---
title: "SHOP DIRECT FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3247013b-8d13-4eb9-a1bf-859356f1e76e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3247013b-8d13-4eb9-a1bf-859356f1e76e
identifier: gb-coh:04660974
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SHOP DIRECT FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `gb-coh:04660974`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3247013b-8d13-4eb9-a1bf-859356f1e76e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3247013b-8d13-4eb9-a1bf-859356f1e76e  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SHOP DIRECT GROUP FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bc4cc579-4a80-4727-8490-2656d59fb9d6

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **SHOP DIRECT FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7cee78b-e2bd-4032-a723-11ed2abeb475

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

A **21-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:** `04660974`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2003-02-10
- **Registered office:** First Floor, Skyways House,, Speke Road, Speke, Liverpool, L70 1AB, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 64929, 64999

### Officers

- FRANKLIN, Timothy Alan — director · British · appointed 2022-01-06
- MCBRIEN, Nicholas John — director · British · appointed 2024-05-31
- NICHOLSON, Julie — director · British · appointed 2023-04-21
- STRAN, Garry George — director · British · appointed 2025-12-08
- GROARKE, Anne Marie — secretary · British · appointed 2005-03-08 · resigned 2007-02-16
- LITTLEWOODS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD — corporate secretary · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2005-03-08
- SHOP DIRECT SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD — corporate secretary · appointed 2007-02-16 · resigned 2016-02-29
- BALDOCK, Alexander David — director · British · appointed 2013-06-03 · resigned 2018-01-31
- BANKS, Richard Lee — director · British · appointed 2014-03-21 · resigned 2023-01-31
- BARCLAY, Aidan Stuart — director · British · appointed 2005-03-08 · resigned 2010-10-27
- BARCLAY, Howard Myles — director · British · appointed 2005-03-08 · resigned 2010-10-27
- CHANDLER, Neil — director · British · appointed 2010-02-22 · resigned 2019-03-13
- FLETCHER, Clive Darrell — director · British · appointed 2006-12-21 · resigned 2015-10-31
- HART, Andrew Stuart — director · British · appointed 2013-06-03 · resigned 2014-12-31
- HEWITT, Paul William — director · British · appointed 2012-01-20 · resigned 2014-03-31
- IVERSEN, Arnold — director · British · appointed 2005-03-14 · resigned 2006-08-25
- JORDAN, Thomas Peter — director · British · appointed 2019-09-26 · resigned 2024-05-31
- KERSHAW, David Wallace — director · British · appointed 2008-02-19 · resigned 2025-11-09
- MACHIN, Katrina Jane — director · British · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2019-08-30
- MACKIN, John Paul — director · English · appointed 2007-09-20 · resigned 2009-04-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Shop Direct Group Financial Services Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bc4cc579-4a80-4727-8490-2656d59fb9d6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04660974

## 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 **SHOP DIRECT FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3247013b-8d13-4eb9-a1bf-859356f1e76e · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SHOP DIRECT FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3247013b-8d13-4eb9-a1bf-859356f1e76e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3247013b-8d13-4eb9-a1bf-859356f1e76e._

_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"._