---
title: "THORNTONS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8e98eaa2-d348-588e-ae62-53730b21903d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8e98eaa2-d348-588e-ae62-53730b21903d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00174706
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THORNTONS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00174706`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8e98eaa2-d348-588e-ae62-53730b21903d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8e98eaa2-d348-588e-ae62-53730b21903d  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **THORNTONS PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:213800X2XQ1WJFTMJ938` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e138f128-b182-562d-a6dd-c6f5c7173f60
- **Thorntons Limited** — source · `gb-coh:174706` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3c7a5ea3-3a68-441d-9e72-37ac0962b083

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Ferrero International S.A.** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6484bbc7-4dab-45f2-9b71-9607fd63e86e
- **Ferholding Uk Ltd** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fedd05a-fbb2-4048-a494-b669115f867f

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **IMCO (3496) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27d24fcd-7276-5026-b633-9cfbcc7e8f4d
- **GARTNER PRALINES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b818c2d-b1ee-4e45-a2f4-7c6a457ed48a

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

A **3-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:** `00174706`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1921-05-13
- **Registered office:** 889 Greenford Road, Greenford, Middlesex, UB6 0HE
- **SIC:** 10821

### Officers

- THANDI, Harpreet Kaur — secretary · appointed 2020-11-11
- BARKER, Craig — director · British · appointed 2025-01-01
- VALENTINI, Giuseppe — director · Italian · appointed 2025-11-05
- COLE, Richard Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 2000-03-18 · resigned 2005-03-24
- HENSON, Mark Richard — secretary · British · appointed 2006-01-13 · resigned 2016-12-31
- SHIRLEY, Tim John — secretary · appointed 2017-01-01 · resigned 2017-01-01
- SHIRLEY, Tim John — secretary · appointed 2017-01-01 · resigned 2020-11-11
- THORNTON, Michael Stanley — secretary · British · resigned 2000-03-18
- WALL, John Robert — secretary · British · appointed 2005-03-24 · resigned 2006-01-13
- ALLEN, Martin Charles — director · British · appointed 1998-11-09 · resigned 2004-10-13
- AVIS, Alice Mary Cleoniki — director · British · appointed 2002-07-10 · resigned 2003-01-07
- BALDWIN, Peter William — director · British · appointed 1996-06-25 · resigned 2002-07-09
- BLOOMER, Barry — director · British · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2017-02-17
- BURDON, Peter — director · British · appointed 2000-05-08 · resigned 2006-09-30
- BURNETT, Christopher Thomas — director · British · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2006-02-02
- CASTELLI, Salvatore — director · Italian · appointed 2017-02-17 · resigned 2019-08-22
- CONTI, Valentino — director · Italian · appointed 2022-01-01 · resigned 2026-03-05
- COYLE, John — director · British · appointed 1992-12-14 · resigned 1995-07-12
- CULVERHOUSE, John Gordon — director · British · appointed 1992-12-14 · resigned 2004-07-06
- CZYZAK-DANNENBAUM, Peggy Scott — director · Uk Us · appointed 1994-06-29 · resigned 2002-07-18

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Ferrero International S.A.](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6484bbc7-4dab-45f2-9b71-9607fd63e86e) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Luxembourg — since 2022-08-23
- [Ferholding Uk Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fedd05a-fbb2-4048-a494-b669115f867f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2022-08-23

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00174706
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00174706

## 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 **THORNTONS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8e98eaa2-d348-588e-ae62-53730b21903d · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THORNTONS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8e98eaa2-d348-588e-ae62-53730b21903d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8e98eaa2-d348-588e-ae62-53730b21903d._

_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"._