---
title: "FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5ced66d9-e1a6-5af6-b25f-c4276efc8d66
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5ced66d9-e1a6-5af6-b25f-c4276efc8d66
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05611310
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05611310`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5ced66d9-e1a6-5af6-b25f-c4276efc8d66  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5ced66d9-e1a6-5af6-b25f-c4276efc8d66  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Bryant Birkett-Smith** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7017950d-b90e-52e5-8745-3d93b54fb218
- **Mr Richard John Churchyard** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/51d16a92-681e-5d29-a720-2b9569a26870
- **Mr David Clark** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f80a5605-e217-54fa-a675-c9a7bcdf4bcb
- **Mr Nick Waterhouse** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e5413534-e009-52bb-b829-567c65dc3228
- **FROME CHEESE & GRAIN LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/16a47f0c-4755-55ca-990d-cc085958ecf5
- **Mr John Bryant Birkett-Smith** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/12a40cb8-e731-4da0-b80b-ef4f1654f083
- **Mr Richard John Churchyard** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a2618094-6f85-43f0-9737-2018d7a3ddff
- **Mr David Clark** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b030b58a-ede3-478b-9468-919583f8f6b2
- **Mr Nick Waterhouse** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b24c0abb-95ce-432a-904f-f9e600ae2411
- **Frome Cheese And Grain Ltd** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c702b83c-a04a-4bce-b77d-f25e9a438975

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

1. **Mr John Bryant Birkett-Smith** — beneficial owner → *FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr Richard John Churchyard** — beneficial owner → *FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr David Clark** — beneficial owner → *FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr Nick Waterhouse** — beneficial owner → *FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **FROME CHEESE & GRAIN LIMITED** — beneficial owner → *FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr John Bryant Birkett-Smith** — beneficial owner → *FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr Richard John Churchyard** — beneficial owner → *FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr David Clark** — beneficial owner → *FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr Nick Waterhouse** — beneficial owner → *FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Frome Cheese And Grain Ltd** — beneficial owner → *FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `05611310`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2005-11-03
- **Registered office:** Cheese & Grain Cheese & Grain, Market Yard, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1BE, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 90010

### Officers

- MACARTHUR, Steve — secretary · appointed 2016-06-28
- ACKROYD, Richard — director · British · appointed 2022-09-09
- GRIMES, Daniel Benedict — director · British · appointed 2022-09-08
- HAYDEN, Maria Jeanette — director · British · appointed 2021-06-30
- EDWARDS, Karel Sarah — secretary · British · appointed 2005-11-03 · resigned 2011-10-30
- OAKENSEN, David Alan — secretary · appointed 2011-11-24 · resigned 2016-05-24
- BESLEY, Carla Deborah — director · British · appointed 2009-09-29 · resigned 2011-12-06
- BIRKETT-SMITH, John Bryant — director · British · appointed 2005-11-03 · resigned 2022-01-18
- CHESTERTON, Alexander Magnus — director · British · appointed 2010-07-27 · resigned 2014-04-29
- CHURCHYARD, Richard John — director · British · appointed 2013-02-26 · resigned 2018-07-19
- CLARK, David John — director · British · appointed 2011-11-24 · resigned 2019-06-18
- COLLINS, Pepita — director · British · appointed 2018-07-19 · resigned 2021-07-13
- GRIMES, Daniel — director · British · appointed 2021-06-30 · resigned 2022-01-18
- MIDDLE, Steve — director · British · appointed 2022-01-18 · resigned 2025-08-26
- MOAKES, Philip Stephen — director · British · appointed 2005-11-03 · resigned 2009-02-10
- MURRAY, Keith Peter — director · British · appointed 2007-01-30 · resigned 2014-04-29
- PEIRCE, Nigel James — director · British · appointed 2008-03-15 · resigned 2009-09-07
- WATERHOUSE, Nicholas Faber — director · British · appointed 2011-11-24 · resigned 2024-03-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Frome Cheese And Grain Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c702b83c-a04a-4bce-b77d-f25e9a438975) — right to appoint and remove directors · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-11-01
- Mr Nick Waterhouse — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2024-03-01
- Mr John Bryant Birkett-Smith — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2021-07-12
- Mr David Clark — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2021-07-12
- Mr Richard John Churchyard — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2018-07-19

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05611310
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05611310

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **FROME CHEESE & GRAIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5ced66d9-e1a6-5af6-b25f-c4276efc8d66 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5ced66d9-e1a6-5af6-b25f-c4276efc8d66._

_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"._