---
title: "ARLA FOODS UK SERVICES LTD. — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/878c6aa9-2b89-5ec9-9303-e4f4edec74b0
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/878c6aa9-2b89-5ec9-9303-e4f4edec74b0
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02361019
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ARLA FOODS UK SERVICES LTD.

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02361019`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/878c6aa9-2b89-5ec9-9303-e4f4edec74b0  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/878c6aa9-2b89-5ec9-9303-e4f4edec74b0  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ARLA FOODS HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/680965bc-b91e-570b-a778-db8dbc28a7a6
- **Arla Foods Holdings Company Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6828db74-406e-4bfd-a711-795982557dc5

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **A HEALD LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b5f53760-95c4-54fc-82a1-4d64c5f0093e
- **ARLA FOODS NAIRN LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a71d0678-e7ae-5bdc-a746-2916a0854395
- **ARLA FOODS NAIRN LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a71d0678-e7ae-5bdc-a746-2916a0854395

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

1. **ARLA FOODS HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *ARLA FOODS UK SERVICES LTD.*
1. **Arla Foods Holdings Company Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *ARLA FOODS UK SERVICES LTD.*
2. **ARLA FOODS UK PLC** — beneficial owner 100% → *ARLA FOODS HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED*
2. **Arla Foods Uk Plc** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *ARLA FOODS HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED*
3. **ARLA FOODS UK HOLDING LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *ARLA FOODS UK PLC*
3. **Arla Foods Uk Holding Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *ARLA FOODS UK PLC*
3. **ARLA FOODS AMBA** — ultimate parent → *ARLA FOODS UK PLC*
3. **ARLA FOODS AMBA** — parent → *ARLA FOODS UK PLC*
4. **ARLA FOODS UK HOLDING LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *ARLA FOODS UK HOLDING LIMITED*
4. **Arla Foods International A/S** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *ARLA FOODS UK HOLDING LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02361019`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1989-03-14
- **Registered office:** Arla House, 4 Savannah Way, Leeds Valley Park, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS10 1AB
- **SIC:** 10511

### Officers

- PADBERG, Sebastiaan Augustinus Johannes Maria — director · Dutch · appointed 2024-01-01
- RUTTER, Louis — director · British · appointed 2023-07-17
- ALLEN, Martin Charles — secretary · British · appointed 1996-11-11 · resigned 1997-05-19
- PRICE, John Philip — secretary · British · appointed 1998-07-09 · resigned 2007-07-01
- RIDYARD, Timothy James — secretary · British · appointed 1995-01-01 · resigned 1996-11-11
- ROBERTSON, Ian — secretary · British · resigned 1993-05-17
- SOAR, Tanjot — secretary · British · appointed 2007-07-01 · resigned 2016-11-10
- WHITFIELD, Paul — secretary · British · appointed 1993-05-17 · resigned 1995-01-01
- ALLEN, Martin Charles — director · British · appointed 1996-11-11 · resigned 1997-05-19
- AMIRAHMADI, Afshin — director · British · appointed 2018-07-01 · resigned 2023-07-31
- BALL, Anne-Frances — director · British · appointed 2023-07-31 · resigned 2024-01-01
- BERRY, Laurence — director · British · resigned 1996-07-31
- BLACKBURN, John Trevor — director · British · resigned 1995-03-31
- CHRISTIANSEN, Mikael — director · Danish · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2004-04-30
- CRUIKSHANKS, William James Neville — director · British · resigned 2001-11-03
- DALSGARD HOFF, Lars — director · British · appointed 2008-03-17 · resigned 2014-05-01
- DAVIDSON, Richard Colin Neil — director · British · resigned 2005-06-01
- GILBERT, Martin James — director · British · appointed 2001-10-18 · resigned 2008-04-07
- GIOERTZ-CARLSEN, Peter — director · Danish · appointed 2014-08-04 · resigned 2017-04-03
- HAEGG, Anders Torbjoern — director · Swedish · appointed 2015-01-13 · resigned 2017-01-06

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Arla Foods Holdings Company Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6828db74-406e-4bfd-a711-795982557dc5) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02361019
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02361019

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ARLA FOODS UK SERVICES LTD.**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/878c6aa9-2b89-5ec9-9303-e4f4edec74b0 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/878c6aa9-2b89-5ec9-9303-e4f4edec74b0._

_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"._