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Company description
FREEMANS OF NEWENT LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 28 December 1962; registered for 63 years; registered office reported in HEREFORD, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 10120 · Processing and preserving of poultry meat.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 4 PSC records, 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.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- FREEMANS OF NEWENT LIMITED
- Company number
- 00745426
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 10 total · 2 outstanding · 8 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 May 2025Next accounts due
28 February 2027Last statement made up to
4 February 2026Next statement due
18 February 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 69.2%
- Mean bonus gap
- 71.3%
- Women receiving bonus
- 1.5%
- Men receiving bonus
- 1.5%
- Women in top quartile
- 28.8%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 30.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 36.7%
- Women in lower quartile
- 39.0%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- 1000 to 49996.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49997.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49990.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49997.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49997.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49997.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49998.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 December 2021 – 28 February 2022
- Filed
- 31 March 2022
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 43.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
N/A
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
45 DAYS FROM DATE OF INVOICE
- Other payment-term information
N/A
- Dispute resolution process
Invoices are received and are entered by the Purchase Ledger team on
the Business Management System.
Invoice variances (i.e. those not matching to a receipted purchase order)
are sent to the buyer for approval on an internal intranet site.
The buyer reviews the variance and if in agreement approves the variance and this goes to
the necessary higher authority for further approval.
On full approval the invoice is then paid within 7 days.
If disputed the buyer requests proof of delivery and/or price confirmation.
If no evidence is provided a credit note is requested by the buyer before the invoice is paid
(net of the credit).
Earlier payment reports (9 shown)
- 37.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay26.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay23.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
FREEMANS OF NEWENT LIMITED
LEI 549300S7LLEU2C6END79 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- 4GJI
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- Not supplied
- Initial LEI registration
- 25 December 2013
- LEI last updated
- 31 July 2023
- Next renewal
- 5 December 2018
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- VELOCITY V1, BROOKLANDS DRIVE, WEYBRIDGE, GB-SRY, KT13 0SL, GB
- Headquarters address
- VELOCITY V1, BROOKLANDS DRIVE, WEYBRIDGE, GB-SRY, KT13 0SL, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 549300S7LLEU2C6END79 to LEI QXZYQNMR4JZ5RIRN4T31
- Initial registration
- 25 December 2013
- Last updated
- 31 July 2023
- Next renewal
- 5 December 2018
- Validation sources
- ENTITY_SUPPLIED_ONLY
- Validation documents
- SUPPORTING_DOCUMENTS
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2016-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2021-11-19T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 549300S7LLEU2C6END79 to LEI QXZYQNMR4JZ5RIRN4T31
- Initial registration
- 25 December 2013
- Last updated
- 31 July 2023
- Next renewal
- 5 December 2018
- Validation sources
- ENTITY_SUPPLIED_ONLY
- Validation documents
- SUPPORTING_DOCUMENTS
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2016-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-12-06T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- FREEMANS OF NEWENT LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- AVARA FOODS LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 June 2024 – 31 May 2025
- Approved
- 6 November 2025
- 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
- 7 November 2025
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
Training described
Your whole organisation
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Workers within your organisation
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff Third party audit arranged by your organisation Announced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Freemans of Newent Limited
Registration ZA104372
- Registered from
- 6 March 2015
- Current end date
- 5 March 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
FREEMANS OF NEWENT LIMITED
EPR/HP3238JD · HR4 9PB
- Permit or record holder
- FREEMANS OF NEWENT LIMITED
- Record date
- 26 February 2018
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Regulated site or public record address
- Hereford Poultry Processing Facility, Hereford Poultry Processing Facility - EPR/HP3238JD, Grandstand Road, Hereford, County of Herefordshire, HR4 9PB
- Activity
- Treatment And Processing (Other Than Packaging) Of Only Animal Raw Materials (Other Than Milk Only) Intended For Production Of Food Or Feed With A Finished Product Capacity Greater Than 75 T/D - 6.8 A(1) d) (i)|Animal Vegetable And Food; Disposing Etc Animal Carcasses Etc By Rendering >10 T/D - 6.8 A(2) a)|Disposal Of > 50 T/D Non-Hazardous Waste (> 100 T/D If Only Ad) Involving Physico-Chemical Treatment - 5.4 A(1) a) (ii)|Animal, Vegetable And Food; Slaughtering Animals >50 T/Day - 6.8 A(1) b)|Dead Animal Or Vegetable Matter; Processing, Storing Or Drying Not Otherwise Listed With Release To Air Or Odour - 6.8 B a)
- Grid reference
- SO4986040960
- Easting
- 349860.000
- Northing
- 240960.000
- All populated source fields
- Permission Number: EPR/HP3238JD; Name: FREEMANS OF NEWENT LIMITED; Activity Type Description: Treatment And Processing (Other Than Packaging) Of Only Animal Raw Materials (Other Than Milk Only) Intended For Production Of Food Or Feed With A Finished Product Capacity Greater Than 75 T/D - 6.8 A(1) d) (i)|Animal Vegetable And Food; Disposing Etc Animal Carcasses Etc By Rendering >10 T/D - 6.8 A(2) a)|Disposal Of > 50 T/D Non-Hazardous Waste (> 100 T/D If Only Ad) Involving Physico-Chemical Treatment - 5.4 A(1) a) (ii)|Animal, Vegetable And Food; Slaughtering Animals >50 T/Day - 6.8 A(1) b)|Dead Animal Or Vegetable Matter; Processing, Storing Or Drying Not Otherwise Listed With Release To Air Or Odour - 6.8 B a); Site Address: Hereford Poultry Processing Facility, Hereford Poultry Processing Facility - EPR/HP3238JD, Grandstand Road, Hereford, County of Herefordshire, HR4 9PB; Site Postcode: HR4 9PB; Site Grid Reference: SO4986040960; Easting: 349860; Northing: 240960; Local Authority: Herefordshire, County of; Permission Date: 2018-02-26
These are candidate company associations. The public-register downloads do not supply Companies House numbers. BritDB requires one unique exact holder-name and postcode match; the regulated site may differ from the registered office, so verify the record at source.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
IN THE BAG easy excellence
Owner Freemans of Newent Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 14 December 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 December 2019
FREEMANS of NEWENT farm fresh chickens
Owner Freemans of Newent Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 9 June 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 June 2019
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Avara Foods Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 10973868
- Notified
- 27 January 2018
Avara Foods Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 10954531
- Notified
- 27 January 2018
- Ceased
- 24 April 2018
Cargill Plc
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England)
- Legal form
- Corporate
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 01387437
- Notified
- 22 January 2018
- Ceased
- 27 January 2018
Freemans Of Newent (Holdings) Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Legal authority
- England & Wales
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 22 January 2018
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10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
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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11 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
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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12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
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.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
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.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
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.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Candidate permit and enforcement associations based on a unique exact holder-name and postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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