---
title: "ARLA FOODS UK PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/345d8c03-1739-5f87-8532-1bcaef7f4db3
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/345d8c03-1739-5f87-8532-1bcaef7f4db3
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03487778
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ARLA FOODS UK PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03487778`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/345d8c03-1739-5f87-8532-1bcaef7f4db3  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/345d8c03-1739-5f87-8532-1bcaef7f4db3  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Arla Foods Uk Plc** — source · `gb-coh:3487778` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cf090d3-d014-43fb-8d82-0d54accb4f9b
- **ARLA FOODS UK PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:5299003334FON1FRIK97` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a54894a2-aa9e-51bb-a055-bccc0a22bd3d

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ARLA FOODS UK HOLDING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/61c26d87-e139-51e2-9564-2a6dfb027040
- **Arla Foods Uk Holding Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e6cdd3f0-2c55-4175-bcfc-bc8b135d96fe

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **ARLA FOODS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/54b99384-d3ca-52d5-8ced-076896a2493a
- **ARLA FOODS FINANCE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c326b9c1-1976-5683-a198-0d4e46ee229a
- **ARLA FOODS HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/680965bc-b91e-570b-a778-db8dbc28a7a6
- **ARLA FOODS GP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bfbb4273-0043-50d1-920c-42bd06d6500b
- **ARLA FOODS UK PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9f253313-c751-56dd-9972-5e69bce2ae78
- **ARLA FOODS GP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bfbb4273-0043-50d1-920c-42bd06d6500b
- **ARLA FOODS UK PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9f253313-c751-56dd-9972-5e69bce2ae78
- **ARLA FOODS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/54b99384-d3ca-52d5-8ced-076896a2493a

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

A **6-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:** `03487778`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 1998-01-02
- **Registered office:** Arla House 4 Savannah Way, Leeds Valley Park, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS10 1AB
- **SIC:** 10511

### Officers

- JAQUES, Richard Charles — secretary · appointed 2019-06-17
- ALI-BRETT, Ruby — director · British · appointed 2024-04-30
- BOOT, Philip Mark — director · Dutch · appointed 2025-01-10
- KASPERSEN, Mogens — director · Danish · appointed 2022-05-24
- PADBERG, Sebastiaan Augustinus Johannes Maria — director · Dutch · appointed 2024-01-01
- RUTTER, Louis — director · British · appointed 2023-07-17
- CLAY, Benjamin James — secretary · appointed 2016-11-10 · resigned 2017-05-02
- ISTRUP, Peter — secretary · appointed 2017-05-02 · resigned 2018-04-16
- PRICE, John Philip — secretary · British · appointed 1998-07-09 · resigned 2007-07-01
- ROBERTS, Julie Amanda — secretary · British · appointed 1998-02-18 · resigned 1998-02-24
- SOAR, Tanjot — secretary · British · appointed 2007-07-01 · resigned 2016-11-10
- WHITFIELD, Paul — secretary · British · appointed 1998-02-24 · resigned 1998-07-09
- WILLIAMS, Lucy Kate — secretary · appointed 2018-04-16 · resigned 2019-04-18
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1998-01-02 · resigned 1998-02-18
- AJERIO, Kingsley — director · British · appointed 2017-02-21 · resigned 2019-06-28
- AMIRAHMADI, Afshin — director · British · appointed 2011-01-04 · resigned 2023-07-31
- BALL, Anne-Frances — director · British · appointed 2023-07-31 · resigned 2024-01-01
- BIGUM, Jens — director · Danish · appointed 2003-10-22 · resigned 2010-03-02
- CAWDRON, Peter Edward Blackburn — director · British · appointed 1999-05-21 · resigned 2006-01-24
- CHRISTIANSEN, Mikael — director · Danish · appointed 2003-10-22 · resigned 2004-07-22

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Arla Foods Uk Holding Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e6cdd3f0-2c55-4175-bcfc-bc8b135d96fe) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03487778
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03487778

## 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 **ARLA FOODS UK PLC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/345d8c03-1739-5f87-8532-1bcaef7f4db3 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ARLA FOODS UK PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/345d8c03-1739-5f87-8532-1bcaef7f4db3 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/345d8c03-1739-5f87-8532-1bcaef7f4db3._

_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"._