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Company description
DIAGEO SCOTLAND LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 24 April 1877; registered for 149 years; registered office reported in EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. Its primary declared activity is 11010 · Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks, 4 other public-register records. 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
- DIAGEO SCOTLAND LIMITED
- Company number
- SC000750
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 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
30 June 2025Next accounts due
31 March 2027Last statement made up to
10 June 2026Next statement due
24 June 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -53.7%
- Mean bonus gap
- -23.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 91.5%
- Men receiving bonus
- 92.1%
- Women in top quartile
- 27.8%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 30.9%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 36.2%
- Women in lower quartile
- 46.5%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499913.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499913.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499910.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499915.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499916.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499916.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499918.0% median hourly gap
- Not Provided16.7% 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
- 31 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 60 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 July 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £150,187,499
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £202,581,455
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £941,910,364
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £48,231,517
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 42.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 120 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Payment terms changed
Following a review to align and standardise global payment practices, our standard payment terms for EU suppliers operating on an ad hoc purchase order basis are 90 days. Different payment terms apply in defined circumstances, including for smaller suppliers in the UK and Ireland, who operate on 60-day payment terms with daily payment runs, for food and agricultural product suppliers in the EU, and where alternative payment terms have been contractually agreed.
How suppliers were notified
Suppliers were notified at the time of raising a PO.
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Standard payment terms for smaller suppliers are generally 60 days, with daily payment runs. For larger suppliers, we generally agree 90 day payment terms with fortnightly payment runs, unless alternative contractual arrangements are expressly mutually agreed. Our reported data reflects a mix of payment terms across both smaller and larger suppliers. Payment terms are just one element of how we work with suppliers, and we are committed to fair, responsible and transparent payment practices.
- Other payment-term information
A preferential Supplier Financing facility is available to our suppliers. This arrangement enables payment to suppliers earlier than standard or contracted payment terms.
- Dispute resolution process
Supplier payment issues that arise in the first instance are addressed by the shared financial services team. Depending on the issue, procurement team colleagues may be involved to resolve any disputes or issues via the Diageo internal dispute resolution process. Suppliers may raise any questions/requests via the Supplier Service Hub and that is directed to the relevant team for prompt resolution.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 79.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 77.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 76.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 76.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 75.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 76.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 77.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 80.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 78.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 78.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 78.0 average days to pay4.0% 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 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- DIAGEO SCOTLAND LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- DIAGEO PLC
- Statement period
- 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
- Approved
- 2 December 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
- 19 December 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
Procurement staff Your suppliers The wider community
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Civil society organisations Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Central or local government Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff Third party audit arranged by your organisation Third party audit arranged by your supplier Announced audit Unannounced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Other monitoring
We deployed other due-diligence tools such as specific health & safety assessments.
Actions addressing ILO indicators
Change in policy Change in training Supporting victims via NGO
Demonstrated progress
Diageo uses a range of methods to assess the effectiveness of actions taken to identify, assess, and address modern slavery risks. We continually review our approach through both internal and external mechanisms to ensure the risk of exploitation in our operations and supply chain is reduced through our practices. We regularly assess the effectiveness of our overall programme against international standards, including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Child labour in smallholder farmers in Africa
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
- Group: Women Children
- Location: Ghana Kenya Tanzania Uganda
- Mitigation: Child labour prevention programme for smallholder farmers, where we have trained key functions and business partners in Africa to help prevent child labour. We also deliver training directly to our smallholder farmers.
- Risk: Heat stress in sugarcane within Central America and the Caribbean
- Group: Migrants Other vulnerable groups
- Location: Dominican Republic Guatemala
- Mitigation: Partner with external parties to assess and address the health impacts of heat stress in sugarcane farming for our rum supply through improved access to shade, drinking water, personal protective equipment, and rest schedules.
- Risk: Harassment with brand promoters
- Area: Downstream promotional/marketing agencies.
- Group: Women
- Location: China India Kenya United States Taiwan
- Mitigation: Global Brand Promoter standard and training which establishes principles and guidelines to protect brand promoters from the risk of sexual harassment.
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.
UK Additional public registers
Schools, childcare, care and HSE records
Diageo Scotland Limited
27 February 2026 · Improvement Notice
Diageo Scotland Limited
18 November 2024 · Improvement Notice
Diageo Scotland Limited
22 May 2023 · Improvement Notice
Diageo Scotland Limited
24 February 2021 · Manufacturing
Identity methods differ by source. DfE links use source-supplied company numbers. Ofsted and Scottish care links are unique exact name-and-postcode candidates. HSE links require one unique exact Companies House organisation name. Verify candidate associations independently.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Diageo Scotland Limited
Registration Z5575962
- Registered from
- 16 July 2001
- Current end date
- 15 July 2027
- Trading names
- GUINNESS UDV
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
Figurative mark
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 4 November 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 November 2025
BELL'S SPICED
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 22 April 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 April 2025
DISTILLERY DIRECTOR
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33,41
- Filed / designated
- 20 April 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 April 2025
WHISKEY UNION TRD MRK WU
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 20 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 March 2025
SMOKY GOAT
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 6 January 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 January 2025
MASTER'S ART
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 15 October 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 October 2024
TALISKER NEIST POINT
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 3 October 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 October 2024
DALWHINNIE WINTER'S GOLD
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 3 October 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 October 2024
SEASON
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 22 September 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 September 2024
GLENDULLAN
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 19 June 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 June 2024
OBAN LITTLE BAY
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 9 June 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 June 2024
TALISKER SKYE
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 2 May 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 May 2024
CAPTAIN’S CANNON
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 9,33,41
- Filed / designated
- 15 April 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 April 2024
MADE OF TASTE
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 March 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 March 2024
TALISKER PORT RUIGHE
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 29 July 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 July 2023
3D
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 June 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 June 2023
CARDHU AMBER ROCK
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 29 May 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 May 2023
OBAN
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2023
TALISKER DARK STORM
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 22 October 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 October 2022
CAMERON BRIG
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 5 October 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 October 2022
PORT RUIGHE
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 1 October 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 October 2022
CAPTAIN BLACK
Owner DIAGEO SCOTLAND LIMITED · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 20 September 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 May 2022
LIVE LIKE THE CAPTAIN
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 9 August 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 August 2022
TRINITY
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 August 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 August 2022
ARTISAN
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 August 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 August 2022
LIBERTÉ
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 August 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 August 2022
LIBERTY
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 August 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 August 2022
UNITÉ
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 August 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 August 2022
TRINITÉ
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 August 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 August 2022
TALISKER STORM
Owner Diageo Scotland Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 12 June 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 June 2022
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
Diageo Great Britain Limited
- 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
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 507652
- 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.
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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.
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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
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.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Organisation enforcement records linked by one unique exact company name.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact 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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