ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC
Company number 00293262 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Associated British Foods PLC stands as a resilient, diversified conglomerate leveraging its long-standing Weston family leadership and decentralized holding structure to balance stable food revenues with high-growth retail expansion. By utilizing strong cash-generating grocery and ingredients segments to fuel global retail rollout, ABF maintains a unique strategic advantage in navigating macroeconomic volatility. The primary challenge remains optimizing the conglomerate structure to minimize valuation discounts while defending margins against commodity and inflationary pressures.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1934-10-20
- Registered office
- Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY
- Postcode
- W1K 4QY
- Capital
- 44,967,094 GBP
- Accounts category
- Interim
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-13
- Next due by
- 2027-03-15
- Financial year end
- 15 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-05
- Next due by
- 2026-11-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 11 current · 30 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
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: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6202005 (Tier 2), registered since 2008.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
20.1%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom quarter for parity
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| GEORGE WESTON HOLDINGS PLC | 1994-07-29 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED | 2034-11-13 |
| WESTON CENTRE, BOWATER HOUSE, 68 KNIGHTSBRIDGE, LONDON SW1X 7LQ | 2004-12-30 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED | 1934-11-13 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 1,335 similar companies in W, trading since 1934
Property in England & Wales 16 titles
- Leasehold
- 16
- Most recent registration
- 2025-07-29
- Where
- Greater London (16)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB41104 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-07-29 | — |
| BB41105 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-07-29 | — |
| BB41106 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-07-29 | — |
| BB33997 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-06-12 | — |
| BB33998 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-06-12 | — |
| BB33999 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-06-12 | — |
| BB34000 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-06-12 | — |
| NGL968237 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-03-22 | — |
| NGL962291 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2016-08-05 | — |
| NGL962238 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2016-08-03 | — |
| NGL957872 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2016-02-22 | — |
| NGL957873 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2016-02-22 | — |
| NGL954136 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2015-09-18 | — |
| NGL920776 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2011-09-02 | — |
| NGL837293 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2004-08-04 | — |
| NGL837294 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2004-08-04 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.