---
title: "JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/211660cd-03db-5b19-8efa-aafb61538c69
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/211660cd-03db-5b19-8efa-aafb61538c69
identifier: lei:213800K6NZ98HSRVCM15
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `lei:213800K6NZ98HSRVCM15`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/211660cd-03db-5b19-8efa-aafb61538c69  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/211660cd-03db-5b19-8efa-aafb61538c69  

## Registry profile

- **Status:** ISSUED  
- **Legal form:** `H0PO`  
- **Source:** GLEIF  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED** — companies_house_bulk · `oo:GB-COH-00133143` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/22dbaa3a-eaf0-551e-a7de-b502b06d338c
- **John Swire & Sons Limited** — source · `gb-coh:133143` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2a808ba5-051e-4e5e-bde3-e2c957597d5a

## Ownership & control

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **SWIRE PROPERTIES (FINANCE) LIMITED** (ultimate parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c42c78a3-2e52-52de-824d-209e3d153105
- **SWIRE PACIFIC HOLDINGS INC.** (ultimate parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/671a5344-40c2-5fe9-a836-102ff4cc2486
- **SWIRE PACIFIC MTN FINANCING LIMITED** (ultimate parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cb481fb7-089b-5e0e-93c7-96da9e293770
- **Swire Pacific Finance Limited** (ultimate parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/38dcca26-70a1-5fb9-8d0d-5d279e8256f6
- **JOHN SWIRE & SONS (USPP) LIMITED** (ultimate parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/593615d9-fa16-5c7c-826e-c07154130f59
- **JOHN SWIRE & SONS (USPP) LIMITED** (parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/593615d9-fa16-5c7c-826e-c07154130f59
- **CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED(THE)** (ultimate parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06aa539e-1584-50bc-861e-f0167b8b1086
- **CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED(THE)** (parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06aa539e-1584-50bc-861e-f0167b8b1086
- **SWIRE PROPERTIES LIMITED** (ultimate parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d058e11b-c222-5cbb-b545-499a755bd097
- **SWIRE FINANCE LIMITED** (ultimate parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7617f5ee-9e30-5af0-8d8c-c1b66ab64d29
- **Swire Pacific MTN Financing (HK) Limited** (ultimate parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ad3554f2-bdec-5db8-b0f4-64ecbeeef4bb
- **ARGENT ENERGY (UK) LIMITED** (ultimate parent) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9ebd8720-f02b-55c4-91d5-a35edc412333

…and **8** more subsidiaries/holdings. Resolve the full list with `get_dossier` on the WhiteIntel MCP (`npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server`) or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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

A **4-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 (UK Companies House — a LINKED record, not this entity's own)

> **Provenance:** no Companies House register entry in our corpus is filed against JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED. The fields below belong to **JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED** (`00133143`) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/22dbaa3a-eaf0-551e-a7de-b502b06d338c, a separate register record resolved to the same company. Do not attribute this registered office, status or incorporation date to JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED.

- **Company number:** `00133143`
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 1914-01-01
- **Registered office:** SWIRE HOUSE, 59 BUCKINGHAM GATE, LONDON, SW1E 6AJ
- **SIC:** 70100 - Activities of head offices

## Provenance

- GLEIF — https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800K6NZ98HSRVCM15

## 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 **JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/211660cd-03db-5b19-8efa-aafb61538c69 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/211660cd-03db-5b19-8efa-aafb61538c69 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/211660cd-03db-5b19-8efa-aafb61538c69._

_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"._