---
title: "DISTILLERS COMPANY (BIOCHEMICALS) LIMITED(THE) — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56e9ccb5-6339-521a-a91e-891a6776a39b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/56e9ccb5-6339-521a-a91e-891a6776a39b
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00518031
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DISTILLERS COMPANY (BIOCHEMICALS) LIMITED(THE)

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00518031`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56e9ccb5-6339-521a-a91e-891a6776a39b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/56e9ccb5-6339-521a-a91e-891a6776a39b  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **DIAGEO SCOTLAND LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc92f9c7-1ea8-5c36-956f-1432969e0eb6

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

A **12-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:** `00518031`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1953-03-31
- **Registered office:** 16 Great Marlborough Street, London, W1F 7HS, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- EDMUNDS, James Matthew Crayden — director · British · appointed 2018-03-08
- KERESZTESI, Dorotea — director · Hungarian · appointed 2025-11-28
- MAJOR, Kara Elizabeth — director · American · appointed 2018-08-01
- BUNN, Susanne Margaret — secretary · British · appointed 1999-08-17 · resigned 2000-06-01
- COOPER, Victoria — secretary · appointed 2015-11-05 · resigned 2017-03-23
- GILCHRIST, Ronald James — secretary · British · resigned 1998-03-31
- GUTTRIDGE, Jonathan Michael — secretary · appointed 2018-01-05 · resigned 2018-04-20
- LYNCH, Valerie Ann — secretary · British · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 1999-08-17
- MATTHEWS, Claire Elizabeth — secretary · appointed 2012-02-02 · resigned 2018-01-05
- NICHOLLS, John James — secretary · appointed 2010-09-23 · resigned 2012-02-02
- DIAGEO CORPORATE OFFICER B LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2000-06-01 · resigned 2010-09-23
- BOLTON, Stephen John — director · British · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2012-02-02
- BUNN, Susanne Margaret — director · British · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 2000-06-01
- COASE, Charles Dawson, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2010-09-23 · resigned 2011-03-31
- CRICKMORE, Gavin Paul — director · British · appointed 2010-09-23 · resigned 2012-02-02
- FRANCO, Jose Alberto Ibeas — director · Spanish · appointed 2011-12-16 · resigned 2012-02-02
- GILCHRIST, Ronald James — director · British · resigned 1998-03-31
- HARLOCK, David Frederick — director · British · appointed 2016-05-26 · resigned 2018-08-01
- HEGINBOTTOM, David — director · British · appointed 2011-03-24 · resigned 2012-02-02
- HOCKNEY, Ian Anthony — director · British · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2015-11-05

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Diageo Scotland Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc92f9c7-1ea8-5c36-956f-1432969e0eb6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Scotland — since 2016-04-10

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00518031
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00518031

## 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 **DISTILLERS COMPANY (BIOCHEMICALS) LIMITED(THE)** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56e9ccb5-6339-521a-a91e-891a6776a39b · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DISTILLERS COMPANY (BIOCHEMICALS) LIMITED(THE)**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56e9ccb5-6339-521a-a91e-891a6776a39b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/56e9ccb5-6339-521a-a91e-891a6776a39b._

_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"._