A.B. PRODUCE PLC
Company number 02240234 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
A.B. PRODUCE PLC is an established, vertically integrated post-harvest and fruit/vegetable processing company operating as a Public Limited Company, which is atypical for this sector and suggests a larger scale and greater transparency than most peers. Without access to its financial statements, relative performance cannot be quantified, but its group ownership (A.B. Produce Trading Limited) and long history point to a resilient position amid sector challenges such as labour shortages and cost inflation.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1988-04-06
- Registered office
- C/O Ampa Holdings Llp Level 19, The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9SG
- Postcode
- SE1 9SG
- Capital
- 83,352 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-05-31
- Next due by
- 2026-11-30
- Financial year end
- 31 May
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-25
- Next due by
- 2027-10-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 1630 Post-harvest crop activities
- 10310 Processing and preserving of potatoes
- 10390 Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
- 52290 Other transportation support activities
Officers 6 current · 10 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by A.B. PRODUCE TRADING LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£20,753,584 total awarded value where published.
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Political donations 16
£55,404 in registered political donations since 2007.
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Conservative and Unionist Party
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Conservative and Unionist Party
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Conservative and Unionist Party
Showing the 3 most recent of 16.
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.abproduce.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BIDCHARGE LIMITED | 1988-05-13 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| WOOLSTITCH FARM, CLIFTON ROAD, NETHERSEAL SWADLINCOTE, DERBYSHIRE DE12 8BT | 2003-10-08 |
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB | 1988-05-17 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 110 similar companies in SE — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1988
The class of 1988
50%
of the 20,916 companies incorporated in 1988 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2007-08-20
- Where
- Leicestershire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT401733 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2007-08-20 | — |
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