--- title: "JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/22dbaa3a-eaf0-551e-a7de-b502b06d338c json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/22dbaa3a-eaf0-551e-a7de-b502b06d338c identifier: oo:GB-COH-00133143 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** GB **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00133143` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/22dbaa3a-eaf0-551e-a7de-b502b06d338c **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/22dbaa3a-eaf0-551e-a7de-b502b06d338c ## Cross-source identity The same real-world entity, resolved across sources: - **JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800K6NZ98HSRVCM15` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/211660cd-03db-5b19-8efa-aafb61538c69 ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **Mr Merlin Bingham Swire** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef53558a-483d-52b1-88ef-e22790a8f027 - **Mr Barnaby Nicholas Swire** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2dc44034-6b64-5992-a48d-b225f4b90608 - **Mr Merlin Bingham Swire** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d2f625ca-ec7b-4953-b2da-4c062999a706 - **Mr Barnaby Nicholas Swire** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4636fdf9-b2f9-472c-866e-0f5c4b89bafb ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **JOHN SWIRE & SONS (58BG) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/833304cf-f21b-5eb6-9a25-5a4214b76a14 - **JS&S (PNG) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6d14cce6-8155-515b-920d-a4f5c1974c1c - **CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED(THE)** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2288f7dc-be0c-59a1-9fd8-6d8e6bb63665 - **HAECO GLOBAL ENGINE SUPPORT LTD** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6d7c4e8c-9ed7-562f-9238-4cc7d9f28422 - **CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c61337ea-fe73-5fb3-99ea-2a9acb25f766 - **SWIRE INVESTMENTS (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/75062d15-d650-5d18-943f-226cf9bf5435 - **Cell Energy Limited** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06f30f0b-b9fb-5410-a2cb-2584183293bb - **JOHN SWIRE & SONS OVERSEAS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a31db674-c25f-5a89-a2a0-b09c84be278d - **JAMES FINLAY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8132f2b0-4b75-5514-98e5-ef8154c9e614 - **TAIKOO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c5e2a3e-dd58-51a7-9138-8424adce5cd6 - **Tidewater Offshore Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6017b28a-a5ac-5869-9c06-b3daf7dc30d9 - **JOHN SWIRE & SONS (57BG) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8662712d-0173-5cd8-ba25-143150c90e78 - **JOHN SWIRE & SONS (FINANCE) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/70c664b2-fd85-59ee-9959-3837f948ebb5 - **JOHN SWIRE & SONS (CHINA) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/167631d2-3710-56da-bd6c-a9e919c9fc41 - **JOHN SWIRE & SONS (FINANCE) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/70c664b2-fd85-59ee-9959-3837f948ebb5 - **Tidewater Offshore Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6017b28a-a5ac-5869-9c06-b3daf7dc30d9 - **JOHN SWIRE & SONS OVERSEAS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a31db674-c25f-5a89-a2a0-b09c84be278d - **HAECO GLOBAL ENGINE SUPPORT LTD** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6d7c4e8c-9ed7-562f-9238-4cc7d9f28422 - **JS&S (PNG) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6d14cce6-8155-515b-920d-a4f5c1974c1c - **JOHN SWIRE & SONS (57BG) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8662712d-0173-5cd8-ba25-143150c90e78 - **WESTECH PROCESS EQUIPMENT UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f92ba6ec-9d24-59c1-93bc-b0e05bb49c32 - **SES ENERGY HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9b4ec8ec-8652-578d-8572-387330b0adc8 - **JAMES FINLAY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8132f2b0-4b75-5514-98e5-ef8154c9e614 - **TAIKOO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c5e2a3e-dd58-51a7-9138-8424adce5cd6 - **Cell Energy Limited** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06f30f0b-b9fb-5410-a2cb-2584183293bb - **JOHN SWIRE & SONS (GREEN INVESTMENTS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/66df6746-c3de-551e-8117-72167aaf227c - **SWIRE INVESTMENTS (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/75062d15-d650-5d18-943f-226cf9bf5435 - **JOHN SWIRE & SONS (CHINA) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/167631d2-3710-56da-bd6c-a9e919c9fc41 - **SWIRE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7df10727-1d79-51da-b7f6-c26457404276 - **ARGENT ENERGY HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/acf63461-c88f-5816-b2fa-b7d2cf562f9d - **John Swire & Sons (Fhc) Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/75ee30b5-1857-4149-8b50-6765d64653f1 - **CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED(THE)** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2288f7dc-be0c-59a1-9fd8-6d8e6bb63665 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) 1. **Mr Merlin Bingham Swire** — beneficial owner → *JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED* 1. **Mr Barnaby Nicholas Swire** — beneficial owner → *JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED* 1. **Mr Merlin Bingham Swire** — beneficial owner → *JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED* 1. **Mr Barnaby Nicholas Swire** — beneficial owner → *JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED* ## Company profile (live · UK Companies House) - **Company number:** `00133143` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1914-01-01 - **Registered office:** Swire House, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ, United Kingdom - **SIC:** 70100 ### Officers - MORRIS, David Charles — secretary · appointed 2018-10-03 - FENWICK, Nicholas Adam Hodnett — director · British · appointed 2002-06-01 - MCCALLUM, Gordon Douglas — director · British · appointed 2014-09-03 - ORR, Gordon Robert Halyburton, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2026-05-14 - PELLING, Sean Colin — director · British · appointed 2021-06-17 - SWIRE, Barnaby Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2000-01-01 - SWIRE, John Samuel — director · British · appointed 1995-11-15 - SWIRE, Merlin Bingham — director · British · appointed 2008-09-01 - SWIRE, Samuel Compton — director · British · appointed 2015-01-01 - WEMYSS, William John — director · British · appointed 2002-06-01 - ADAMS, James Robert — secretary · British · appointed 2004-05-01 · resigned 2008-12-31 - DIBBEN, Ann Marie — secretary · appointed 2016-08-23 · resigned 2018-07-13 - FARMERY, Joanna Louise — secretary · British · appointed 2009-01-01 · resigned 2015-10-01 - MORRIS, David Charles — secretary · appointed 2015-10-01 · resigned 2016-08-23 - POPE, Geoffrey Christopher — secretary · British · resigned 2004-04-30 - BLUCK, Duncan Robert Yorke — director · British · resigned 1998-06-30 - BRIDGMAN, Timothy Clive — director · British · appointed 1999-04-12 · resigned 2005-02-24 - CUBBON, Martin — director · British · appointed 2018-07-02 · resigned 2024-03-15 - CUBBON, Martin — director · British · appointed 2018-06-29 · resigned 2018-06-29 - DUNN, Lydia Selina, Baroness — director · British · appointed 1996-01-01 · resigned 2025-06-25 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - Mr Merlin Bingham Swire — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — since 2016-08-02 - Mr Barnaby Nicholas Swire — significant influence or control · individual PSC — since 2016-08-02 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00133143 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00133143 --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **JOHN SWIRE & SONS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/22dbaa3a-eaf0-551e-a7de-b502b06d338c · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/22dbaa3a-eaf0-551e-a7de-b502b06d338c._ _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"._