Who owns Auld Kendal?
Auld Kendal is owned by Gawith Hoggarth (the United Kingdom).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Gawith Hoggarth & Co - The Company, Gawith Hoggarth & Co Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Gawith Hoggarth & Co Ltd reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Kendal
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Kendal
- Category
- Tobacco & nicotine › Tobacco products › Pipe & roll-your-own tobacco
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Auld Kendal
Auld Kendal is a hand-rolling tobacco sold by Gawith Hoggarth, whose site lists the owner as Gawith Hoggarth Ltd. It comes in blends named Gold, Dark, Medium, Virginia, Golden Turkish, Halfzware, Georgia, Golden Latakia and Golden Perique, in loose 500 gram bags and in pre-packed outers of five 30 gram packs. The company publishes no launch date for it and lists it among the brands it exports.
Ownership timeline of Auld Kendal
- Current owner Gawith Hoggarth [1] reported
Where Auld Kendal sits in Gawith Hoggarth
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Gawith Hoggarth ownership tree →
See the full Gawith Hoggarth brand portfolio (3) →
Other brands owned by Gawith Hoggarth
Gawith Hoggarth controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in tobacco & nicotine.
Also in tobacco & nicotine
- Gawith Hoggarth (1887)
- Samuel Gawith
Other brands in pipe & roll-your-own tobacco, and who owns them
The 21 brands in pipe & roll-your-own tobacco on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is Mac Baren, with 8; Gawith Hoggarth has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Seas | Mac Baren | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Matossian | Eastern Company | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Champion | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Exklusiv | Pöschl Tabak | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Captain Black | Scandinavian Tobacco Group | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Amphora | Mac Baren | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Amsterdamer | Mac Baren | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Choice (Mac Baren) | Mac Baren | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
About the owner: Gawith Hoggarth
Gawith Hoggarth is a privately held company headquartered in Kendal, United Kingdom, founded in 1887. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control.
Gawith Hoggarth & Co is a family tobacco manufacturer in Kendal, Cumbria, which describes itself as the only remaining tobacco manufacturer in England. Its own account traces the family trade to 1792, the Gawith Hoggarth name to 1887 and the limited company to 1923, and it bought the separate Samuel Gawith business in 2015. It makes pipe tobacco, hand-rolling tobacco, twists and snuff, and also distributes other makers' products in the UK. Its site lists Pueblo (a Pöschl Tabak brand), Rattrays, McConnell and the J Cortes, Bossner and Neos cigars as brands it distributes; Pueblo is therefore not recorded here as owned by the company. Brookfield, Radfords and Golden Blends appear on its site as house brands but also on Pöschl Tabak's, so they are left out.
Gawith Hoggarth: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Auld Kendal and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Auld Kendal is not one of them.
- Davidoff — Imperial Brands 🇬🇧
- Dunhill — British American Tobacco 🇬🇧
- Nordic Spirit — Japan Tobacco 🇯🇵
- A.1. — Kraft Heinz 🇺🇸
- ASOS Design — ASOS 🇬🇧
- Aero — Nestlé 🇨🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Auld Kendal?
The parent company of Auld Kendal is Gawith Hoggarth, a privately held company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Auld Kendal British?
Yes. Auld Kendal originated in the United Kingdom and its owner, Gawith Hoggarth, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Auld Kendal still owned by Gawith Hoggarth?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, Auld Kendal is still owned by Gawith Hoggarth. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Gawith Hoggarth & Co - The Company — Gawith Hoggarth & Co Ltd, Official document; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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