---
title: "BEARINGS & DRIVES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f899e89-430c-5a8c-b446-ebe4044dadbc
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6f899e89-430c-5a8c-b446-ebe4044dadbc
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03522079
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BEARINGS & DRIVES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03522079`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f899e89-430c-5a8c-b446-ebe4044dadbc  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6f899e89-430c-5a8c-b446-ebe4044dadbc  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Middleton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b724352c-ee92-53f2-909d-519442e1ff15
- **Mr William James Simpson** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b095e9f-9d64-55e9-90b2-5274816520bc
- **Mr John Middleton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/05b35184-0239-4c47-9ce7-b27793aed692
- **Mr William James Simpson** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9b17ce43-edff-461f-93f9-aae4ee46986d
- **BEARINGS & DRIVES HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b02e8a6f-9cb8-4899-93da-702f32bafceb

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

1. **Mr John Middleton** — beneficial owner → *BEARINGS & DRIVES LIMITED*
1. **Mr William James Simpson** — beneficial owner → *BEARINGS & DRIVES LIMITED*
1. **Mr John Middleton** — beneficial owner → *BEARINGS & DRIVES LIMITED*
1. **Mr William James Simpson** — beneficial owner → *BEARINGS & DRIVES LIMITED*
1. **BEARINGS & DRIVES HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *BEARINGS & DRIVES LIMITED*
2. **Mr Stephen John Bacon** — beneficial owner 62.5% → *BEARINGS & DRIVES HOLDINGS LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `03522079`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1998-03-04
- **Registered office:** Units 4 & 5 Greenfield Road, Greenfield Industrial Estate, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 4TR, England
- **SIC:** 46140

### Officers

- SIMPSON, William James — secretary · British · appointed 1998-05-08
- BACON, Stephen John — director · British · appointed 2011-03-07
- BEARDMORE, Shawn — director · British · appointed 2026-03-31
- BOOTH, Benjamin James — director · British · appointed 2026-03-31
- MIDDLETON, John — director · British · appointed 1998-05-08
- SIMPSON, Julie — director · British · appointed 2020-09-02
- SIMPSON, William James — director · British · appointed 1998-05-08
- GODFREY, Paul Edmund — nominee secretary · British · appointed 1998-03-04 · resigned 1998-05-08
- EDWARDS, John Michael — nominee director · British · appointed 1998-03-04 · resigned 1998-05-08

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Bearings & Drives Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b02e8a6f-9cb8-4899-93da-702f32bafceb) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2026-03-31
- Mr John Middleton — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2026-03-31
- Mr William James Simpson — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2026-03-31

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03522079
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03522079

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BEARINGS & DRIVES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f899e89-430c-5a8c-b446-ebe4044dadbc · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6f899e89-430c-5a8c-b446-ebe4044dadbc._

_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"._