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Company description
ARLA FOODS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 30 June 1987; registered for 39 years; registered office reported in LEEDS VALLEY PARK, LEEDS YORKSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 10511 · Liquid milk and cream production, with 1 additional SIC activity reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 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
- ARLA FOODS LIMITED
- Company number
- 02143253
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 38 total · 3 outstanding · 35 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 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
27 September 2025Next statement due
11 October 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 8.2%
- Mean bonus gap
- 15.7%
- Women receiving bonus
- 26.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 7.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 21.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 22.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 18.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 17.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 4999-4.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-7.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-0.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-4.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-6.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-3.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-4.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-8.7% 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 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 14 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 60 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- Yes, this business has signed up to: signatories to The Fair Payment Code must commit to paying 95% of their invoices within 60 days
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £490,817,307
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £391,923,992
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £180,374,868
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £297,213,456
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 47.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 180 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Arla Foods Ltd standard payment terms are 60 days for suppliers with signed contracts. Due dates are calculated by applying agreed terms to the latter of a valid invoice presented or goods receipt date. All invoices are paid on our calculated due date. If an invoice falls due during a weekend or holiday, the payment transaction is executed on the following business day. The report contains results for both internal and external suppliers. Please find our payment policy on https://www.arla.com/legal-information/payment-policy/
- Other payment-term information
Invoices due but not paid within agreed terms: - if transfer time ignored for all suppliers(2 days for GBP, 1 day for other currencies) -H2 2025 - 34% vs 34% H1 2026, - if weekends & holidays are excluded H2 2025- 13% vs 17% H1 2026.
- Dispute resolution process
In case of any disputes related to payment terms, a supplier can contact S2P Department at: AP.UK@arlafoods.com or write to Arla Foods Ltd, 4 Savannah Way Leeds Valley Park, Leeds, LS10 1AB or call: 0 113 3827 202
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 54.0 average days to pay48.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay56.0% outside terms
- 52.0 average days to pay52.0% outside terms
- 52.0 average days to pay63.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay58.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay58.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay56.0% outside terms
- 55.0 average days to pay55.0% outside terms
- 55.0 average days to pay45.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay57.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay55.0% 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
ARLA FOODS LIMITED
LEI 5299002CZVX5AQ3TG480 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- Not supplied
- Initial LEI registration
- 4 February 2014
- LEI last updated
- 13 July 2021
- Next renewal
- 4 February 2018
- Managing LOU
- 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28
- Legal address
- Arla House, 4 Savannah Way, Leeds Valley Park, Leeds, GB-LDS, LS10 1AB, GB
- Headquarters address
- Arla House, 4 Savannah Way, Leeds Valley Park, Leeds, GB-LDS, LS10 1AB, GB
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
- ARLA FOODS LIMITED
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 24 June 2020 – 24 June 2021
- Approved
- 24 June 2021
- 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
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 24 June 2021
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
Reece's Creamery
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2026
Reece's Creamery Fine Cheesemakers
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2026
BLADEN 100% BRITISH CREAM
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 29 January 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 January 2025
BLADEN
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 2 October 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 October 2024
The LONGLIFE MILK COMPANY
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 12 November 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 November 2023
BIG MILK
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 5,29,30
- Filed / designated
- 27 September 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 September 2023
YUM
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 21 May 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 May 2022
DISCOVER
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29,30,32
- Filed / designated
- 23 December 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 December 2021
Reece's Creamery Billy Windsor Tangy goats' milk cheese with complex favour and a sweet finish Celebrating Cheesemaking for 125 years
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 2 July 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 July 2021
Hufenfa Llandyrnog Llandyrnog Creamery milklink completing the dairy chain
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2021
HUFENFA LLANDYRNOG LLANDYRNOG CREAMERY
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2021
CHESTER ROSE
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2021
HAMPTON BLUE
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2021
WHITEFRIARS CHESHIRE
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2021
CORNISH COUNTRY LARDER
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2021
Reece's Creamery Fine Cheeses since 1886
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2021
THE CHESHIRE Cheese Company Fine Cheeses from Reece's
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2021
THE HUNGRY ONE
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 23 December 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 December 2020
Tickler
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 27 July 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 July 2020
Tickler Sweet & Tangy, Strong & Tasty fabulous extra mature MADE IN DEVON
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 27 July 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 July 2020
DRYDEN'S DALE
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 27 July 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 July 2020
www.milkmatters.co.uk
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 5 November 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 November 2019
true Blue FROM TUXFORD & TEBBUTT
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 6 October 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 October 2019
AMBERVALE
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 11 September 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 September 2019
ST. ANTHONY'S
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 11 September 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 September 2019
VILLAGE GREEN
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 11 September 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 September 2019
ST. ENDELLION
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 11 September 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 September 2019
GEVRIK
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 11 September 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 September 2019
GRIP STRIP
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 11 September 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 September 2019
Figurative mark
Owner Arla Foods Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 4 August 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 August 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.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Arla Foods Uk Plc
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Public Limited Company (Unlisted)
- Place registered
- England
- Registration number
- 03487778
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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08 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.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 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.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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12 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.
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13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats
14 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.
15 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
16 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.
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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