ABF Investments PLC

Company 00306672 Active

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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.

3 directors on the board

Adam Heald-Barraclough Director · appointed 2025
Joana Lidia Edwards Director · appointed 2022
Alan James Drew Director · appointed 2025

2.2y median 1.3y

average tenure

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

Adam Heald-Barraclough Director · appointed 2025
Joana Lidia Edwards Director · appointed 2022
Alan James Drew Director · appointed 2025

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

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 20Business services 14Finance 12Construction 1Property 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.

Related organisations

A.B.F.Holdings Limited 3 shared directors
ABF Overseas Limited 3 shared directors
ABF Funding 3 shared directors
Primark US Holdings Limited 3 shared directors
ABF Investments (NO.2) Limited 3 shared directors
ABF (NO.3) Limited 2 shared directors

Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number	00306672
Status	Active
Type	Public Limited Company
Incorporated	02/11/1935
Address	WESTON CENTRE, 10 GROSVENOR STREET, LONDON, W1K 4QY
Accounts next due	15/03/2027
Accounts last made up	13/09/2025

Industry (SIC)

70100 - Activities of head offices

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.

Associated British Foods PLC
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Owns 18 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.

Serpentine Securities Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
ABF (NO.3) Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
ABF Grocery Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Eastbow Securities Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
ABF (NO.1) Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Vivergo Fuels Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
ABF Overseas Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Allied Bakeries Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Food Investments Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
A.B.F.Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
ABF Funding
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
British Sugar PLC
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Mountsfield Park Finance Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
AB Mauri (UK) Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Weston Foods Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
ABF (NO.2) Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Primark Stores Limited ceased 2024-01-30
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Primark US Holdings Limited ceased 2024-09-09
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-08-31

Officers (21)

Adam Heald-Barraclough Director · appointed 2025
Alan James Drew Director · appointed 2025
Joana Lidia Edwards Director · appointed 2022
Raymond Gerrard Cahill Secretary · appointed 2020

Show 17 former officers

Eoin Philip Tonge Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
Andrew Arthur Smith Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
Lyn Richardson Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2001
Peter Andrew Russell Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2017
Jessica Sophie Foster Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
Lee Rendall Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
Peter John Jackson Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2005
John George Bason Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2023
William Bernard Wright Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
Malcolm Raymond Gore Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 1999
Martin Clark Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1997
David Noel Christopher Garman Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
Willard Gordon Galen Weston Director · resigned 1994
Trevor Henry Montague Shaw Secretary · resigned 2000
Harold William Bailey Director · resigned 2002
Donald James Tidey Director · resigned 1994
Garfield Howard Weston Director · resigned 2000

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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