Who owns Wild Wave?
Wild Wave is owned by Adnams (the United Kingdom, AQSE: ADB).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Adnams plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Adnams plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Southwold
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Southwold
- Founded
- 2019
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Cider
- Parent ticker
- AQSE: ADB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Wild Wave
Wild Wave is the cider Adnams launched in 2019, its first, made from a blend of English bittersweet and dessert apples. A 0.5 per cent low-alcohol version followed, developed with Gloucestershire cider maker Rod Clifford, and sold in cans. Adnams describes the range as vegan-suitable.
Ownership timeline of Wild Wave
Where Wild Wave sits in Adnams
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Adnams
Adnams controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in cider, and who owns them
The 22 brands in cider on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is C&C Group, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bulmers | C&C Group | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Thatchers Cider | Thatchers | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Angry Orchard | Boston Beer | 🇺🇸 United States |
| La Benedicta | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Ciber | Obolon | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Bud Light Seltzer | AB InBev | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Somersby | Carlsberg | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Sidra Real | CCU | 🇨🇱 Chile |
About the owner: Adnams
Adnams is a publicly listed company headquartered in Southwold, United Kingdom. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as AQSE: ADB.
Southwold, Suffolk brewer, distiller, wine merchant, retailer and pub and hotel operator. It is a public limited company incorporated in England (registered number 00031114) with a registered office at Sole Bay Brewery, and publishes annual accounts and a shareholder scheme on its own site. Its Copper House Distillery opened in 2010. It also sells Bitburger beer from Germany, which is another company's brand and is not recorded here.
🇬🇧 Wild Wave 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; Wild Wave is not one of them.
- Badger — Hall & Woodhouse 🇬🇧
- Balblair — ThaiBev 🇹🇭
- Beefeater — Pernod Ricard 🇫🇷
- Bishops Finger — Shepherd Neame 🇬🇧
- Bombay Sapphire — Bacardi 🇧🇲
- Boost — A.G. Barr 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Wild Wave?
The parent company of Wild Wave is Adnams, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Wild Wave British?
Yes. Wild Wave originated in the United Kingdom in 2019 and its owner, Adnams, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Wild Wave still owned by Adnams?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Wild Wave is still owned by Adnams. 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] Adnams plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — Adnams plc, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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