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Avara Foods Limited

UK company 10973868, incorporated on 20 September 2017.

Consistent quality. Great service. Fantastic people. - Avara Foods

We lead the way in healthy, versatile and great tasting food. Avara foods is one of the UK's largest food businesses, supplying chicken, turkey and duck to the nation's most popular supermarkets and restaurants.

Company number
10973868
Incorporated
20 Sep 2017
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
20 September 2017

Company number 10973868

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Legal name
AVARA FOODS LIMITED
Company type
Private Limited Company
Region
East Midlands
Registered address
1 WILLOW ROAD
BRACKLEY
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
UNITED KINGDOM
NN13 7EX
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

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Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
28 Feb
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

03 Oct
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

19 Sep
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 May
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

20 Sep
2017

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

3 awards
First funded
2019
Funded years
2019, 2021, 2025
Age at first award
1 years

Projects

2025 Grant for R&D

Restoring the River Wye Through ChickenChar: Premium Biochars to Enhance Nutrient Management in Poultry

1 Jan 2025 to 30 Jun 2027

Awarded
£50,089
Total cost £100,178

A consortium of industrial and research partners has come together to tackle the major environmental challenges impacting the River Wye. Nutrient management from poultry farming has been under increasing public scrutiny in the region due to phosphate pollution from poultry litter application damaging waterways. High ammonia emissions are another key issue...

2021 Collaborative R&D

Development of bacteriophage cocktail to control Enterococcus cecorum in the poultry sector to increase productivity and sustainability

1 Nov 2021 to 31 Oct 2023

Awarded
£70,334
Total cost £140,668

Through this 24 months industrial research project Arden Biotechnology (global leaders in bacteriophage research) and Avara foods (one of the UK's largest poultry integrators) are developing a novel bacteriophage solution to replace banned antimicrobial growth promoters to prophylactically control the opportunistic avian pathogen _Enterococcus cecorum_ fr...

2019 Collaborative R&D

Novel Biocontrol to Combat Clostridium Perfringens in Poultry Flocks (Phagiotic)

1 Jan 2019 to 30 Sep 2022

Awarded
£24,815
Total cost £49,630

This project is to develop a novel biocontrol ready for commercial sales to combat Clostridium perfringens (CP) in commercial poultry flocks. CP is the bacterium that causes Necrotic Enteritis (NE) in chickens. NE & subclinical NE are estimated to cost global poultry industry over $6bn pa due to poor feed energy conversion levels, mortalities, vet & medic...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Grant for R&D