WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-12 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-29
Watchouts
Cash
£60K
-94.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£253M
+24.5% vs 2023
Employees
359
+17.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£73M
-24.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED 1992-04-24 → present
- WILLIAM GRANT & SONS HOLDINGS LIMITED 1991-11-01 → 1992-04-24
- PACIFIC SHELF 405 LIMITED 1991-05-13 → 1991-11-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,534,000 | -£2,473,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £97,370,000 | £73,363,000 | |
| Net profit | £96,797,000 | £73,860,000 | |
| Cash | £1,108,000 | £60,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £208,676,000 | £252,601,000 | |
| Net assets | £202,844,000 | £252,601,000 | |
| Equity | £202,844,000 | £252,601,000 | |
| Average employees | 306 | 359 | |
| Wages | £27,257,000 | £34,247,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 1.2% | -1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | 12.48x | -12.30x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis, as set out in note 1.2 to the Financial Statements, in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Alexander MacGregor & Company Limited 100%
- PAJS Services Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Polska Limited sp.Z.o.o 100%
- William Grant & Sons South Africa PTY Limited 100%
- William Grant and Sons Scottish Limited Partnership 100%
- William Grant & Sons Kenya Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Deutschland GmbH 100%
- William Grant & Sons Global Brands Limited 100%
- Drambuie Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Brands Limited 100%
- Grants of Ireland Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons France SAS 100%
- Peter Mielzynski Agencies Limited 90%
- Raynal et Cie SAS 100%
- George Morton Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Americas LLC 100%
- Standfast Dominica Limited 100%
- Tequilera Milagro S.A. De CV 100%
- The Balvenie Distillery Company Limited 100%
- The Drambuie Liqueur Company Limited 100%
- The Glenfiddich Distillery Company Limited 100%
- The Hendrick's Gin Distillery Company Limited 100%
- The Light Spirit Company Limited 100%
- Tullamore Dew Company Limited 100%
- Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre Company Limited by Guarantee 100%
- William Grant & Sons (Taiwan) Co Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons (AME) Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons (Canadian Distribution) Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons (Canadian Whisky) Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons (Cyprus Holdings) Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons (Cyprus) Limited 100%
- House of Hazelwood Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Malaysia 100%
- William Grant & Sons Commercial 100%
- Bellshill Lark (Number 21) 100%
- William Grant & Sons Brasil Consultoria 100%
- Spiritmen Limited 100%
- The Surrey Hills Distilling Company Limited 100%
- Churchill Holdings LLC 100%
- QSI Global Brands Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Liquor Trading (Shanghai) Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Management Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Mexico S.A. De C.V. 100%
- William Grant & Sons Netherlands B.V. 100%
- Quality Spirits International Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Singapore Distribution PTE Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Singapore PTE Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons UK Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons USA Corp. 100%
- William Grant & Sons Vietnam Company Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons (East) Limited Liability Company 100%
- Tuthilltown Spirits LLC 100%
- Tuthilltown Properties LLC 100%
- William Grant & Sons US Distillers LLC 100%
- William Grant & Sons Nigeria Limited 100%
- William Grant & Sons Thailand Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 December 2020 the William Grant & Sons Limited Pension Scheme and the William Grant & Sons Limited 1978 Pension Scheme, the UK Schemes, were closed to future accrual following a negotiated agreement between the Company and the Board of Trustees.”
- “On 26 October 2018, the High Court made a landmark judgement confirming that pension schemes are required to equalise male and female members' benefits for the effect of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMP).”
- “In June 2023, the High Court handed down a decision in the case of Virgin Media Limited v NTL Pension Trustees II Limited and others relating to the validity of certain historical pension changes due to the lack of actuarial confirmation required by law.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 58 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAGLEY, Douglas John | Director | 2018-06-11 | Sep 1967 | Australian |
| CORHA, Roxana Alice | Director | 2025-02-20 | Mar 1976 | Romanian |
| CRANMER, Craig | Director | 2021-08-17 | Feb 1968 | British |
| GEOGHEGAN, Andrew | Director | 2025-01-08 | Feb 1973 | British |
| GORDON, Peter Grant | Director | 2003-08-28 | Feb 1959 | British |
| GREENWOOD, Rita Maria | Director | 2022-01-18 | May 1968 | British |
| HENDERSON, Ewan John | Director | 2018-12-11 | Aug 1968 | British |
| JENKINS, Graeme Mckinlay | Director | 2024-05-31 | Aug 1975 | British |
| MCKENZIE, Grant William | Director | 2025-12-15 | Aug 1974 | British |
| MCKINLAY, Kenneth Strachan | Director | 2021-08-17 | Dec 1964 | British |
| NARASIMHAN, Badrinath Ekkadu | Director | 2022-02-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 58 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Eva Maria | Secretary | 2009-07-24 | 2009-11-10 |
| DENHOLM, James Allan | Secretary | 1991-10-30 | 1996-09-27 |
| MCLEAN, Andrew Stuart | Secretary | 2008-05-14 | 2009-07-24 |
| TAIT, George Daniel | Secretary | 1996-09-27 | 2008-05-02 |
| MD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-05-13 | 1991-10-30 |
| BARGETON, Gregory Justin | Director | 2019-12-12 | 2020-09-30 |
| BEVERIDGE, James Graham | Director | 1991-10-30 | 1993-01-31 |
| BRANNAN, Robert | Director | 2003-04-25 | 2005-02-28 |
| BROADBRIDGE, John Ricson | Director | 2015-09-17 | 2021-04-16 |
| BROZZETTI, Gianluca | Director | 2001-08-10 | 2005-05-26 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Francis Fitzralph | Director | 1991-10-30 | 2000-05-11 |
| CHRISTIE, Kerry Lee | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| COWING, Helen Gaye | Director | 2019-05-13 | 2019-11-20 |
| DAVID, Stella Julie | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2016-02-29 |
| DENHOLM, James Allan | Director | 1991-10-30 | 1992-12-23 |
| DOHERTY, James Joseph | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2010-11-19 |
| DOYLE, Maurice Gerard | Director | 2009-08-10 | 2014-08-01 |
| DRON, Gordon Norman Alan | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| FERRAN, Javier | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2005-05-26 |
| FONG, Kevin | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2011-09-30 |
| GILLET, Vincent Georges Francois | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2024-05-31 |
| GLADMAN, Philip Andrew | Director | 2015-09-21 | 2022-01-31 |
| GORDON, Alexander Grant | Director | 1991-10-30 | 1996-04-22 |
| GORDON, Charles Grant | Director | 2003-04-16 | 2005-05-26 |
| GORDON, Charles Grant | Director | 1991-10-30 | 1993-03-09 |
| GORDON, Grant Edward | Director | 1991-10-30 | 2003-04-16 |
| GORDON, Grant Glenn | Director | 1991-10-30 | 2004-04-29 |
| GRANT, David Edmond | Director | 1991-10-30 | 2000-04-27 |
| GRANT, William Duncan Gordon | Director | 1991-10-30 | 1992-12-23 |
| GREENWOOD, Rita Maria | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2022-01-26 |
| GREIG, Christopher George, Dr | Director | 1994-03-10 | 2003-04-16 |
| HAGH, Soren | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| HENDERSON, Ewan John | Director | 2005-05-18 | 2005-05-26 |
| HOPKINS, Andrew Peter | Director | 2013-11-18 | 2016-10-31 |
| HORSFIELD, Gary | Director | 2017-06-15 | 2019-11-18 |
| HUNT, Simon John | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2020-11-30 |
| JACKSON, Veronica Lesley, Ms. | Director | 2008-08-04 | 2011-02-25 |
| JACQUESSON, Pierre | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2003-04-16 |
| JEREZ, Victor Eulogio | Director | 2017-06-15 | 2018-08-01 |
| LAMONT, Michael | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2020-09-04 |
| LAMONT, Michael | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2019-09-01 |
| MACDONALD, Simon Peter | Director | 2006-01-23 | 2006-09-29 |
| MACRITCHIE, Catriona Ann | Director | 2021-05-17 | 2024-05-31 |
| MALONE, Donna Rita | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-12-01 |
| MCGINNESS, Rosemary Anne | Director | 2006-01-23 | 2017-07-30 |
| MEYER-BARCHECHATH, Isabelle | Director | 2024-05-31 | 2024-11-08 |
| SHORT, Alexander Brian Cooper | Director | 2006-01-23 | 2008-05-22 |
| STRAIN, Dermid Martin | Director | 2011-09-09 | 2013-04-30 |
| STURGEON, Steven Paul | Director | 2006-01-23 | 2009-03-31 |
| TAIT, George Daniel | Director | 2006-01-23 | 2008-05-02 |
| THOMAS, Patrick Marie Charles | Director | 1994-02-24 | 2003-04-16 |
| THOMSON, Bryan Traill | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2018-06-11 |
| VAN BOMMEL, Roland | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2009-09-18 |
| WHITE, William Burnfield | Director | 2006-01-23 | 2014-05-16 |
| WILSON, Giles Robert Bryant | Director | 2020-09-04 | 2024-05-10 |
| WOOF, Sarah Isobel | Director | 1996-04-22 | 2003-08-28 |
| YUSEN, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2015-04-13 | 2022-09-30 |
| MD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-10-30 | 1991-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Grant & Sons Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-31 | Active |
| William Grant & Sons Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 248 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-94.6%
£1,108,000 £60,000
-
Net assets
+24.5%
£202,844,000 £252,601,000
-
Employees
+17.3%
306 359
-
Operating profit
-197.6%
£2,534,000 -£2,473,000
-
Profit before tax
-24.7%
£97,370,000 £73,363,000
-
Wages
+25.6%
£27,257,000 £34,247,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers