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The UK’s Top Zero Alcohol Companies
Lily Ruaah, 2 January 2025
It’s January, and for many of us that means cutting back. New Year’s resolutions to drink less, eat better and do more exercise means a surge in appetite for gym subscriptions, plant-based meat alternatives, and zero or low alcohol options.
The term ‘Dry January’ was coined in 2013 but the idea originated in 2011 from Emily Robinson, when she decided to give up alcohol for the month of January in preparation for a half marathon. In 2023, 175,000 people signed up to Dry January through the Alcohol Change website and many others did it without officially signing up—and the movement continues to grow.
We’ve curated a list of the UK’s leading zero and low alcohol brands. These companies offer an exciting range of alcohol-free drinks, allowing you to enjoy a beverage without actually consuming any alcohol.
Methodology
To create our top 10 ranking, companies must meet these criteria:
Head office registered in the United Kingdom
Be ‘active’ on Companies House
Fall under Beauhurst’s ‘Non-alcoholic beverages’ buzzword
Have ‘zero alcohol’ or ‘low alcohol’ (or a near match) in the company’s description, to eliminate soft drink companies
We’ve then ranked these companies by how much equity they’ve raised to date.
All data for this article was taken from the Beauhurst platform, and was accurate as of 06 January 2025.
Location: Tayside Total amount raised: £2.28m Type of beverage: Spirits
Fergagaia produces non-alcoholic spirits, distilled in Scotland. The company was founded by Bill Garnock and Jamie Wild. With a combined 10 years of experience in the alcoholic beverage industry, they set out to create an authentic non-alcoholic spirit.
The company was established in 2018, and has been through five funding rounds raising a total of £2.28m. It also received a grant for £18.0k.
09.
Jukes Cordialities
Location: London Total amount raised: £2.89m Type of beverage: Cocktails and wines
Jukes Cordialities produces and sells a range of non-alcoholic cocktails, spirits and wines.
Founded by Matthew Jukes, this Battersea-based company came from a 17th century recipe for a non-alcoholic cocktail called a “Haymaker’s Punch”. Since it was established in 2018, the company has gone through four funding rounds and secured £2.89m. Its products are also stocked in more than 20 Michelin-starred restaurants worldwide.
08.
IMPOSSIBREW
Location: London Total amount raised: £3.29m Type of beverage: Beer
IMPOSSIBREW has developed a range of non-alcoholic beers made from botanical herbs. The concept is to take non-alcoholic beers to the next level, as the beer not only tastes like traditional beer but also gives customers a similar feeling of relaxation using its “Social Blend”.
This non-alcoholic beer company hit the market in November 2020, and since then has raised £3.29m in equity over two funding rounds. The company also featured on the Startups 100 high-growth list in 2024.
07.
Days
Location: Edinburgh Total amount raised: £3.36m Type of beverage: Beer
Days operates as a brewer, specialising in non-alcoholic beverages. This Scottish-based company specifically wanted to brew a beer that was 0.0% ABV but still tasted like alcoholic beer. Whereas as many low or zero alcohol companies achieve their product through de-alcoholisation, Days never produces alcohol so its product remains completely alcohol-free.
It attended the London Business School Incubator accelerator programme in 2020.
06.
Everleaf
Location: London Total amount raised: £4.66m Type of beverage: Aperitifs
Everleaf produces a range of non-alcoholic aperitifs. Founded by Paul Mathew, a conservation biologist and bar owner, Everleaf was created to answer the question ‘how can you create a non-alcoholic drink with all the complexity of a traditional cocktail?’. Paul went on to create three aperitifs inspired by nature.
The company was incorporated in 2018 and has gone on to raise £4.66m through four funding rounds.
05.
Caleño Drinks
Location: Bristol Total amount raised: £6.21m Type of beverage: Spirits
Caleño Drinks makes non-alcoholic spirits. Founded by Ellie Webb and inspired by her Colombian roots, the company offers a number of non-alcoholic spirits and canned cocktails.
The company has raised a total of £6.21m through five fundraising events.
04.
Three Spirit
Location: London Total amount raised: £6.37m Type of beverage: Spirits
Three Spirit makes plant-based, non-alcoholic spirits. It has a number of different kinds of spirit to suit the drinker’s mood, for example ‘nightcap’ and ‘livener’ so you can match your type of drink to your type of night.
This Kensington and Chelsea-based company was founded in 2018 and has since gone through three funding rounds, raising a total of £6.37m.
03.
Pentire Drinks
Location: Cornwall Total amount raised: £7.39m Type of beverage: Spirits
Cornish company Pentire Drinks make non-alcoholic spirits. It was founded by Alastair Frost and is inspired by the unique plant life in Cornwall, specifically in Pentire. Its non-alcoholic range was created to support an active outdoor lifestyle.
The company has gone through five funding rounds, raising a total of £7.39m. Most recently, it raised £3.00m in June 2023.
02.
Lucky Saint
Location: London Total amount raised: £21.5m Type of beverage: Beer
Born in Westminster, Lucky Saint has quickly become established as the go-to low alcohol beer in many London pubs and bars. The company was founded by Luke Boase in 2017, making it one of the longest running low or zero alcohol companies on the list.
This London-based company has been through eight funding rounds, raising a total of £21.5m.
01.
CleanCo
Location: London Total amount raised: £30.8m Type of beverage: Spirits
Number one on our list is CleanCo. Specialising in zero alcohol, low calorie spirits, CleanCo was founded by Spencer Matthews in 2019. The company offers a number of spirits that are meant to resemble classic alcoholic spirits — and also offers a subscribe and save function.
The company has raised a huge £30.8m over five funding rounds, most recently £975k in July 2024.
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