WILLIAM GRANT & SONS GROUP LIMITED, AB55 4DH : Companies House Number SC282845

Executive summary

William Grant & Sons Group Limited serves as the strategic holding arm for a globally dominant, family-controlled premium spirits portfolio. The firm's tight governance structure and iconic brand heritage provide a formidable, long-term competitive moat against publicly traded rivals. To sustain its market position, the group must continue to navigate the capital-intensive nature of spirits maturation while aggressively capitalizing on global premiumization trends and managing the inherent complexities of multi-generational family control.

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 2005-04-07
Registered office: The Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Keith, AB55 4DH
Postcode: AB55 4DH
Capital: 343,670 GBP
Accounts category: Audit Exemption Subsidiary

Accounts

Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Next due by: 2026-09-30
Financial year end: 31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-08-29
Next due by: 2027-09-12

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Nature of business (SIC)

64209 Activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified

Officers 6 current · 26 resigned

Ewan John HENDERSON Director

Appointed 2022-10-26

MR MICHAEL LAMONT Director

DIRECTOR Appointed 2019-11-20

MR SIMON JOHN HUNT Director

DIRECTOR Appointed 2016-02-25

MR. Grant Glenn GORDON Director

Appointed 2012-04-18

EWAN JOHN HENDERSON Secretary

Appointed 2010-07-29

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Group structure 10 subsidiaries

Controlled by WILLIAM GRANT & SONS DUFFTOWN LIMITED — since 2019-07-11

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2022 (period to 2021-12-31) as part of the WILLIAM GRANT & SONS DUFFTOWN LIMITED group statement.

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Political donations 2

£50,000 in registered political donations since 2014.

No Borders Campaign

£25,000 2014-05-28 Cash
Mr Angus MacDonald

£25,000 2014-05-23 Cash

Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contact details

Website: williamgrant.com

William Grant & Sons Global Brands is an innovative family-owned distiller and distributor. Explore our premium spirits that are loved throughout the world.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
WILLIAM GRANT & SONS HOLDINGS LIMITED	2019-07-09

Previous registered addresses 2

Address	Changed on
THE GLENFIDDICH DISTILLERY, DUFFTOWN, BANFFSHIRE, AB55 4AD	2015-10-15
16 CHARLOTTE SQUARE, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, EH2 4DF	2005-04-28

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 370 similar companies in AB, trading since 2005

The class of 2005

58%

of the 557 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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