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Williams Holdings

Logo: Williams Holdings brochure, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

Williams Holdings was a major British conglomerate. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange, and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.2 It was founded in 1982.1 It is headquartered in Derby.1 It ceased to exist in 2000.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1982Founded1
  • Industryconglomerate1
  • HeadquartersDerby1

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Williams Holdings was a major British conglomerate. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange, and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.2

Corporate structure

Williams Holdings is part of a group headed by Williams Companies. 156 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Williams Companies Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
    • Williams Holdings Derby
    • Alliance Canada Marketing L.P. Subsidiary · Alberta, Canada
    • Appalachia Midstream Services, L.L.C. Subsidiary · Oklahoma, United States
    • Aurora Hydrogen Inc. Subsidiary · Alberta, Canada
    • Aux Sable Liquid Products Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Aux Sable Midstream LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Bargath LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Baton Rouge Fractionators LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Baton Rouge Pipeline LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Black Marlin Pipeline LLC Subsidiary · Texas, United States
    • Blue Racer Midstream Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Blue Racer Midstream Intermediate Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Blue Racer Midstream, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Bluebonnet Market Express LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Bluestem Gas Services, L.L.C. Subsidiary · Oklahoma, United States
    • Bluestem Pipeline LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • BPEH-CXL Holdings LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Branch Midstream Company, LLC Subsidiary · Texas, United States
    • Brazos Permian II, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Carbon County UCG, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Carbonate Trend Pipeline LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Cardinal Gas Services, L.L.C. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Cardinal Operating Company, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Cardinal Pipeline Company, LLC Subsidiary · North Carolina, United States
    • Discovery Gas Transmission LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • and 130 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The company was established by Nigel Rudd and Brian McGowan in Derby in 1982 to acquire under performing businesses. Its first major acquisition was J & HB Jackson, a Coventry based metal business, in 1985.

The company went to acquire Walpamur, a paints business, from Reed International in 1987, and Berger, Jenson and Nicholson, another paints business, from Hoechst AG in 1988. The two businesses were combined to create Crown Berger.

The vehicle division, which operated nineteen car dealerships, was demerged as Pendragon PLC in November 1989.

Williams Holdings bought Pilgrim House in the United States (owners of Kidde) for £331m in 1988 and Yale & Valor, a locks and gas fires business, in 1991.

It started to focus on security in the 1990s, selling its paints business to Nobels Industries in 1990. In February 1997, it bought Chubb Security for $US2.1 billion. It changed its name to Williams plc in 1998 and sold Yale Lock Company to Assa Abloy in March 2000.

From Wikipedia’s article on Williams Holdings, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2000Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1982Founded Founded1

Sources

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