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Who leads it
Previous officers 36
- Kostantinos Jim Kiriakopoulos 2022-2025 View profile
- Juan Ignacio Fernandez Llarena 2020-2021 View profile
- Dr Ian Jeffrey Wellock 2020-2024 View profile
- Joshua Kevin Hoopes 2019-2023 View profile
- Scott Michael Gurvis 2019-2025 View profile
- Alistair Graham Cross 2014-2020 View profile
- Bernardus Johannes Maria Van Stekelenburg 2014-2016 View profile
- Simon Mark Heath 2012-2024 View profile
- Jorge Erick Martinez Plata 2012-2018 View profile
- Gerald Owain Williams 2011-2012 View profile
- Mark Barry Lindon Allen 2011-2013 View profile
- Richard Graham Cooper 2008-2021 View profile
- Bee Leng Ong 2008-2010 View profile
- Richard Charles Cloke 2006-2019 View profile
- John Phillip Greenhalgh 2005-2006 View profile
- Stuart Grainger 2005-2008 View profile
- Benjamin David Jemphrey Kent 2003-2004 View profile
- Nicholas Kimberley 2003-2010 View profile
- John Richard Heasman 2001-2004 View profile
- Christopher Stephen Peck 2001-2007 View profile
- Ian Mayall Douglas 2001-2003 View profile
- David Robin Langlands 1999-2003 View profile
- Dr Helen Raine 1999-2006 View profile
- Alan Murphy 1998-2019 View profile
- Christopher Arthur Yates 1998-1999 View profile
- Peter John Jackson 1994-2001 View profile
- David Jonathan Douglas Yiend 1994-2018 View profile
- John Mervyn Shirbon 1994-2000 View profile
- Eric Place 1992-1994 View profile
- John Michael Mutch 1992 View profile
- Alan Richardson 1994 View profile
- Simon Joseph Smith 2006-2006 View profile
- Lyn Richardson 2001-2001 View profile
- Jessica Sophie Foster 2000-2001 View profile
- William Bernard Wright 2000 View profile
- Malcolm Raymond Gore 1999 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 16/11/1923
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- A.B.F.Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- AB Agri Limited
is controlled by A.B.F.Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - A.B.F.Holdings Limited
is controlled by ABF Investments PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - ABF Investments PLC
is controlled by Associated British Foods PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Associated British Foods PLC.
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- 05872623
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- Agrilines Limited
- GH Grain Limited
- C. Czarnikow Limited
- Patak's Breads Limited
- The Billington Food Group Limited
- KO2 Limited
- Patak's Foods 2008 Limited
- Anglia Grain Services Limited
- ABF HK Finance Limited
- AB Sugar China Holdings Limited
- Navara OAT Milling Limited
- AB Mauri Europe Limited
- Nutrition Trading Limited
- Weston Foods Limited
- A.B.F. Properties Limited
- National Milk Records Limited
- Fishers Seeds & Grain Limited
- C. Czarnikow Sugar Futures Limited
- The Jordans & Ryvita Company Limited
- A.B.F.Holdings Limited
- Patak Food Limited
- British Sugar PLC
- 09970525
- Intracrop Limited
- Primark US Holdings Limited
- ABF Ingredients Limited
- ABF ZMW Finance Limited
- ABF Investments (NO.2) Limited
- Vivergo Fuels Limited
- C. Czarnikow Sugar Limited
- AB World Foods Limited
- ABF Investments PLC
- Speedibake Limited
- Warner Properties (AGS) Limited
- National Livestock Records Limited
- Allied Grain (Scotland) Limited
- Premier Nutrition Products Limited
- ABF Food Tech Investments Limited
- Boston Seeds Limited
- Primary Nutrition Limited
- Allied Grain (South) Limited
- Patak's Frozen Foods Limited
- 06746429
- Fishers Feeds Limited
- Worldwing Investments Limited
- AB Sugar China North Limited
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Grants received
8 grants · £497,713 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £261,650 (4 grants)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £232,563 (2 grants)
- Department for Education · £3,500 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
5 directors on the board
- Kelly Brown Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Heidi Marie Burrows Director · appointed 2024
- James Clarke Director · appointed 2025
- José Jorge Nobre Director · appointed 2018
- Pascal Martel Director · appointed 2019
4.4y median 3.2y
average tenure
8.5y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- José Jorge Nobre Director · appointed 2018
- Pascal Martel Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Dr Heidi Marie Burrows Director · appointed 2024
- Pascal Martel Director · appointed 2019
Portfolio (3)
- Kelly Brown Director · appointed 2023
- James Clarke Director · appointed 2025
- José Jorge Nobre Director · appointed 2018
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also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Kostantinos Jim Kiriakopoulos Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
Professional services 35Agriculture 6Dormant 6Manufacturing 6Retail and trade 1
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00193800
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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