Our History

Henry Tate’s Thames Refinery in London’s East End begins operations, specialising in sugar cubes

Abram Lyle’s London refinery, Plaistow Wharf, begins refining sugar and producing Lyle’s Golden Syrup

Henry Tate endows the Tate Gallery, now Tate Britain

Henry Tate & Sons and Abram Lyle & Sons merge to become Tate & Lyle

Lyle’s Golden Syrup became so popular that King George V was partial to a drop. Lyle’s includes a ‘Royal Warrant’ on its tin to highlight its status supplying to the monarchy. There it remains to this day, now ‘By Appointment to His Majesty King Charles III’

Mr Cube leads a campaign against the nationalisation of Tate & Lyle

Forced to close down Liverpool’s Love Lane Sugar refinery due to the EU restricting supplies of cane sugar

After an initial investment in 1983, the Portuguese brands of Sidul and Sores join the group

Tate & Lyle Sugars becomes part of ASR Group®

Normanton, a sugar packing and distribution site in West Yorkshire, joins the group, together with a licence to use the Whitworths® Sugar brand

Since 2017, more than £300,000 has been invested in over 117 local projects, supporting safer, healthier and more prosperous communities across Newham through our Lyle’s Local Fund