution sites spanning England, Wales, and Scotland. Each major site carries combinations of UFAS, Organic, and BEIC certifications, providing regulatory coverage across conventional, organic, and egg-sector channels.

The product portfolio spans compound feeds for dairy, beef, sheep, pig, poultry, goat, and game birds, built around proprietary platforms including FEED2MILK (dairy nutrition technology powering the NEXUS compound range), VITAL (zinc-free piglet nutrition), Optifeed (dairy advisory service), SilageManager (forage optimization), and CirQlar Nutrition (co-products portfolio utilizing distillery and other industrial by-products). Sub-brands include Marsdens Game Feeds (with its own merchant distribution network), Farmgate (smallholder stockist channel), TOPGRASS (grass seed mixtures), Nutricare 360, Selko-pH E, Quantum Balancer, VITAMILK NRG, Cairngorm Deer Feeds, and TopFert fertilizers. The company is vertically segmented by livestock species rather than by customer size.

The business operates a sales-led, direct-to-customer go-to-market model organized by sector, with dedicated account managers and nutritionists covering Dairy/Beef/Sheep, Pig/Poultry, Game/Dog/Deer, and Dry Products, supported by a Customer Services function and CRM system. Distribution combines direct enterprise sales with two parallel merchant channels: Marsdens Merchants for the game feeds franchise and Farmgate stockists for the smallholder line. Pricing is quote-based, indexed to ruling prices at date of delivery, with payment due before the 21st of the month following delivery and 2.0% monthly interest on overdue balances — consistent with high-volume, transactional B2B sales to a long tail of farmers and estates rather than large enterprise contracts. Customer-facing case studies (e.g., a West Sussex dairy farm achieving 1,040kg milk solids per cow per year) are used as marketing assets rather than as anchor-account relationships.

Name

BOCM PAULS

Legal name

ForFarmers UK Limited

Website

https://forfarmers.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ForFarmers UK Limited (historically BOCM PAULS) manufactures and distributes compound animal feeds, forage products, fertilizers, and co-products to UK dairy, beef, sheep, pig, poultry, game, and smallholder farmers across 13+ certified sites as a wholly-owned subsidiary of ForFarmers N.V.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Animal Feed Manufacturing

NAICS

Animal Food Manufacturing (3111), Other Animal Food Manufacturing (311119), Animal Food Manufacturing (31111)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Livestock Complete Feed Milling & Blending (Cattle/Swine/Poultry) (AFADAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Animal Nutrition & Feeding Support Services (On-Farm Feeding, Feed Management) (AFAEALAJ), Performance & Health Outcome Consulting (growth, FCR, milk yield, gut health) (AFADAMAG), Sustainability & Low-Impact Formulation (low-carbon, deforestation-free, circular ingredients) (AFADAMAH), Forage-Based Total Mixed Ration (TMR) & Roughage Blends (AFADAHAG), Organic/Non-GMO/Identity-Preserved Custom Formulation (certification-aligned specs) (AFADAMAI)

Keywords

• Compound animal feed
• Livestock nutrition
• Dairy compound feeds
• Forage products
• Farm supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Bury St Edmunds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Compound Feeds: Manufacture and sale of compound feeds for dairy, beef, sheep, pig, poultry, goat, and game birds. Includes specialized nutritional products like NEXUS dairy compounds and VITAL piglet feeds.
2. Forage Products: Sale of grass seeds, maize seeds, forage additives, inoculants, fertilizers, and fodder crops for livestock nutrition.
3. Co-products: Marketing and distribution of feed-grade co-products including Distillers Draff and Syrup from distilleries, supplying nutritional ingredients to livestock rations.
4. Straights and Dry Products: Dry, moist and liquid feed materials including straights and co-products supplied to farmers and livestock producers.
5. Fertilizers: Supply of compound fertilizers through Yara UK, standard blends, lime, urea and maize starter fertilizers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

BOCM PAULS, operating as ForFarmers UK Limited, manufactures and supplies compound animal feeds, straights, forage products, and feed-grade co-products for UK livestock producers across dairy, beef, sheep, pig, poultry, game, and smallholder sectors. The company provides total feed solutions including proprietary compound feed ranges (NEXUS, VITAL, Marsdens, Farmgate), nutritional advisory services, silage and forage management, and co-product distribution through a UK-wide manufacturing and distribution network with 14 certified sites.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NEXUS: Dairy compound feed range powered by FEED2MILK, combining forage evaluation, advanced formulation, and innovative feed rationing.
• TOPGRASS
• VITAL
• Nutricare 360
• Selko-pH E
• Quantum Balancer
• VITAMILK NRG
• Cairngorm Deer Feeds
• TopFert

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 1.5 litres per cow per day milk production increase from silage inoculant use
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• North British Distillery (Edinburgh)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026CirQlar Nutrition (part of ForFarmers) took on responsibility for marketing Distillers Draff and Syrup from North British Distillery from 1 May 2026. This partnership strengthens supply of feed-grade co-products to UK livestock producers, supporting circular food systems by utilizing co-products from distilling.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wynnstay Group: Wynnstay is a UK agricultural supplies group manufacturing compound feeds and distributing arable inputs through a depot network, comparable to BOCM PAULS in livestock feed manufacturing, distribution channels, and farmer customer base.
• Carr's Group: Carr's Group manufactures and distributes compound animal feeds, feed blocks and farm-supply products across the UK and internationally, overlapping directly with BOCM PAULS in livestock compound feed manufacturing and on-farm advisory.
• Premier Nutrition: Premier Nutrition is a UK manufacturer of compound feeds and premixes for livestock and aquaculture, supplying compound feed solutions to producers in dairy, beef, sheep, pig, and poultry sectors in direct competition with ForFarmers UK.
• AB Agri: AB Agri is the agriculture arm of Associated British Foods producing compound feeds, premixes, and animal nutrition products across the UK and Europe, directly competing with ForFarmers UK across dairy, beef, sheep, pig, and poultry feed categories.
• Mole Valley Feeders: Mole Valley Farmers is a farmer-owned cooperative manufacturing compound feeds and providing agronomic and livestock services across the South West and nationwide, directly mirroring BOCM PAULS's UK regional feed manufacturing and farmer services model.

Broad incumbents

• De Heus Animal Nutrition: De Heus is a large European and global compound feed manufacturer operating across multiple species and geographies, with sister-company ties to the ForFarmers value chain, and overlapping directly with BOCM PAULS in livestock compound feed manufacturing.
• Cargill Animal Nutrition: Cargill Animal Nutrition is a global feed and premix manufacturer with broad portfolio capabilities across species and geographies, including UK presence, competing with BOCM PAULS in livestock compound feed and on-farm nutrition advisory as a much larger incumbent.
• Alltech: Alltech is a global animal nutrition company producing premixes, feed additives, and on-farm nutritional programs, competing with BOCM PAULS in on-farm advisory, dairy and monogastric nutrition services, and specialty feed ingredients.
• Nutreco (Skretting / Trouw): Nutreco is the parent of Skretting (aquaculture feed) and Trouw Nutrition (livestock nutrition and premixes), a global animal nutrition incumbent whose premix and specialty feed business overlaps with ForFarmers UK's VITAL, Optifeed, and monogastric nutrition lines.

Regional players

• East Coast Viners Animal Nutrition: East Coast Viners operates a UK pig and poultry feed manufacturing and distribution business with a strong regional focus, comparable to BOCM PAULS's pig and poultry sector feed offering and direct-to-farmer sales motion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ForFarmersUK
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCitcKpkiaRobxCDV8XIMcWA
• Facebookfacebook.com/ForFarmersUK
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bocm-pauls
• Instagraminstagram.com/forfarmers_uk

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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