AB WORLD FOODS LIMITED
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Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1978-11-21
- Registered office
- Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY
- Postcode
- W1K 4QY
- Capital
- 15,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-30
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-04
- Next due by
- 2027-05-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10890 Manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 10 resigned
Group structure 5 subsidiaries
Controlled by WORLDWING INVESTMENTS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z1476587 (Tier 3), registered since 2008.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
17.1%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- abworldfoods.com
- Phone
- 08000195617, +44 1625545700, 03031231113
We are AB World Foods, nimble pioneers and experts in 'world flavours'! Home to brands such as Blue Dragon, Patak's, Levi Roots and the iconic TABASCO sauce.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| PATAK'S FOODS LIMITED | 2008-03-31 |
| KIRPAC LIMITED | 2001-02-26 |
| KIRBY COMMODITY PACKERS & SUPPLIES LIMITED | 1990-09-28 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2 BLOOMSBURY STREET, LONDON, WC1B 3ST | 2007-09-17 |
| FIRST FLOOR, KIRKLAND HOUSE, 11-15 PETERBOROUGH ROAD, HARROW, MIDDLESEX HA1 2AX | 2007-01-17 |
| 150 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1JA | 2006-11-01 |
| 150 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1JP | 2002-10-21 |
| 4TH FLOOR, THERESE HOUSE, 29-30 GLASSHOUSE YARD, LONDON EC1A 4JN | 2002-10-08 |
| 252 GOSWELL ROAD, LONDON EC1V 7EB | 1999-06-17 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 219 similar companies in W, trading since 1978
The class of 1978
51%
of the 8,636 companies incorporated in 1978 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 9 titles
- Freehold
- 8
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2014-08-06
- Where
- Greater Manchester (9)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM175313 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2014-08-06 | — |
| GM229714 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2014-08-06 | — |
| MAN223121 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2014-08-06 | — |
| GM357863 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2013-05-23 | — |
| GM414117 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2013-05-23 | — |
| GM414120 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2013-05-23 | — |
| GM468761 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2013-05-23 | — |
| GM252578 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2012-06-11 | — |
| GM816240 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2002-06-27 | — |
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