ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC
ActiveKey figures
ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC files its accounts at Companies House on paper. The figures here are for the whole group, taken from its annual financial report in the structured ESEF format (published on the FCA National Storage Mechanism, collected by filings.xbrl.org).
Ratios
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 70100Where the company stands among the 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100 (Activities of head offices).
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 25,710. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC
What kind of company is it?
ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00293262. It was incorporated on 20 Oct 1934. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (W1K). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of head offices (70100).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 13 Sep 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £19,459,000,000. Profit for the year was £1,045,000,000. Net assets were £11,186,000,000, down 0.8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £1,057,000,000. Total assets were £19,291,000,000 and total liabilities £8,105,000,000. Figures are available for 5 financial years (2020/21–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 2,112 that publish turnover (median £16,967,000). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £388,830). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £1,308,696). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £49,040). It is older than 98% of them (median age 16.6 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 20.1% lower than for men.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 15 Mar 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 19 Nov 2026.
Dividends
from the accountsDividends paid in the financial year: £656,000,000 (63% of the profit for the year).
Filed accounts2020/21–2024/25
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 13,884,000,000 | 16,997,000,000 | 19,750,000,000 | 20,073,000,000 | 19,459,000,000 |
| Profit for the year | 498,000,000 | 720,000,000 | 1,068,000,000 | 1,480,000,000 | 1,045,000,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 2,275,000,000 | 2,121,000,000 | 1,457,000,000 | 1,323,000,000 | 1,057,000,000 |
| Total assets | 16,895,000,000 | 19,775,000,000 | 18,844,000,000 | 19,014,000,000 | 19,291,000,000 |
| Total liabilities | 6,891,000,000 | 8,221,000,000 | 7,651,000,000 | 7,736,000,000 | 8,105,000,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 10,004,000,000 | 11,554,000,000 | 11,193,000,000 | 11,278,000,000 | 11,186,000,000 |
| Dividends paid | 49,000,000 | 380,000,000 | 345,000,000 | 502,000,000 | 656,000,000 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Statutory reporting
- Median hourly pay
- women 20.1% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 40.1% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 29.9% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (3)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 22.7% lower
- women 41% lower
- 2023/24
- women 29.4% lower
- women 44.5% lower
- 2021/22
- women 44.3% lower
- women 45.9% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
- Licence type and rating
- Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
7 events- Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £19.5bn, net assets £11.2bn
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £20.1bn, net assets £11.3bn
- Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: turnover £19.8bn, net assets £11.2bn
- Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: turnover £17bn, net assets £11.6bn
- Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: turnover £13.9bn, net assets £10bn
- Company incorporatedPublic limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.