Who owns UK companies in Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits?

710 of the 2,171 companies registered under SIC 11010 (Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 4,704 individual shareholders and 837 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 23% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — about 2 times the national rate.
• 7.0% have a non-UK company or other foreign entity among their shareholders, compared with 2.2% of all UK companies — about 3 times the national rate.
• 53% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 235 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 7.9 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Manufacture of beer SIC 11050 · 774 companies · 25% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters SIC 11070 · 467 companies · 23% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of wine from grape SIC 11020 · 149 companies · 31% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of cider and other fruit wines SIC 11030 · 149 companies · 8.8% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of other non-distilled fermented beverages SIC 11040 · 103 companies · 22% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of malt SIC 11060 · 18 companies

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 789 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 11010, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 62 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

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 21 February 2021 and 5 June 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.