ARLA FOODS LIMITED
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Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-06-30
- Registered office
- Arla House, 4 Savannah Way, Leeds Valley Park, Leeds Yorkshire, LS10 1AB
- Postcode
- LS10 1AB
- Capital
- 400,000,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-27
- Next due by
- 2026-10-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10511 Liquid milk and cream production
- 46330 Wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats
Officers 8 current · 64 resigned
Group structure 14 subsidiaries
Controlled by ARLA FOODS UK PLC — since 2016-04-06
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ARLA TRUSTEES LIMITED Dissolved
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ASSOCIATED DAIRIES LIMITED Dissolved
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From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee (Temporary Worker (A rating)), Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), 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.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-06-24).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. 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 — Z4756364 (Tier 3), registered since 2000.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
10.5%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- arlafoods.uk
- Phone
- 01133827000
Official Arla UK website. Discover Arla's great tasting, healthy and natural dairy brands and how they are responsibly made by our farmer owners.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ARLA FOODS PLC | 2004-03-17 |
| MD FOODS PLC | 2000-06-02 |
| ASSOCIATED DAIRIES LIMITED | 1992-03-02 |
| LUSHJUST LIMITED | 1987-08-25 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CRAVEN HOUSE, KIRKSTALL ROAD, LEEDS, LS3 1JE | 2004-03-08 |
| CRAVEN HOUSE, KIRKSTALL ROAD, LEEDS, LS3 1JE | 2004-03-08 |
| 37 NEWLAITHES ROAD, LEEDS, LS18 4LG | 1987-10-24 |
| 37 NEWLAITHES ROAD, LEEDS, LS18 4LG | 1987-10-24 |
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB | 1987-09-11 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 289 similar companies in LS — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1987
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,106 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 32 titles
- Freehold
- 23
- Leasehold
- 9
- Most recent registration
- 2024-03-07
- Price paid, where recorded
- £675,000
- Where
- West Yorkshire (8), Buckinghamshire (5), Leicestershire (5)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DN774000 | City Of Plymouth | Leasehold | 2024-03-07 | — |
| WA742384 | Powys | Freehold | 2024-03-05 | £675,000 |
| SF694279 | Staffordshire | Leasehold | 2023-12-19 | — |
| WT198843 | Wiltshire | Freehold | 2021-02-10 | — |
| BM303809 | Buckinghamshire | Freehold | 2020-12-08 | — |
| BM445337 | Buckinghamshire | Freehold | 2020-12-08 | — |
| BM53070 | Buckinghamshire | Freehold | 2020-12-08 | — |
| HD373504 | Hertfordshire | Freehold | 2020-12-08 | — |
| WT455143 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2020-12-01 | — |
| YY91628 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2017-10-09 | — |
| WT414575 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2015-04-30 | — |
| SF598985 | Staffordshire | Leasehold | 2014-08-04 | — |
| DN314431 | Devon | Freehold | 2013-07-10 | — |
| LT191613 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2013-07-10 | — |
| LT208240 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2013-07-10 | — |
| LT247929 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2013-07-10 | — |
| LT278932 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2013-07-10 | — |
| SL56903 | Shropshire | Freehold | 2013-07-10 | — |
| BM368329 | Buckinghamshire | Freehold | 2012-02-23 | — |
| BM368148 | Buckinghamshire | Freehold | 2012-02-17 | — |
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