---
title: "THE BOOTS COMPANY PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24c4272a-1e58-5c7e-8f24-e62210aae19f
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/24c4272a-1e58-5c7e-8f24-e62210aae19f
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00027657
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE BOOTS COMPANY PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00027657`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24c4272a-1e58-5c7e-8f24-e62210aae19f  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/24c4272a-1e58-5c7e-8f24-e62210aae19f  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **The Boots Company Plc** — source · `gb-coh:27657` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d515c96-381a-4a93-8729-1d0ea6354b0e
- **THE BOOTS COMPANY PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:2138009YWT13UT858U30` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a5c2405e-12dc-5e0c-9785-635014953a5d

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ALLIANCE BOOTS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9f358dc8-eb7e-5be6-8439-728bd1d6b32c
- **Alliance Boots Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/47625c04-64aa-483c-ae8d-32d49e270acc

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **BOOTS PROPERTIES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/751509fe-8f58-5002-8c3a-abe3be6e3609
- **BOOTS PROPERTIES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/751509fe-8f58-5002-8c3a-abe3be6e3609
- **BOOTS SUPPLEMENTARY PLAN TRUSTEE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8fb1963d-e001-4919-8493-a5b39859be28

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

A **18-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:** `00027657`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 1888-11-07
- **Registered office:** Nottingham, NG2 3AA
- **SIC:** 70100, 77400

### Officers

- THOMPSON, Andrew Richard — secretary · appointed 2015-10-02
- HUNTER, Samuel James — director · British · appointed 2023-05-22
- THOMPSON, Andrew Richard — director · British · appointed 2015-10-02
- WINTER, Mark Terence — director · British · appointed 2023-01-31
- FENNELL, Sonia — secretary · British · appointed 2006-07-31 · resigned 2007-04-05
- FOSTER, David Charles Geoffrey — secretary · British · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2015-10-02
- HAWTIN, Ian Alexander — secretary · British · resigned 2000-02-26
- OLIVER, Michael John — secretary · British · appointed 2000-02-26 · resigned 2006-07-31
- PAGNI, Marco — secretary · British · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2010-03-01
- ACKROYD, Keith — director · British · resigned 1994-07-31
- ANGUS, Michael Richardson, Sir — director · British · appointed 1994-03-24 · resigned 2000-12-31
- BAKER, Richard Andrew — director · British · appointed 2003-09-15 · resigned 2003-11-07
- BATEMAN, Paul — director · British · appointed 2002-04-01 · resigned 2007-02-28
- BENNINK, Jan — director · Netherlands · appointed 2001-09-10 · resigned 2003-03-26
- BENSON, Christopher John, Sir — director · British · resigned 1994-07-21
- BLYTH OF ROWINGTON, James, Lord — director · British · resigned 2000-07-31
- BUCHANAN, John Gordon Sinclair, Sir — director · British · appointed 1997-12-18 · resigned 2003-03-26
- CLARE, Barry — director · British · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 2003-01-31
- CLERCKX, Toon — director · Belgian · appointed 2012-02-06 · resigned 2012-11-01
- CLIFFE, Eric Edward, Doctor — director · British · resigned 1992-12-04

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Alliance Boots Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/47625c04-64aa-483c-ae8d-32d49e270acc) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00027657
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00027657

## 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 **THE BOOTS COMPANY PLC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24c4272a-1e58-5c7e-8f24-e62210aae19f · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE BOOTS COMPANY PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24c4272a-1e58-5c7e-8f24-e62210aae19f · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/24c4272a-1e58-5c7e-8f24-e62210aae19f._

_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"._