---
title: "BIOFOCUS DPI (HOLDINGS) LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/66926ce6-d9ea-5ec8-809e-10ea92dfb4df
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/66926ce6-d9ea-5ec8-809e-10ea92dfb4df
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03253690
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BIOFOCUS DPI (HOLDINGS) LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03253690`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/66926ce6-d9ea-5ec8-809e-10ea92dfb4df  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/66926ce6-d9ea-5ec8-809e-10ea92dfb4df  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Charles River Laboratories International Inc.** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf896ec8-caec-45f3-a88a-882b46bd431a
- **CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cdf6bd6a-03e3-5347-98b8-31c7139fbbad

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **IQVIA LABORATORIES DISCOVERY UK LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f7b455f3-a8c1-53db-9f8d-14cb558a80bc
- **Argenta Discovery 2009 Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7658a1a-2f6e-4be7-8bbf-19d2a6e08658
- **CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES ENGLAND LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/67352b49-f3d2-49ba-b3bd-4afdb802843a

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

1. **Charles River Laboratories International Inc.** — beneficial owner → *BIOFOCUS DPI (HOLDINGS) LTD*
1. **CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *BIOFOCUS DPI (HOLDINGS) LTD*
2. **CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.** — ultimate parent → *CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **CHARLES RIVER NEDERLAND B.V.** — parent → *CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **Charles River Nederland Bv** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES HOLDINGS LIMITED*
3. **CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.** — ultimate parent → *CHARLES RIVER NEDERLAND B.V.*
3. **Charles River Laboratories Luxembourg** — parent → *CHARLES RIVER NEDERLAND B.V.*
4. **CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.** — ultimate parent → *Charles River Laboratories Luxembourg*
4. **CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.** — parent → *Charles River Laboratories Luxembourg*
5. **CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.** — ultimate parent → *CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.*
5. **CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.** — parent → *CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `03253690`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-09-23
- **Registered office:** Charles River Laboratories, Manston Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 4LT, England
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- VANCE, Scott David — secretary · appointed 2025-02-04
- BATHGATE, Brian, Dr — director · British · appointed 2025-02-04
- GIRSHICK, Birgit — director · American,German · appointed 2016-09-28
- KNELL, Michael Gunnar — director · American · appointed 2025-09-29
- FRANCE, Stephen John Richard — secretary · British · appointed 1997-01-16 · resigned 2005-10-13
- PRICE, Sarah Margaret — secretary · appointed 2014-05-28 · resigned 2024-06-30
- PRICE, Sarah Margaret — secretary · British · appointed 2014-03-07 · resigned 2014-04-01
- SYNNOTT, Aidan John — secretary · appointed 2024-07-26 · resigned 2025-01-13
- VAN DEN EYNDE, Johan Gustaaf Cyriel — secretary · Belgian · appointed 2005-10-27 · resigned 2014-01-31
- BART MANAGEMENT LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1996-09-23 · resigned 1997-01-16
- ACKERMAN, Thomas Francis — director · American · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2015-08-31
- ADGER, Brian, Dr — director · British · appointed 1999-11-01 · resigned 2005-10-13
- BURDEN, Norman — director · British · appointed 1998-11-25 · resigned 2003-04-30
- CLABON, Alan Leslie — director · British · appointed 1997-01-16 · resigned 2001-06-11
- COOK, James — director · British · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2005-10-13
- DOYLE, Paul Martin, Dr — director · British · appointed 1997-01-16 · resigned 2001-06-11
- FOSTER, James C — director · American · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2015-08-31
- FRANCE, Stephen John Richard — director · British · appointed 1997-01-16 · resigned 2005-10-13
- GREETHAM, Brent Raymond — director · British · appointed 2022-06-10 · resigned 2022-06-10
- HARRIS, Clifford John, Doctor — director · British · appointed 1997-01-16 · resigned 2001-06-11

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf896ec8-caec-45f3-a88a-882b46bd431a) — significant influence or control · corporate PSC · United States — since 2024-09-30
- [Charles River Laboratories Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cdf6bd6a-03e3-5347-98b8-31c7139fbbad) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03253690
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03253690

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BIOFOCUS DPI (HOLDINGS) LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/66926ce6-d9ea-5ec8-809e-10ea92dfb4df · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/66926ce6-d9ea-5ec8-809e-10ea92dfb4df._

_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"._