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The 200 oldest manufacturers still trading
| # | Manufacturer | Year | Sector | Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N & C BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED | 1856 | Chemicals | Romford |
| 2 | QUANTUM CLOTHING GROUP LIMITED | 1865 | Clothing | Nottingham |
| 3 | BARNAGORE JUTE FACTORY PLC(THE) | 1872 | Other manufacturing | London |
| 4 | STADCO LIMITED | 1874 | Motor vehicles and parts | Telford |
| 5 | THE SAMNUGGUR JUTE FACTORY COMPANY LIMITED | 1874 | Textiles | Edinburgh |
| 6 | BERTHON BOAT COMPANY LIMITED | 1877 | Repair and installation of machinery | Lymington |
| 7 | DIAGEO SCOTLAND LIMITED | 1877 | Beverages | Edinburgh |
| 8 | GODIVA LIMITED | 1878 | Machinery and equipment | London |
| 9 | REFLEX PLUS LTD | 1878 | Printing and recorded media | Mansfield |
| 10 | CENTURION SAFETY PRODUCTS LTD | 1879 | Rubber and plastics | Thetford |
| 11 | JOSEPH AND JESSE SIDDONS LIMITED | 1881 | Basic metals | West Bromwich |
| 12 | SIEMENS MOBILITY LIMITED | 1881 | Ships, aircraft, rail and other transport | London |
| 13 | VICTORIA JUTE COMPANY (THE) LIMITED | 1883 | Textiles | Edinburgh |
| 14 | PZ CUSSONS PLC | 1884 | Other manufacturing | Manchester |
| 15 | THOMAS FERGUSON & COMPANY, LIMITED | 1884 | Textiles | Banbridge |
| 16 | THE NORTH BRITISH DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED | 1885 | Beverages | — |
| 17 | HIGHLAND DISTILLERS GROUP LIMITED | 1887 | Beverages | Glasgow |
| 18 | MARSTON'S ACQUISITIONS LIMITED | 1887 | Beverages | Wolverhampton |
| 19 | READ LIMITED | 1887 | Machinery and equipment | Stockton on Tees |
| 20 | COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED | 1888 | Beverages | Uxbridge |
| 21 | ESSO PETROLEUM COMPANY,LIMITED | 1888 | Coke and refined petroleum | Fawley |
| 22 | GATES (U.K.) LIMITED | 1888 | Rubber and plastics | Heathhall |
| 23 | HANSON PACKED PRODUCTS LIMITED | 1888 | Glass, ceramics, cement and stone | Maidenhead |
| 24 | MAGEE,MARSHALL AND COMPANY,LIMITED | 1888 | Beverages | Bolton |
| 25 | MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED | 1888 | Beverages | Burton upon Trent |
| 26 | ALLEGION (UK) LIMITED | 1889 | Fabricated metal products | Bury |
| 27 | CALDER INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS LIMITED | 1889 | Fabricated metal products | Chester |
| 28 | EMERSON AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS FINAL CONTROL UK LTD | 1889 | Machinery and equipment | Manchester |
| 29 | JAMES CROPPER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 1889 | Paper and paperboard | Cumbria |
| 30 | SARPSFOSS LIMITED | 1889 | Chemicals | London |
| 31 | WADWORTH AND COMPANY LIMITED | 1889 | Beverages | Devizes |
| 32 | ADNAMS PLC | 1890 | Beverages | Suffolk |
| 33 | AVON TECHNOLOGIES PLC | 1890 | Rubber and plastics | Melksham |
| 34 | RICHARDSON MALTINGS LIMITED | 1890 | Beverages | Norfolk |
| 35 | ROBERTS,MART & CO.LIMITED | 1890 | Rubber and plastics | Leeds |
| 36 | SAMUEL HEATH AND SONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 1890 | Fabricated metal products | Birmingham |
| 37 | THOMAS WARE & SONS LIMITED | 1890 | Leather goods and footwear | Bristol |
| 38 | BELL & BAIN LIMITED | 1891 | Other manufacturing | Glasgow |
| 39 | JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC | 1891 | Chemicals | Royston |
| 40 | WHEELABRATOR GROUP LIMITED | 1891 | Machinery and equipment | Altrincham |
| 41 | LEEDS AND BRADFORD BOILER COMPANY LIMITED(THE) | 1892 | Machinery and equipment | Pudsey |
| 42 | SPECIAL METALS WIGGIN LIMITED | 1892 | Basic metals | Hereford |
| 43 | SYENSQO SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED | 1892 | Chemicals | Oldbury |
| 44 | WEBSTER & HORSFALL LIMITED | 1892 | Basic metals | Birmingham |
| 45 | CHARLES FRODSHAM & CO LIMITED | 1893 | Computers, electronics and optics | Hove |
| 46 | DESMET ROSEDOWNS LIMITED | 1893 | Machinery and equipment | North Humberside |
| 47 | DUCHESS CHINA LIMITED | 1893 | Glass, ceramics, cement and stone | Stoke on Trent |
| 48 | JOHN SMEDLEY LIMITED | 1893 | Clothing | Matlock |
| 49 | EYLAND & SONS LIMITED | 1894 | Fabricated metal products | Walsall |
| 50 | PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITED | 1894 | Glass, ceramics, cement and stone | Nr. Ormskirk |
| 51 | T.& R.WILLIAMSON LIMITED | 1894 | Chemicals | Pudsey |
| 52 | BRUNTONS AERO PRODUCTS LIMITED | 1895 | Fabricated metal products | Mitcham |
| 53 | LOAKE BROTHERS LIMITED | 1895 | Leather goods and footwear | Kettering |
| 54 | ROBERTS METAL PACKAGING LTD | 1895 | Fabricated metal products | Thamesmead |
| 55 | SWISSTULLE UK LIMITED | 1895 | Textiles | South Chard |
| 56 | THOMAS BROADBENT & SONS,LIMITED | 1895 | Machinery and equipment | West Yorkshire |
| 57 | TINTOMETER,LIMITED(THE) | 1895 | Chemicals | Amesbury |
| 58 | BRIERLEY BROTHERS,LIMITED | 1896 | Textiles | Huddersfield |
| 59 | BRITANNIA SOFT DRINKS LIMITED | 1896 | Beverages | Hemel Hempstead |
| 60 | FINLAY BEVERAGES LIMITED | 1896 | Food products | Pontefract |
| 61 | INEOS SILICAS LIMITED | 1896 | Chemicals | Lyndhurst |
| 62 | J.& F.J.BAKER & COMPANY LIMITED | 1896 | Leather goods and footwear | Devon |
| 63 | JAMES DAWSON & SON,LIMITED | 1896 | Fabricated metal products | Staffordshire |
| 64 | NEW SYLHET TEA ESTATES,LIMITED(THE) | 1896 | Food products | — |
| 65 | RAINSFORD & LYNES,LIMITED | 1896 | Fabricated metal products | Tysley |
| 66 | ARMITAGE BROTHERS LIMITED | 1897 | Food products | Nottingham |
| 67 | DANIEL THWAITES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 1897 | Beverages | Blackburn |
| 68 | DS SMITH CORRUGATED PACKAGING LIMITED | 1897 | Paper and paperboard | London |
| 69 | J. & A. MITCHELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED | 1897 | Beverages | Campbeltown |
| 70 | LONDON SECURITY PLC. | 1897 | Other manufacturing | Elland |
| 71 | LUCY GROUP LTD | 1897 | Electrical equipment | Oxford |
| 72 | MCMULLEN & SONS, LIMITED | 1897 | Beverages | Herts |
| 73 | MONDELEZ UK HOLDINGS & SERVICES LIMITED | 1897 | Food products | Uxbridge |
| 74 | NESTLE UK LTD. | 1897 | Food products | York |
| 75 | O.COMITTI AND SON LIMITED | 1897 | Computers, electronics and optics | Essex |
| 76 | S.A.BRAIN & COMPANY,LIMITED | 1897 | Beverages | Cardiff |
| 77 | UNITED CAST BAR (UK) LIMITED | 1897 | Basic metals | Chesterfield |
| 78 | VESUVIUS UK LIMITED | 1897 | Glass, ceramics, cement and stone | London |
| 79 | AKZO NOBEL PACKAGING COATINGS LIMITED | 1898 | Chemicals | Slough |
| 80 | ANDREW MITCHELL & COMPANY LIMITED | 1898 | Textiles | Glasgow |
| 81 | ARVILLE FABRICATION LIMITED | 1898 | Textiles | Wetherby |
| 82 | DS SMITH PAPER LIMITED | 1898 | Paper and paperboard | London |
| 83 | FURLONG MILLS LTD | 1898 | Glass, ceramics, cement and stone | Stoke-on-Trent |
| 84 | FURNESS BRICK & TILE COMPANY LIMITED(THE) | 1898 | Glass, ceramics, cement and stone | Cumbria |
| 85 | GILBERTSON & PAGE LIMITED | 1898 | Food products | Hertfordshire |
| 86 | HALL & WOODHOUSE LIMITED | 1898 | Beverages | Dorset |
| 87 | HEIMBACH UK LIMITED | 1898 | Textiles | Manchester |
| 88 | HOWDEN UK LIMITED | 1898 | Other manufacturing | Belfast |
| 89 | JONES & BROOKS,LIMITED | 1898 | Printing and recorded media | Rochdale |
| 90 | LLEWELLYN RYLAND LIMITED | 1898 | Chemicals | Birmingham |
| 91 | STONE MARINE SHIPCARE LIMITED | 1898 | Repair and installation of machinery | Dorchester |
| 92 | YARMOUTH STORES,LIMITED(THE) | 1898 | Clothing | Great Yarmouth |
| 93 | ALBEA UK LIMITED | 1899 | Rubber and plastics | Halstead |
| 94 | BOWER ROEBUCK & CO.,LIMITED | 1899 | Textiles | West Yorkshire |
| 95 | FORFARMERS UK LIMITED | 1899 | Food products | Bury St. Edmunds |
| 96 | IBSTOCK BRICK LIMITED | 1899 | Glass, ceramics, cement and stone | Leicestershire |
| 97 | INTERNATIONAL PAINT LIMITED | 1899 | Chemicals | Slough |
| 98 | PLATT AND HILL LIMITED | 1899 | Textiles | Oldham |
| 99 | QUAKER OATS.LIMITED | 1899 | Food products | Reading |
| 100 | SAMUEL TAYLOR,LIMITED | 1899 | Fabricated metal products | Worcestershire |
| 101 | STEPHEN WALTERS & SONS LIMITED | 1899 | Textiles | Sudbury |
| 102 | BOSTIK LIMITED | 1900 | Chemicals | Stafford |
| 103 | G.B. KENT & SONS PLC | 1900 | Other manufacturing | Hemel Hempstead |
| 104 | HALBEATH ASSETS LIMITED | 1900 | Chemicals | Edinburgh |
| 105 | HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE COMPANY LIMITED | 1900 | Paper and paperboard | Gloucestershire |
| 106 | HOOK NORTON BREWERY COMPANY,LIMITED(THE) | 1900 | Beverages | Banbury |
| 107 | JOSHUA ELLIS AND COMPANY,LIMITED | 1900 | Textiles | Batley |
| 108 | JUSTERINI & BROOKS,LIMITED | 1900 | Beverages | — |
| 109 | LONGS LIMITED | 1900 | Rubber and plastics | Surrey |
| 110 | STEPHENSON GROUP LTD | 1900 | Chemicals | Leeds |
| 111 | TARMAC CEMENT LIMITED | 1900 | Glass, ceramics, cement and stone | Birmingham |
| 112 | THOMAS GAMESON & SONS,LIMITED | 1900 | Fabricated metal products | Cannock |
| 113 | WILLIAM POLLARD & COMPANY LIMITED | 1900 | Printing and recorded media | Exeter |
| 114 | WM HARDILL SONS & CO LIMITED | 1900 | Machinery and equipment | Batley |
| 115 | C.BRANDAUER & CO. LIMITED | 1901 | Fabricated metal products | — |
| 116 | H.HIPKISS AND COMPANY,LIMITED | 1901 | Fabricated metal products | Birmingham |
| 117 | HENRY WILLIS & SONS,LIMITED | 1901 | Other manufacturing | Merseyside |
| 118 | I S F GROUP LIMITED | 1901 | Chemicals | Leicester |
| 119 | JAMES ROBINSON SPECIALITY INGREDIENTS LTD | 1901 | Chemicals | Huddersfield |
| 120 | MONCKTON COKE & CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED(THE) | 1901 | Coke and refined petroleum | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| 121 | VI - SPRING LIMITED | 1901 | Furniture | Devon |
| 122 | ARTHUR PRICE & CO.LIMITED | 1902 | Fabricated metal products | Staffs |
| 123 | BUDENBERG GAUGE COMPANY LIMITED | 1902 | Machinery and equipment | Altrincham |
| 124 | H.A.DAVIE,LIMITED | 1902 | Repair and installation of machinery | Houghton-le-Spring, |
| 125 | HOLMEN BOARD AND PAPER LIMITED | 1902 | Paper and paperboard | Workington |
| 126 | J.T.ELLIS AND COMPANY LIMITED | 1902 | Furniture | — |
| 127 | LEES-NEWSOME LIMITED | 1902 | Textiles | Manchester |
| 128 | LONGWOOD ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED | 1902 | Machinery and equipment | West Yorkshire |
| 129 | R.S.CLARE & CO.,LIMITED | 1902 | Coke and refined petroleum | Liverpool |
| 130 | SALTS HEALTHCARE LIMITED | 1902 | Other manufacturing | Birmingham |
| 131 | SHAWS (HUDDERSFIELD) LIMITED | 1902 | Food products | Huddersfield |
| 132 | ABF GRAIN PRODUCTS LIMITED | 1903 | Food products | London |
| 133 | ACCORD-UK LTD | 1903 | Pharmaceuticals | Devon |
| 134 | CARLSBERG MARSTON'S BREWING COMPANY LIMITED | 1903 | Beverages | Wolverhampton |
| 135 | FAILSWORTH HATS LIMITED | 1903 | Clothing | Oldham |
| 136 | LAWSON,WARD & GAMMAGE LIMITED | 1903 | Other manufacturing | London |
| 137 | THIRCON LIMITED | 1903 | Fabricated metal products | Wymondham |
| 138 | WEIR MINERALS EUROPE LIMITED | 1903 | Machinery and equipment | Lancashire |
| 139 | Z.HINCHLIFFE & SONS LIMITED | 1903 | Textiles | Huddersfield, |
| 140 | A.G. BARR P.L.C. | 1904 | Beverages | Cumbernauld |
| 141 | BOMFORD TURNER LIMITED | 1904 | Machinery and equipment | Evesham |
| 142 | CHARLES F.STEAD & COMPANY,LIMITED | 1904 | Leather goods and footwear | Leeds |
| 143 | CUXSON GERRARD & COMPANY LIMITED | 1904 | Other manufacturing | West Midlands |
| 144 | DON & LOW LIMITED | 1904 | Textiles | Forfar |
| 145 | LIVINGSTON & DOUGHTY LIMITED | 1904 | Leather goods and footwear | Leicester |
| 146 | POTH HILLE & COMPANY,LIMITED | 1904 | Other manufacturing | Rainham |
| 147 | ROBBINS,LIMITED | 1904 | Wood products | Bristol |
| 148 | SONOCO LIMITED | 1904 | Paper and paperboard | Halifax |
| 149 | STANDARD PATENT GLAZING COMPANY LIMITED(THE) | 1904 | Other manufacturing | West Yorkshire |
| 150 | THOMAS CRAPPER AND COMPANY,LIMITED | 1904 | Other manufacturing | Huddersfield |
| 151 | COLEHERNE LIMITED | 1905 | Fabricated metal products | Hyde |
| 152 | ELGOOD & SONS,LIMITED | 1905 | Beverages | Cambridgshire |
| 153 | HAYES & FINCH LIMITED | 1905 | Other manufacturing | — |
| 154 | JAMES JONES & SONS LIMITED | 1905 | Wood products | — |
| 155 | MICHELIN TYRE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 1905 | Rubber and plastics | Stoke-on-Trent |
| 156 | PHOENIX ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED | 1905 | Machinery and equipment | Chard |
| 157 | THE WANDSWORTH GROUP LIMITED | 1905 | Electrical equipment | Woking |
| 158 | E.RUSSUM & SONS,LIMITED | 1906 | Clothing | Rotherham |
| 159 | FELINFOEL BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED(THE) | 1906 | Beverages | Carmarthenshire |
| 160 | GOODALL BATES & TODD LIMITED | 1906 | Coke and refined petroleum | Shrewsbury |
| 161 | HENRY SQUIRE & SONS LIMITED | 1906 | Fabricated metal products | Walsall |
| 162 | HILL BISCUITS LIMITED | 1906 | Food products | Ashton-under-Lyne |
| 163 | JOHN THOMPSON & SONS, LIMITED | 1906 | Food products | — |
| 164 | KENTMERE LIMITED | 1906 | Paper and paperboard | Huntingdon |
| 165 | PAULS MALT LIMITED | 1906 | Beverages | Suffolk |
| 166 | SAMUEL COURTNEY LIMITED | 1906 | Chemicals | Belfast |
| 167 | STUART TURNER LIMITED | 1906 | Machinery and equipment | Oxfordshire |
| 168 | TULLIS RUSSELL PAPERMAKERS LIMITED | 1906 | Paper and paperboard | Glasgow |
| 169 | WESTON, SHIPLEY & WESTON LIMITED | 1906 | Other manufacturing | Leicestershire |
| 170 | ALBANY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 1907 | Textiles | Lancashire |
| 171 | AYRSHIRE METAL PRODUCTS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 1907 | Basic metals | Edinburgh |
| 172 | BEKAERT BRADFORD UK LIMITED | 1907 | Basic metals | Bradford |
| 173 | CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 1907 | Basic metals | West Midlands |
| 174 | ERNEST H.HILL,LIMITED | 1907 | Machinery and equipment | Sheffield |
| 175 | EVONIK CHEMICALS LIMITED | 1907 | Chemicals | Manchester |
| 176 | LANG AND FULTON LIMITED | 1907 | Fabricated metal products | Newbridge |
| 177 | LEITZ TOOLING UK LIMITED | 1907 | Machinery and equipment | Harlow |
| 178 | MCALPINE & COMPANY. LIMITED | 1907 | Rubber and plastics | Glasgow |
| 179 | MERITOR AFTERMARKET UK LIMITED | 1907 | Motor vehicles and parts | Gwent |
| 180 | SMITH BROTHERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED | 1907 | Fabricated metal products | Leicester |
| 181 | STANDEX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 1907 | Fabricated metal products | London |
| 182 | T.J.SMITH AND NEPHEW,LIMITED | 1907 | Chemicals | England |
| 183 | TREBOR BASSETT LIMITED | 1907 | Food products | Uxbridge |
| 184 | ALBERT BROWNE LIMITED | 1908 | Chemicals | Basingstoke |
| 185 | ARCHIBALD KENRICK & SONS LIMITED | 1908 | Fabricated metal products | West Bromwich |
| 186 | BARBER,WILSONS AND COMPANY LIMITED | 1908 | Fabricated metal products | Wood Green |
| 187 | C W FLETCHER & SONS LIMITED | 1908 | Other manufacturing | Sheffield |
| 188 | CRANE LIMITED | 1908 | Machinery and equipment | Ipswich |
| 189 | LUBRICANTS UK LIMITED | 1908 | Coke and refined petroleum | Middlesex |
| 190 | PILKINGTONS LIMITED | 1908 | Wood products | Preston |
| 191 | REEVES WIRELINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | 1908 | Other manufacturing | Loughborough |
| 192 | TAGS LIMITED | 1908 | Paper and paperboard | Liverpool |
| 193 | THE VALLEY PRINTING COMPANY, LIMITED | 1908 | Printing and recorded media | Nr Bingley |
| 194 | A & P FALMOUTH LIMITED | 1909 | Repair and installation of machinery | Hebburn |
| 195 | AIR PRODUCTS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 1909 | Chemicals | Chertsey |
| 196 | ALLEN & ORR,LIMITED | 1909 | Wood products | Chesterfield |
| 197 | AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS HUTHWAITE UK LIMITED | 1909 | Chemicals | Aberdeen |
| 198 | BOWERS & BARR,LIMITED | 1909 | Repair and installation of machinery | Great Yarmouth |
| 199 | FLB GROUP LIMITED | 1909 | Printing and recorded media | Edinburgh |
| 200 | GEORGE LANE & SONS LTD | 1909 | Fabricated metal products | Birmingham |
Top 200 entries with a recorded value; entries without data are not ranked.