Wadia GroupFunding

Wadia Group Funding: rounds, investors and valuation

Quick answer

The group funds itself from Britannia's profits, dividends and asset sales. Britannia is rated CRISIL AAA, and Bombay Burmah cut debt outside Britannia to ₹312 crore by March 2025 89.

Founded1736, Mumbai, Maharashtra
StatusPrivate

How the Wadia Group is financed

The Wadia Group has no single listed parent, so its finances are spread across its listed firms. Britannia is the largest earner, and Bombay Burmah sits above it in the holding chain 89.

Britannia's results

Period Revenue Net profit
FY26 ₹18,858 crore (consolidated sales), up 7.5% ₹2,537 crore, up 16.5% 25
April-June 2026 About ₹5,000 crore, up 8.2% ₹593 crore, up 14% 19

Britannia recommended a final dividend of ₹90.50 a share for FY26 25.

Credit ratings

Company CRISIL rating
Britannia Industries AAA, stable; A1+ 9
Bombay Burmah Trading AA-, stable; A1+ 8

Debt

CRISIL says Bombay Burmah's debt outside Britannia fell to ₹312 crore at the end of March 2025, from more than ₹3,920 crore in March 2023 8. Britannia's adjusted debt was about ₹1,226 crore in FY25 9. Bombay Burmah's subsidiary Leila Lands holds most of its cash, about ₹1,000 crore 8.

Other companies

Bombay Dyeing reported FY26 revenue of about ₹1,460 crore and dropped a planned rights issue in May 2026 23. National Peroxide earned ₹11.04 crore in FY26 20.

Go First

Go First owed lenders about ₹6,200 crore when it was ordered into liquidation, including ₹1,934 crore to Central Bank of India and ₹1,744 crore to Bank of Baroda 4. The airline has pursued arbitration claims of about $1 billion against engine maker Pratt & Whitney 4.

Frequently asked questions

CRISIL rates it AAA with a stable outlook.
About ₹6,200 crore, according to Business Standard.
Sources✓ Verified 5 Nov 2026
1 Forbes, Nusli Wadia (Real-Time Billionaires), 5 Nov 2026, group, holdings 2 Wikipedia, Nusli Wadia, 5 Nov 2026, career 3 Free Press Journal, Britannia Q4 profit jumps 21% to ₹678 crore; FY26 revenue crosses ₹18,800 crore, 8 May 2026, Britannia FY26 4 Business Standard, NCLT orders Go First liquidation as CoC opts for no revival prospects, 20 Jan 2025, Go First liquidation, creditors 5 Business Standard, Bombay Dyeing to sell 22-acre plot for Rs 5,200 cr to Japan's Sumitomo, 13 Sep 2023, Worli land sale 6 Wikipedia, Wadia Group, 5 Nov 2026, history, companies 7 Upstox, Britannia Industries shareholding pattern, 5 Nov 2026, Britannia shareholding 8 CRISIL, The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited: rating rationale, 10 Mar 2026, BBTC structure, debt, segments 9 CRISIL, Britannia Industries Limited: rating rationale, 8 Oct 2025, Britannia rating, market share, subsidiaries 10 Business Standard, Wadias complete buying out Danone from Britannia, 16 Apr 2009, Danone buyout 11 Bombay Dyeing, Shareholding pattern as on 30.06.2026, 30 Jun 2026, Bombay Dyeing shareholding 12 Upstox, Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation shareholding pattern, 5 Nov 2026, BBTC shareholding 13 Bombay Dyeing, Board of directors, 5 Nov 2026, Bombay Dyeing board 14 Storyboard18, Varun Berry resigns as Britannia MD and CEO, Rakshit Hargave to take over from 15 Dec, 11 Nov 2025, Britannia CEO change 15 Whalesbook, Bombay Burmah Trading Corp extends Ness N Wadia's MD role for 5 years, 28 Mar 2026, Ness Wadia BBTC MD 16 ThePrint, Nusli Wadia withdraws defamation cases after top court tells him to talk it out with Tata, 13 Jan 2020, Tata defamation cases 17 Business Standard, SAT sets aside Sebi's order on Bombay Dyeing and its promoters, 16 Jan 2026, SAT order 18 The Week (PTI), Parle revenue grows 8.5 pc to Rs 15,568.49 cr in FY25; Britannia maintains lead in biscuit mkt, 18 Jan 2026, biscuit rivals 19 Outlook Business, Britannia Q1 results: profit up 14% to ₹593 cr, 6 Aug 2026, Britannia Q1 FY27 20 Whalesbook, National Peroxide swings to ₹11 Cr profit in FY26, declares dividend, 1 May 2026, National Peroxide FY26 21 Wikipedia, Britannia Industries, 5 Nov 2026, Britannia brands, history 22 IIFL, Britannia enters into joint venture with Bel SA for production, selling of cheese, 30 Nov 2022, Bel cheese JV 23 Free Press Journal, Bombay Dyeing Q4 revenue rises 10% to ₹396 crore, 8 May 2026, Bombay Dyeing FY26 24 FilingReader, Bombay Burmah Trading annual profit climbs, 13 May 2026, BBTC FY26, Dunsandle sale 25 Angel One, Britannia share price in focus: net profit climbs in FY26 results, board recommends dividend, 8 May 2026, Britannia FY26, dividend 26 Mordor Intelligence, India bed and bath market: companies, 19 Dec 2025, home textile peers 27 BoardStewardship, Britannia Industries named Jehangir Nusli Wadia as non-independent director, 12 Nov 2024, Jehangir Wadia on Britannia board 28 InvestyWise, Britannia Industries 107th AGM, 7 Aug 2026, Britannia AGM 29 Angel One, Britannia CEO Rajneet Singh Kohli resigns, effective March 14, 1 Mar 2025, Rajneet Kohli exit Report a correction

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