---
title: "CHIPSAWAY INTERNATIONAL LTD. — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2adeca19-ea34-5cb3-8ce1-620c377f58cb
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2adeca19-ea34-5cb3-8ce1-620c377f58cb
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02962763
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# CHIPSAWAY INTERNATIONAL LTD.

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02962763`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2adeca19-ea34-5cb3-8ce1-620c377f58cb  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2adeca19-ea34-5cb3-8ce1-620c377f58cb  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ae9fbd96-03e7-5e22-a1a6-376ca57e3af6
- **FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ae9fbd96-03e7-5e22-a1a6-376ca57e3af6

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

1. **FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC** — beneficial owner 100% → *CHIPSAWAY INTERNATIONAL LTD.*
1. **FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *CHIPSAWAY INTERNATIONAL LTD.*
2. **Mr Stephen Glen Hemsley** — beneficial owner 50% → *FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC*
2. **Mr Nigel William Wray** — beneficial owner 50% → *FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC*
2. **Mr Stephen Glen Hemsley** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC*
2. **Mr Nigel William Wray** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02962763`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1994-08-26
- **Registered office:** Ashwood Court Springwood Close, Tytherington Business Park, Macclesfield, SK10 2XF, England
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- HARRIS, Timothy John — director · British · appointed 2012-02-17
- MALLOWS, Andrew John — director · British · appointed 2017-03-01
- MOLLOY, Peter John — director · British · appointed 2019-12-02
- BICKNELL, Nicholas — secretary · British · appointed 2005-11-28 · resigned 2006-01-17
- BICKNELL, Nicholas — secretary · British · appointed 2003-09-20 · resigned 2004-01-21
- EVANS, Lloyd Douglas — secretary · British · appointed 2006-01-17 · resigned 2007-11-06
- HANCOX, Elizabeth Louise, Dr — secretary · British · appointed 2005-08-01 · resigned 2005-11-28
- LAWTON, Jacquetta Clare — secretary · British · appointed 2004-01-21 · resigned 2005-07-31
- PELLING, Dennis Richard Rex — secretary · British · appointed 1994-08-26 · resigned 2003-09-20
- VENUS, David Anthony — secretary · British · appointed 2007-11-06 · resigned 2008-10-03
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1994-08-26 · resigned 1994-08-26
- BALL, Peter James — director · British · appointed 2008-01-24 · resigned 2012-04-17
- BICKNELL, Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2003-09-20 · resigned 2007-06-30
- BIGNELL, Steven Thomas — director · British · appointed 2008-09-04 · resigned 2010-04-01
- BIGNELL, Steven Thomas — director · British · appointed 2003-09-20 · resigned 2008-09-02
- DENT, John Christopher Stewart — director · British · appointed 2017-07-17 · resigned 2022-03-10
- EVANS, Lloyd Douglas — director · British · appointed 2006-11-02 · resigned 2012-08-31
- HOGAN, Brian Joseph — director · American · appointed 2022-05-01 · resigned 2022-07-26
- JENKINS, Jonathan Maxwell — director · British · appointed 2007-11-06 · resigned 2008-02-22
- O'CONNELL, Russell — director · British · appointed 2007-11-06 · resigned 2008-09-04

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Franchise Brands Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ae9fbd96-03e7-5e22-a1a6-376ca57e3af6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-07-15

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02962763
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02962763

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **CHIPSAWAY INTERNATIONAL LTD.**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2adeca19-ea34-5cb3-8ce1-620c377f58cb · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2adeca19-ea34-5cb3-8ce1-620c377f58cb._

_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"._