Name

Crown Chicken Ltd.

Website

https://crownchicken.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Crown Chicken Ltd. is a UK private poultry producer historically based in Norwich, East Anglia, founded in 1951. The company currently has no active public web presence, with its domain parked and no operational, product, or financial information disclosed.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Poultry Processing

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615), Poultry and Egg Production (1123), Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production (11232)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

Broiler Processing (Whole Bird, Parts, Further Processing) (AFANACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Poultry Processing & Packing (AFAKALAC), Organic & Pasture-Raised Poultry & Egg Production (AFAEADAJ)

Keywords

• Poultry production
• Poultry processing
• Chicken meat supply
• Food manufacturing
• East Anglia poultry

Headquarters

HQ city

Norwich

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

Crown Chicken Ltd. is described as a poultry producer based in East Anglia, United Kingdom. The company's website (crownchicken.co.uk) is currently parked and provides no operational product or service details.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Tyson Foods: Tyson Foods is one of the world's largest poultry and protein processors, primarily US-based but with global operations. It is a broad incumbent comparable on processing capability, scale, and customer categories, though geographically distant.
• Pilgrim's Pride: Pilgrim's Pride is one of the world's largest poultry producers and a JBS subsidiary, operating across the US, UK (via Moy Park's previous ownership), and Europe. It is a broad incumbent in the global poultry category with comparable processing and supply-chain activities.
• Cargill: Cargill is a global agribusiness and protein processor with a major UK poultry presence through its Avara Foods JV. It is a broad incumbent that competes in the same UK poultry value chain and would be a likely strategic acquirer or partner for a sub-scale UK poultry asset.

Direct peers

• Moy Park: Moy Park is one of the UK's largest integrated poultry producers, headquartered in Northern Ireland with major processing operations across the UK. It is the closest direct peer to a UK poultry processor like Crown Chicken, competing for the same retailer and foodservice customers.
• Faccenda Foods: Faccenda Foods was a major UK poultry processor (now part of the Avara Foods JV with Cargill). It is a directly comparable UK chicken processor serving supermarket and foodservice customers with similar product categories to Crown Chicken.
• Avara Foods: Avara Foods is a major UK poultry producer formed from the Cargill and Faccenda joint venture. It supplies fresh chicken to UK supermarkets and is a directly comparable UK poultry processor competing in the same channels.
• Bernard Matthews: Bernard Matthews is one of the UK's most recognised poultry brands, headquartered in East Anglia (Norfolk), specialising in turkey and added-value chicken products. It shares both the East Anglian location and the UK poultry processing focus with Crown Chicken.
• 2 Sisters Food Group: 2 Sisters Food Group is one of the UK's largest food manufacturers with a significant poultry processing division. It is a direct peer in UK poultry processing and historically had connections to Crown Chicken's operations, making it a direct strategic and operational comparable.
• Cherry Valley Farms: Cherry Valley Farms is a UK-based duck and poultry producer with East Anglian roots. It shares the UK poultry/livestock production focus and operates in comparable markets and channels to Crown Chicken.

Regional players

• Tulip Ltd: Tulip Ltd is a UK-based meat and food manufacturer (owned by Pilgrim's Pride/JBS) with significant pork and poultry operations. It is a UK meat-processing peer that overlaps with Crown Chicken's protein-processing positioning.

Market position

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chicken-fresh-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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