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Czarnikow Group Limited
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Previous officers 34
- Matthew James Spencer Booth 2025-2025 View profile
- Richard Iain Morrison 2025-2025 View profile
- Julian Norman Cyril Randles 2013-2026 View profile
- Robin Cave 2009-2025 View profile
- Mario Bolivar 2007-2015 View profile
- Marcos Molinaro 2007-2013 View profile
- Tobias Charles Osborne 2006-2013 View profile
- Toby Edward Lendrum Cohen 2006-2014 View profile
- Andrew Mark Slinger 2002-2010 View profile
- Edward (Ed) Makin 1998-2005 View profile
- Desmond Michael Monteith 1997-2009 View profile
- Andrew George Richard Wilson 1994-1996 View profile
- Denis Joseph Mulhall 1994-1996 View profile
- Peter Shaun Thompson 1994-2010 View profile
- John Edmun Burman 1994-1996 View profile
- Peter John Jackson 1993-1996 View profile
- Kevin Cyril Field 1993-1996 View profile
- Peter Thomas Frawley 1993-1996 View profile
- Jonathan Gareth Williams 1993-2025 View profile
- Norman Blum 1993-2018 View profile
- Alan James Wood 1993-2011 View profile
- Arthur Roger Blundell 1993-2001 View profile
- Guy Henry Toller 1993-2010 View profile
- Michael Denys Chataway 1991-1994 View profile
- Peter Drayton O'Hara 1991-2007 View profile
- Michael Richard Liddiard 1991-1994 View profile
- Peter Robert Butler 1991-1994 View profile
- John Salmon Collecott 1991-2002 View profile
- William Alexander Bennett 1991-1993 View profile
- John Henry Barneby 1991-2013 View profile
- Nicholas Erskine Home Mason 1991-2012 View profile
- Jeremy David Nickson 1991-2013 View profile
- Colin Godfrey 1991-1992 View profile
- John Robert Stuart Dodsworth 1991-1991 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.; Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 02/10/1991
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- C. Czarnikow Sugar Limited (until 17/05/2007)
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- C. Czarnikow Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Macquarie Investments 1 Limited ceased 2023-12-14
25-50% shares · notified 2023-12-14
Group
- Czarnikow Group Limited
is controlled by C. Czarnikow Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - C. Czarnikow Limited
is controlled by British Sugar PLC
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - British Sugar PLC
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.
175 other companies in this group
- 05872623
- Nomix Limited
- Euroagkem Limited
- Abna Limited
- 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.
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.
2 directors on the board
- William James Rook Director · appointed 1998
- Adam William Ian Leetham Director · appointed 2006
Directors past 6 years
- William James Rook Director · appointed 1998
- Adam William Ian Leetham Director · appointed 2006
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- William James Rook Director · appointed 1998
- Adam William Ian Leetham Director · appointed 2006
Left in the last 12 months
- Matthew James Spencer Booth Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
- Julian Norman Cyril Randles Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2026
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.
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02650590
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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