Associated British Foods

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Associated British Foods

Associated British Foods PLC

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ActiveLatest figures: 2025Group consolidated91 years on the register

Public limited company registered in London, classed under “Activities of head offices”.

Headline figures

FY to Sept 2025 · Group consolidated

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£1.04bn

Net assets

For subscribers

Cash

For subscribers

Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

For subscribers

What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£202320242025
Profit after tax£1.04bn
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet202320242025
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-25

  1. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mrs Emma Susan Adamo on 25 August 2026
  2. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mrs Emma Susan Adamo on 1 April 2017
  3. Directors
    Director's details changed for Ms Kumsal Bayazit Besson on 5 September 2025
  4. Shares
    Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 14 August 2026 · GBP 39,934,691.18 (and 76 more like it since 27 February 2026)
  5. Shares
    Purchase of own shares (and 17 more like it since 27 February 2026)
  6. Accounts
    Interim accounts made up to 28 February 2026
  7. Directors
    Appointment of Ms Joana Lidia Edwards as a director on 5 March 2026

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Associated British Foods do?

Public limited company registered in London, classed under “Activities of head offices”. In its own words: “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.”

›How much turnover does Associated British Foods make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Associated British Foods profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £1.04bn in the year to 13 September 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns Associated British Foods?

Its directors are Paul Andrew Lister, Graham Denis Allan, Kumsal Bayazit Besson, Joana Lidia Edwards, Michael George Alexander McLintock and 6 more. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Associated British Foods based?

Its registered office is Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY, in London.

›When was Associated British Foods founded?

Associated British Foods PLC was incorporated on 20 October 1934.

›Is Associated British Foods still trading?

The register lists Associated British Foods PLC as active.

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