---
title: "ALAN GODRICH (SEWING MACHINES) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/925f4f3a-e5b6-5f11-bc50-d44bce248429
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/925f4f3a-e5b6-5f11-bc50-d44bce248429
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01037720
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ALAN GODRICH (SEWING MACHINES) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01037720`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/925f4f3a-e5b6-5f11-bc50-d44bce248429  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/925f4f3a-e5b6-5f11-bc50-d44bce248429  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **RATHBONES LED (E) GLOBAL EQUITY-TYPE RISK FUND** — GLEIF · `lei:213800VIL6KO5KGLWZ63` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/69751049-6496-5bbe-bbd0-a7dcd6f4da29

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GODRICH HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aead040c-48ce-5aa0-bb47-5875a9ffc458
- **EASTMAN STAPLES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b6714de-62ff-5275-908a-eaec73c50a22
- **STAPLES GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06f32a3b-4677-5fed-8e92-b148e5cfc9d6
- **Mr Andrew Kyprianou** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a8aa0de7-669b-5218-b2d6-d6a21e8e85f3
- **EASTMAN STAPLES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b6714de-62ff-5275-908a-eaec73c50a22
- **GODRICH HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aead040c-48ce-5aa0-bb47-5875a9ffc458
- **Mr Andrew Kyprianou** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27e27312-176f-4fe8-a0e3-8f07b36d0888
- **STAPLES GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06f32a3b-4677-5fed-8e92-b148e5cfc9d6

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

A **36-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:** `01037720`
- **Status:** liquidation
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1972-01-11
- **Registered office:** Suite 501 Unit 2 94a Wycliffe Road, Northampton, NN1 5JF
- **SIC:** 28940

### Officers

- KYPRIANOU, Andrew — director · British · appointed 2019-01-09
- KEARNS, Beverley Miriam — secretary · British · resigned 2019-01-09
- BENTLEY, Clive Richard — director · British · appointed 1994-02-01 · resigned 2019-01-09
- GODRICH, Alan — director · British · resigned 2019-01-09
- GODRICH, Christopher Alan — director · British · resigned 2019-04-24
- GODRICH, Freda May — director · British · resigned 2013-11-29
- HERRIOT, Alexander Campbell — director · British · resigned 2019-01-09
- HOWARTH, Brian Gregory — director · British · resigned 2019-01-09
- KEARNS, Beverley Miriam — director · British · resigned 2019-01-09
- MARSHALL, Michael Ronald — director · British · resigned 2002-07-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Staples Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06f32a3b-4677-5fed-8e92-b148e5cfc9d6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2020-01-01
- [Eastman Staples Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b6714de-62ff-5275-908a-eaec73c50a22) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2020-01-01
- Mr Andrew Kyprianou — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2020-01-01
- [Godrich Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aead040c-48ce-5aa0-bb47-5875a9ffc458) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2019-01-09

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01037720
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01037720

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ALAN GODRICH (SEWING MACHINES) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/925f4f3a-e5b6-5f11-bc50-d44bce248429 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/925f4f3a-e5b6-5f11-bc50-d44bce248429._

_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"._