---
title: "COTT RETAIL BRANDS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0c972044-8e87-533e-a4fc-7d172acf5e1a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0c972044-8e87-533e-a4fc-7d172acf5e1a
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02865761
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# COTT RETAIL BRANDS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02865761`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0c972044-8e87-533e-a4fc-7d172acf5e1a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0c972044-8e87-533e-a4fc-7d172acf5e1a  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Cott Retail Brands Limited** — source · `gb-coh:2865761` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/804447a3-c109-4776-84a9-b162d6c42a89

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **PRIMO WATER HOLDINGS UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/58d5aad0-3b5c-5199-a4dd-bb2c228c69f6
- **Cott Uk Acquisition Limited** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a02bbef4-8cff-474a-8002-ca1c951ee148

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **DECANTAE MINERAL WATER LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5d1d9e70-5177-541e-ab32-2a8289af9e28
- **AIMIA FOODS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fff072d8-a450-59c7-a6da-cb58db07fffe
- **REFRESCO DRINKS UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b8f95df6-1ab6-5ab1-bf41-02ec9b2deff9
- **DECANTAE MINERAL WATER LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5d1d9e70-5177-541e-ab32-2a8289af9e28
- **AIMIA FOODS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fff072d8-a450-59c7-a6da-cb58db07fffe
- **TWS BIDCO 1 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/67e761cd-d461-425c-bc83-36b995d56a26

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

A **3-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:** `02865761`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1993-10-25
- **Registered office:** 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2007-03-08
- AUSHER, Jason Robert — director · American · appointed 2015-08-14
- DEGRELLA, Alexander — director · American · appointed 2026-04-10
- CRUICKSHANK, Stuart — secretary · British · appointed 1994-03-28 · resigned 1994-12-12
- HALPERIN, Mark — secretary · Canadian · appointed 1993-10-26 · resigned 1994-01-27
- HENDERSON, Paul — secretary · British · appointed 1994-01-27 · resigned 1994-03-28
- LESTER, Simon Edmund George — secretary · British · appointed 1994-01-27 · resigned 1997-04-28
- MACKIE, Brian — secretary · British · appointed 1994-12-12 · resigned 1997-04-28
- MAIN, David Robert — secretary · British · appointed 2005-08-08 · resigned 2007-03-08
- MOORE, Debbie — nominee secretary · British · appointed 1993-10-25 · resigned 1993-10-25
- SMITH, Michael Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 1997-04-28 · resigned 1997-08-29
- HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1997-08-29 · resigned 2005-08-05
- BRENNAN, Catherine Marie Helen — director · Canadian · appointed 2008-09-01 · resigned 2009-07-29
- BROWN, Kevin Thomas — nominee director · British · appointed 1993-10-25 · resigned 1993-10-25
- CORBY, Stephen — director · British · appointed 2013-06-11 · resigned 2015-11-30
- CRUICKSHANK, Stuart — director · British · appointed 1994-02-10 · resigned 1994-12-12
- DUFFY, Claire — director · British · appointed 2017-01-01 · resigned 2023-05-22
- FOWDEN, Jeremy Stephen Gary — director · British · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2008-09-01
- HALPERIN, Mark — director · Canadian · appointed 1993-10-26 · resigned 1994-07-20
- HOYLE, Jeremy Stephen — director · British · appointed 2009-09-14 · resigned 2016-12-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Primo Water Holdings Uk Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a02bbef4-8cff-474a-8002-ca1c951ee148) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02865761
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02865761

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **COTT RETAIL BRANDS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0c972044-8e87-533e-a4fc-7d172acf5e1a · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **COTT RETAIL BRANDS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0c972044-8e87-533e-a4fc-7d172acf5e1a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0c972044-8e87-533e-a4fc-7d172acf5e1a._

_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"._