BRITISH SUGAR PLC
Company number 00315158 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
British Sugar commands an unassailable 60% share of the UK sugar market, fortified by deep agricultural partnerships and the vast financial resources of its parent, Associated British Foods. To sustain its leadership against regulatory and health-driven headwinds, the company must pivot from volume-based commodity production to high-value, sustainable derivatives, transforming potential risks into long-term strategic moats.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1936-06-12
- Registered office
- Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY
- Postcode
- W1K 4QY
- Capital
- 80,000,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-30
- Next due by
- 2027-02-28
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-29
- Next due by
- 2027-02-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10810 Manufacture of sugar
Officers 4 current · 43 resigned
Group structure 4 subsidiaries
Controlled by ABF INVESTMENTS PLC — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2020 (period to 2020-12-31).
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 — Z6290518 (Tier 3), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
9.7%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- britishsugar.com
- Phone
- 03031231113
A homegrown success story - We partner with 3,500 growers and supply 60% of the UK's sugar market to build a sugar beet industry that works for Britain.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BRITISH SUGAR CORPORATION LIMITED | 1982-05-04 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| WESTON CENTRE, BOWATER HOUSE, 68 KNIGHTSBRIDGE, LONDON SW1X 7LQ | 2005-03-04 |
| CENTRAL OFFICES,, P.O. BOX 26,, OUNDLE RD.,, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 9QU. | 1991-01-22 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 723 similar companies in W — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1936
Property in England & Wales 18 titles
- Freehold
- 18
- Most recent registration
- 2022-12-02
- Where
- Norfolk (8), City Of Peterborough (3), York (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK500516 | York | Freehold | 2022-12-02 | — |
| CB409158 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2019-10-22 | — |
| NK423064 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2012-10-16 | — |
| NT411049 | Nottinghamshire | Freehold | 2005-08-25 | — |
| NYK301389 | York | Freehold | 2004-11-04 | — |
| SL143850 | Wrekin | Freehold | 2004-11-01 | — |
| SL151153 | Wrekin | Freehold | 2003-01-29 | — |
| NK281739 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2002-08-13 | — |
| CB233311 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2000-03-27 | — |
| CB230055 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 1999-12-17 | — |
| NK241174 | Norfolk | Freehold | 1999-11-30 | — |
| NK119681 | Norfolk | Freehold | 1999-05-27 | — |
| NK202209 | Norfolk | Freehold | 1997-10-06 | — |
| NK207206 | Norfolk | Freehold | 1997-09-30 | — |
| NK201080 | Norfolk | Freehold | 1997-05-02 | — |
| NK144062 | Norfolk | Freehold | 1997-03-05 | — |
| LL264736 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | — | — |
| SK259258 | Suffolk | Freehold | — | — |
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