WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED
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† WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.
Ratios
2024Sector comparison
SIC 11010Where the company stands among the 1,926 active companies whose first SIC code is 11010 (Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits).
- COATES & CO. (PLYMOUTH) LIMITED£4.3bn
- CHIVAS BROTHERS PERNOD RICARD£2.3bn
- THE MACALLAN DISTILLERS LIMITED£1.3bn
- WILLIAM GRANT & SONS DISTILLERS LIMITED£686.8m
- BEAM SUNTORY UK LIMITED£613.7m
- WHYTE AND MACKAY LIMITED£525.7m
- JOHN DEWAR AND SONS LIMITED£410.2m
- THE EDRINGTON GROUP LIMITED£406.3m
- WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED£252.6m
- THE BENRIACH DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED£234.5m
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 1,926. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC131772. It was incorporated on 13 May 1991. Its status is active. The registered office is in Keith (AB55). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits (11010).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024 (period ending 31 Dec 2024); the company files full accounts. Profit for the year was £73,860,000. Net assets were £252,601,000, up 24.5% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £60,000. Total assets were £477,932,000 and total liabilities £225,331,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023–2024).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 1,926 active companies whose first SIC code is 11010: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £1). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £49,874). By cash it ranks higher than 74% of them (median £11,228). It is older than 95% of them (median age 6.8 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Creative Worker, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 55 days to pay suppliers, and 46% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 10% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 12 Sep 2027.
Filed accounts2023–2024
| 2023 † | 2024 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Profit for the year | 96,797,000 | 73,860,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 1,108,000 | 60,000 |
| Total assets | 412,036,000 | 477,932,000 |
| Total liabilities | 203,360,000 | 225,331,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 202,844,000 | 252,601,000 |
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
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 55 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 46%
- Standard payment terms
- 14–45 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 26%
- 31 to 60 days 53%
- After 60 days 21%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 59
- 18%
- 52%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 59
- 25%
- 47%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 68
- 18%
- 50%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 66
- 21%
- 41%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 75
- 19%
- 81%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 61
- 18%
- 34%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 50
- 21%
- 34%
- Median hourly pay
- women 10% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 28.9% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 48.4% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (2)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 14.3% lower
- women 32.1% lower
- 2023/24
- women 12.9% lower
- women 25.4% 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
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WILLIAM GRANT & SONS DUFFTOWN LIMITED)
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
- Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Creative Worker, 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
6 events- William Grant & Sons Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
- William Grant & Sons Group Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £252.6m
- Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £202.8m
- William Grant & Sons Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.