TXT In plain English
Company description
WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 13 May 1991; registered for 35 years; registered office reported in KEITH, SCOTLAND. Its primary declared activity is 11010 · Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 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
- WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED
- Company number
- SC131772
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 1 total · 0 outstanding · 1 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
29 August 2025Next statement due
12 September 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 48.4%
- Mean bonus gap
- 15.2%
- Women receiving bonus
- 2.2%
- Men receiving bonus
- 6.8%
- Women in top quartile
- 45.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 47.1%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 50.6%
- Women in lower quartile
- 64.4%
Earlier reporting years (2)
- 250 to 49914.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49912.9% 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
- 30 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 14 days
- Longest standard term
- 45 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-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £7,250,000
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £14,160,000
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £10,800,000
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £15,000,000
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 53.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 45 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
45 days being average days
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Shortest: 14 days from date of invoice
Longest: End of month following with 45 days being average days.
Results have been calculated based on invoice date as our systems do not record the actual date the invoice was received by the business. - Other payment-term information
Some invoices in this company are from other group companies.
We do not track invoices under dispute so cannot advise on the value of these invoices. - Dispute resolution process
In the first instance, all queries should be directed to the relevant business contact.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 59.0 average days to pay52.0% outside terms
- 59.0 average days to pay47.0% outside terms
- 68.0 average days to pay50.0% outside terms
- 66.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
- 75.0 average days to pay81.0% outside terms
- 61.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 50.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 51.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 49.0 average days to pay27.0% outside terms
- 69.0 average days to pay28.0% 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
- WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- WILLIAM GRANT & SONS DUFFTOWN LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021
- Approved
- 9 June 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
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 11 August 2022
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.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
William Grant & Sons Limited
Registration Z5998011
- Registered from
- 7 November 2001
- Current end date
- 6 November 2026
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
JOHN REID
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 20 June 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 June 2027
TRIPLE WOOD, TRIPLE GOOD
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 February 2027
GLEN FOHDRY
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 27 January 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 January 2027
THE BALVENIE PEAT WEEK
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 23 December 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 December 2026
GLEN FOHRY
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 14 October 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 October 2026
Figurative mark
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 October 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 October 2026
Figurative mark
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 18 April 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 April 2026
SCOTTISH FLAG
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 11 January 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 January 2026
BRAESIDE WAY
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 6 January 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 January 2026
MAJORS
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 6 January 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 January 2026
SPINNAKER
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 6 January 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 January 2026
SPIRIT OF SCOTLAND
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 6 October 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 October 2025
GLAN
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 27 August 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 August 2025
CALLAGHAR
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 28 January 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 January 2025
THE BALVENIE
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 23 December 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 December 2024
GLENFIDDICH GALLERY
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 20 November 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 November 2024
ANGEL'S SHARE
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 30 October 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 October 2024
GLEN SIMON
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 30 October 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 October 2024
EMPIRE FINEST PREMIUM DELUXE FINEST DELUXE SPECIALLY PRODUCED & BOTTLED IN BRITAIN AUTHENTIC EMPIRE DELUXE PURE QUALITY FINEST PREMIUM DELUXE AUTHENTIC FINEST LONDON DRY GIN RECIPE QUALITY GUARANTEED DRY GIN LONDON DRY GIN
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 3 July 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 July 2024
EMPIRE THE FINEST QUALITY GUARANTEED QUALITY SPIRITS INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC TRADITIONALLY MAKE QUALITY PURE VODKA SMOOTH RICHMOND, LONDON, TW9 2HS
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 3 July 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 July 2024
Figurative mark
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 6 November 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 November 2023
HOUSE OF WILLIAM GRANT
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 16 April 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 April 2023
T&G
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 November 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 November 2022
SPEY RIVER
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 17 October 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 October 2022
JAMES ALEXANDER
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 17 October 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 October 2022
SCOTTISH STAG
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 17 October 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 October 2022
RUSTY
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 8 October 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 October 2022
JAMES KING
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 3 October 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 October 2022
GRANT'S
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 24 May 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 May 2022
REEKIMLANE
Owner William Grant & Sons Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 20 February 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 February 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
William Grant & Sons Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House Uk
- Registration number
- 15238251
- Notified
- 31 December 2024
William Grant & Sons Group Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- Scotland
- Legal authority
- Scotland
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Uk Companies House
- Registration number
- Sc282845
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 31 December 2024
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
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
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.
11 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.