---
title: "WILLIAM GRANT & SONS DISTILLERS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/02de23d2-70cf-5928-a7d5-dc01fdcffd33
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/02de23d2-70cf-5928-a7d5-dc01fdcffd33
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC134248
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WILLIAM GRANT & SONS DISTILLERS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC134248`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/02de23d2-70cf-5928-a7d5-dc01fdcffd33  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/02de23d2-70cf-5928-a7d5-dc01fdcffd33  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **WILLIAM GRANT & SONS DISTILLERS LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800WNW2G11BSYGB75` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f8b177de-bdb7-526d-b1e4-d904301fa8e2

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/08e0fa69-5b58-5357-af3f-f767e7f29164

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **WILLIAM GRANT & SONS SCOTTISH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34be6a29-acf3-5de5-ac60-6f5d716c2606

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **32-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `SC134248`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1991-10-01
- **Registered office:** The Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Keith, AB55 4DH, Scotland
- **SIC:** 11010

### Officers

- CRANMER, Craig Hamilton — director · British · appointed 2019-01-01
- HENDERSON, Ewan John — director · British · appointed 2019-06-01
- LAING, William Douglas — director · British · appointed 2019-01-01
- MCKINLAY, Kenneth Strachan — director · British · appointed 2019-06-01
- DENHOLM, James Allan — secretary · British · appointed 1991-10-30 · resigned 1996-09-27
- EVA MARIA, Bishop — secretary · British · appointed 2009-08-03 · resigned 2009-11-10
- TAIT, George Daniel — secretary · British · appointed 1996-09-27 · resigned 2008-05-02
- MD SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1991-10-01 · resigned 1991-10-30
- BAGLEY, Douglas John — director · Australian · appointed 2018-06-11 · resigned 2026-04-28
- BEVERIDGE, James Graham — director · British · appointed 1991-10-30 · resigned 1993-01-31
- BISSETT, Ian Collins — director · British · appointed 2019-01-01 · resigned 2022-01-31
- BISSETT, Ian Collins — director · British · appointed 2003-10-06 · resigned 2006-01-01
- BRANNAN, Robert — director · British · appointed 1994-04-05 · resigned 1998-05-15
- BROADBRIDGE, John Ricson — director · British · appointed 2015-09-17 · resigned 2021-04-16
- CHAMBERLAIN, Robert Hugo — director · British · appointed 2019-10-29 · resigned 2019-10-29
- COCKBURN, Derek Henry — director · British · appointed 1991-10-30 · resigned 1996-02-13
- COWING, Helen Gaye — director · British · appointed 2019-05-13 · resigned 2019-11-20
- DAGNAN, Kirsty Rachel — director · British · appointed 2020-01-01 · resigned 2022-01-31
- DAVID, Stella Julie — director · British · appointed 2009-12-10 · resigned 2016-02-29
- DAWSON, Mark James — director · British · appointed 2021-01-06 · resigned 2022-01-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [William Grant & Sons Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/08e0fa69-5b58-5357-af3f-f767e7f29164) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Scotland — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC134248
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC134248

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WILLIAM GRANT & SONS DISTILLERS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/02de23d2-70cf-5928-a7d5-dc01fdcffd33 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/02de23d2-70cf-5928-a7d5-dc01fdcffd33._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._