Ownership profile
Who owns Thatchers Cider?
Thatchers Cider is a 100% family-owned, independent business that has been run by the Thatcher family across four (now five) generations since 1904 — there is no private equity involvement.
Ownership profile
Thatchers Cider
Thatchers Cider Company Limited (Companies House No. 00550634), wholly owned by Thatchers Holdings Limited
Evidence (8)
Thatchers Cider Company Limited is registered at Companies House as company number 00550634, with status Active and company type Private Limited Company, registered at Myrtle Farm Station Road, Sandford, Winscombe, Avon, BS25 5RA.
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00550634The sole person with significant control (PSC) of Thatchers Cider Company Limited is a private limited company (Thatchers Holdings Limited), notified on 6 April 2016, with correspondence address at Myrtle Farm — consistent with family holding structure.
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00550634/persons-with-significant-controlThatchers Holdings Limited is identified as the majority shareholder of Thatchers Cider Company Limited, owning 1,500,000 ordinary shares (100% stake), with mutual directors Robert Graham Davis and Martin Thatcher linking the two entities.
https://uk.globaldatabase.com/company/thatchers-cider-company-limitedFor the year to 31 August 2025, Thatchers Cider Company Limited recorded turnover of £214.1m and pre-tax profit of £16.9m, described as another record-breaking year — with no mention of any external investor or PE backer.
https://www.insidermedia.com/news/south-west/historic-family-cider-maker-thatchers-hails-record-breaking-results-as-turnover-and-profits-riseMultiple sources confirm the company is still family owned, operated across four generations of the Thatcher family since founding in 1904, with Martin Thatcher as managing director.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatchers_CiderThatchers Cider remains an independent, family-owned business with a fifth generation now involved.
https://grokipedia.com/page/Thatchers_CiderThe four-generation (now five-generation) family ownership philosophy is described in trade press: each generation views themselves as a 'temporary custodian' passing the business to the next Thatcher generation.
https://foodchainmagazine.com/thatchers-cider/Tracxn reports Thatchers Cider has made no investments or acquisitions, and no PE or VC funding rounds are listed.
https://tracxn.com/d/companies/thatchers-cider/__CsbDoq2wI4Q8W5LJZDWM2_hLey5SyfCsiCePpzeYAQoWhat's uncertain
- The beneficial owners of Thatchers Holdings Limited itself are not fully visible from public sources; the PSC register for the holding company was not directly interrogated in this investigation — however, mutual directors Martin Thatcher and Robert Graham Davis and consistent family narrative across multiple independent sources give high confidence in family ownership.
- No PE firm portfolio pages, Form D filings, or acquisition press releases referencing Thatchers Cider were found; absence of evidence here is treated as corroborative, not conclusive.
- Some aggregator data (e.g. craft.co employee count of ~140) appears older than Companies House filings showing ~237–253 employees — data may be stale on third-party platforms.
- Match confidence is 82 rather than higher because 'Thatchers' alone is a common English surname used by multiple unrelated businesses; the investigation resolved to the dominant consumer-facing brand Thatchers Cider.