Private Limited Company

JAMES BUCHANAN & COMPANY LIMITED

ActiveCompany 00149234United Kingdom
Bulk record snapshot1 AUG 2026Source details →

Registered office

16 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, W1F 7HS
Incorporated27 December 1917
Company age108 years

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Company description

BritDB description

JAMES BUCHANAN & COMPANY LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 27 December 1917; registered for 108 years; registered office reported in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 74990 · Non-trading company.

This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 2 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.

Prepared from public dataChecked 31 August 2026 · 8 profile sources connected
How this description is built →
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01 Company overview

Identity and registration

Snapshot 1 August 2026
Official name
JAMES BUCHANAN & COMPANY LIMITED
Company number
00149234
Company type
Private Limited Company
Status
Active
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Dissolution date
Not supplied
Accounts category
DORMANT
Mortgage charges
0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
Limited partnership members
0 general · 0 limited
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02 Filing dates

Accounts and statements

Companies House
AccountsBulk record

Last accounts made up to

30 June 2025

Next accounts due

31 March 2027
Confirmation statementBulk record

Last statement made up to

5 May 2026

Next statement due

19 May 2027
Filing source and official link

BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.

03 Supply-chain transparency

Modern slavery statement

Statement year 2022
Organisation
JAMES BUCHANAN & COMPANY LIMITED
Group submission
Yes
Parent organisation
DIAGEO PLC
Statement period
1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022
Approved
7 December 2022
Sectors
Food and beverages, agriculture and fishing

Organisation structure

Covered in the statement

Policies

Covered in the statement

Risk assessment

Covered in the statement

Due diligence

Covered in the statement

Training

Covered in the statement

Goals and KPIs

Covered in the statement

Full statement information supplied to the registry
Reported turnover band
Over £500 million
Years producing statements
More than 5 years
ILO indicators included
Not answered
Registry record updated
9 March 2023

Policies described

Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery Other

Training described

Procurement staff Your suppliers

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Central or local government Businesses in your industry or sector

Social audits

Third party audit arranged by your supplier Announced audit

Grievance mechanisms

Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups

Actions addressing ILO indicators

Change in policy Change in training Supporting victims via NGO

Demonstrated progress

In addition to some of our KPI metrics reported within the statement, we also have produced a timeline of activity at the back of the document. This shows how year on year we have made progression in addressing modern slavery risks.

Reported risks and mitigations

  • Risk: Labour rights, including the risk of child labour, especially in agricultural supply networks.
  • Area: Within your supply chains
  • Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
  • Group: Children
  • Location: Cameroon Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Nigeria Tanzania Uganda
  • Mitigation: We have developed a child protection programme for our work with smallholder farmers, where we have trained key functions and business partners on our local sourcing programme in seven countries in Africa to prevent child labour.
  • Risk: Labour standards for contract workers.
  • Area: Both within our own operations and within our supply chains.
  • Group: Migrants
  • Location: Brazil Ghana India Kenya Mexico Nigeria Thailand Turkey United States Vietnam
  • Mitigation: We regularly conduct assessments on our high-risk suppliers to identify whether they use temporary contract labour, and also to understand the worker profile to understand whether they are using migrant labour or not. This allows us to understand levels of risk and then priortisation for intervention methods to support these workers.
  • Risk: Sexual harassment in the hospitality sector.
  • Tier: Tier 1 suppliers
  • Group: Women
  • Location: Brazil Colombia United Kingdom Ireland India Kenya South Korea Mexico Nigeria Thailand United States South Africa
  • Mitigation: We have developed initiatives aimed at preventing sexual harassment in the hospitality sector and, as part of this, we launched a Global Brand Promoter Standard which establishes principles and guidelines to protect the rights of brand promoters. This year we further strengthened our approach through the launch of our Brand Promoter training website designed to increase accessibility, target promoters directly and increase our ability to track training completion.
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TM UK trade marks

Exact owner-name matches

2 records
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04 Ownership and control

People with significant control

Snapshot 25 August 2026
Current records1
Ceased records0
PSC source and official link →
Corporate entityCurrent

Diageo Scotland Limited

  • Owns 75% or more of shares
  • Controls 75% or more of voting rights
  • Can appoint or remove directors
Country registered
Scotland
Legal authority
United Kingdom (Scotland)
Legal form
Limited By Shares
Place registered
Companies House
Registration number
Sc000750
Notified
10 April 2016
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05 Charity register

Charity Commission links

Snapshot 25 August 2026
CCEW

No exact company-number link in this snapshot

The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.

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06 Northern Ireland charity register

CCNI exact company links

Snapshot 25 August 2026
CCNI

No unambiguous company-number link found

The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.

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07 Sanctions screening

UK Sanctions List

Report 28 August 2026
UKSL

No exact business-registration-number link found

The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.

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08 Public procurement

Find a Tender links

Snapshot 22 August 2026
FTS

No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot

Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.

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09 Environmental register

Environment Agency waste registrations

Snapshot 25 August 2026
EA

No exact company-number registration linked

The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.

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10 Nature of business

Standard Industrial Classification

SIC 2007

11 Connected public record

Checks beyond the company register

Partial coverage
CCEW

Charity Commission

0 exact company-number links.

Checked
CCNI

Northern Ireland charities

0 unambiguous company-number links.

Checked
FTS

Public contracts

0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.

Checked
EA

Waste register

0 exact company-number registrations.

Checked
GZ

Corporate notices

The Gazette is not yet connected.

Not checked
UKSL

UK Sanctions List

No exact business-registration-number link in this report.

Checked
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12 Record timeline

Dates in the bulk record

3 events
  1. Confirmation statement

    Latest confirmation statement made up to this date

  2. Accounts

    Latest accounts made up to this date

  3. Incorporation

    Company incorporated

13 Provenance

Sources for this profile

8 sources

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