Who owns UK companies in Grain milling?
52 of the 158 companies registered under SIC 10611 (Grain milling) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 165 individual shareholders and 47 companies, trusts and other entities.
In this industry:
- 42% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies — about 5 times the national rate.
- 12% have a trust, fund or pension scheme among their shareholders, compared with 1.8% of all UK companies — about 6 times the national rate.
- 19% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — about twice the national rate.
- The median company is 21.7 years old, against 8.5 years across all UK companies.
How companies in this industry are owned
| Share of companies | This industry | All UK companies |
|---|---|---|
| Single shareholder | 15% | 23% |
| 2 to 5 shareholders | 65% | 68% |
| 6 or more shareholders | 19% | 9.6% |
| Owned only by individuals | 42% | 66% |
| At least one company shareholder | 52% | 33% |
| Majority-owned by a company* | — | 22% |
| Largest shareholder holds 50% or more* | — | 88% |
| Largest shareholder holds 75% or more* | — | 60% |
| A non-UK entity among shareholders | 1.9% | 2.2% |
| A trust, fund or pension scheme among shareholders | 12% | 1.8% |
| A nominee among shareholders | 0.0% | 0.7% |
* Among the 12 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.
Company size and age
The median company in this industry was incorporated 21.7 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).
| Latest accounts filed | This industry | All UK companies |
|---|---|---|
| Full, group or medium-sized accounts | 42% | 8.2% |
| Small-company accounts | 33% | 40% |
| Micro-entity accounts | 19% | 38% |
| Dormant-company accounts | 1.9% | 10% |
| No accounts filed yet, or other | 3.8% | 4.3% |
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Corporate shareholders in this industry
All 39 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 10611, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 3 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.
| # | Shareholder | Type | Companies House no. | Companies held in this industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AGRI FOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED | UK company | 15480017 | 3 |
| 2 | MORNING FOODS LTD | UK company | 00375854 | 2 |
| 3 | WHITWORTHS FOOD GROUP LTD | UK company | 16252650 | 2 |
| 4 | 324655 SUFFOLK LIFE TRUSTEES LTD | Company | — | 1 |
| 5 | AJAY KUMAR | UK company | 08280001 | 1 |
| 6 | ANGLIA MALTINGS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | UK company | 00031801 | 1 |
| 7 | BALLOS LIMITED | UK company | 16283075 | 1 |
| 8 | BESTWAY UK HOLDCO LIMITED | UK company | 09106288 | 1 |
| 9 | BESTWAY WHOLESALE HOLDINGS LIMITED | UK company | 13062593 | 1 |
| 10 | BESTWAY WHOLESALE LIMITED | UK company | 01207120 | 1 |
| 11 | CAMGRAIN STORES LIMITED | UK company | IP23885R | 1 |
| 12 | DAVID MORROW | UK company | 06316854 | 1 |
| 13 | DAVID WRIGHT | UK company | 16064998 | 1 |
| 14 | FFA GLOBAL LTD | UK company | 16020851 | 1 |
| 15 | FRONTIER AGRICULTURE LIMITED | UK company | 05288567 | 1 |
| 16 | GEORGE WRIGHT | UK company | 05597601 | 1 |
| 17 | GOLDTHORPE'S HOLDINGS LIMITED | UK company | 15629301 | 1 |
| 18 | HIGHFIELD FOODS LTD | UK company | 10201923 | 1 |
| 19 | HIPPEAS, INC. | Company | — | 1 |
| 20 | HOVIS LIMITED | UK company | 08846838 | 1 |
| 21 | J FORREST | UK company | 14163917 | 1 |
| 22 | J.M. HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 03274360 | 1 |
| 23 | JALPUR MILLERS INVESTMENT LIMITED | UK company | 15271855 | 1 |
| 24 | JAMES WRIGHT | UK company | 10288187 | 1 |
| 25 | JAMIE HUNTER | UK company | 16868271 | 1 |
| 26 | LHF HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 08708205 | 1 |
| 27 | MEL-ABLE FARMING | UK company | 00881602 | 1 |
| 28 | OZKAN HOLDING LTD | UK company | 15945927 | 1 |
| 29 | PASSER PROPERTY LTD | UK company | 11586350 | 1 |
| 30 | PHILIP DAVIDSON | UK company | 12416699 | 1 |
| 31 | PIONEER FOODS PTY LTD | Non-UK entity | — | 1 |
| 32 | RICHARDSON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | UK company | 11423990 | 1 |
| 33 | RICHARDSON UK HOLDINGS LIMITED | UK company | 14886392 | 1 |
| 34 | ROBERT COLEMAN | UK company | 04017209 | 1 |
| 35 | ROEBUCK FOOD GROUP PLC | Company | — | 1 |
| 36 | S J DAVIDSON | UK company | 04859243 | 1 |
| 37 | TLF HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 14654140 | 1 |
| 38 | UK HEMP LTD | UK company | 12684931 | 1 |
| 39 | WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (TRUST CORPORATION) LTD | UK company | 03255124 | 1 |
About this data
Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 1 June 2021 and 21 May 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.
Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.