NWF GROUP PLC

Active
Company number 02264971Public limited companyIncorporated 1988

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 70100

Where the company stands among the 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100 (Activities of head offices).

Company age38.4 years
Older than 90% · median 16.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
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  3. ASTRAZENECA TREASURY LIMITED£48.3bn
  4. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.£48.1bn
  5. ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED£42.3bn
  6. NATIONAL GRID PLC£39.3bn
  7. RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED£39.2bn
  8. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (1998) LIMITED£34.1bn
  9. GLAXOSMITHKLINE HOLDINGS LIMITED£25.2bn
  10. BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£24.7bn

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. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: NWF GROUP PLC

What kind of company is it?

NWF GROUP PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02264971. It was incorporated on 1 Jun 1988. Its status is active. The registered office is in Cheshire (CW5). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of head offices (70100).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100: It is older than 90% of them (median age 16.6 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, animal feed, iron and steel articles. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly vegetable and fruit preparations, machinery. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 12% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

4 of 5 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Nov 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 26 Dec 2026.

Statutory reporting

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 12% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 10.6% lower
Median bonus pay
women 67.6% higher
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter38% womenLower middle20.9% womenUpper middle15.2% womenUpper pay quarter18.6% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 12.7% lower
women 10.9% lower
2023/24
women 12.6% lower
women 10.4% lower
2022/23
women 15.8% lower
women 13.6% lower
2021/22
women 15.8% lower
women 15.9% lower
2020/21
women 14.5% lower
women 14.9% lower
2019/20
women 15.6% lower
women 19.6% lower
2018/19
women 10.4% lower
women 17.4% lower
2017/18
women 15.1% lower
women 15.8% 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

Modern slavery statements6
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (3)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

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

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 7 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, animal feed, iron and steel articles and rubber.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: vegetable and fruit preparations and machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

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

2 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. 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.