---
title: "BARTHOLOMEWS SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTION LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9dceed16-6ff1-50d0-8f11-d0b37354529b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9dceed16-6ff1-50d0-8f11-d0b37354529b
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01388275
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BARTHOLOMEWS SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01388275`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9dceed16-6ff1-50d0-8f11-d0b37354529b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9dceed16-6ff1-50d0-8f11-d0b37354529b  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Gary Scott Herman** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2dfefb19-cc86-5f82-9197-3877855b159c
- **BARTHOLOMEWS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/35034623-8e08-5fbe-ad45-27aa353f2cdc
- **Mr Richard Samuel Churchill Bartholomew** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f65af289-073f-551e-bb9b-c8ada16a5307
- **Bartholomews (Holdings) Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f4ed85eb-b0da-4c31-bde5-77610a41f0a1
- **Mr Gary Scott Herman** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a3f292bb-a1c1-4e3e-8161-3630a9551ca6
- **Mr Richard Samuel Churchill Bartholomew** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/00bdf78b-f48c-446a-ae48-dc4bf7f8c417

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

A **16-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:** `01388275`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1978-09-12
- **Registered office:** Bartholomews Chichester Food Park, Bognor Road, Merston, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 1BF, England
- **SIC:** 52103

### Officers

- GLEESON, Timothy Andrew — secretary · appointed 2014-04-01
- BARTHOLOMEW, Richard Samuel Churchill — director · British · appointed 2000-08-13
- PARKER, Robin John — secretary · British · resigned 2000-12-31
- SMITH, Barry — secretary · appointed 2013-12-01 · resigned 2014-04-01
- SMITH, Barry William — secretary · British · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2010-01-01
- WADSLEY, Andrea Sarah — secretary · appointed 2010-01-01 · resigned 2013-12-01
- BARTHOLOMEW, John Richard — director · British · resigned 2000-08-13
- PARKER, Robin John — director · British · resigned 2000-12-31
- RUSSELL, Gordon David — director · British · resigned 2004-12-31
- SMITH, Barry William — director · British · appointed 1999-07-01 · resigned 2021-06-30
- STEEL, Peter John — director · British · appointed 1999-07-01 · resigned 2024-04-25
- TRANCHANT, Clive Laurence — director · British · resigned 2004-05-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Richard Samuel Churchill Bartholomew — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Gary Scott Herman — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2025-05-29
- [Bartholomews (Holdings) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f4ed85eb-b0da-4c31-bde5-77610a41f0a1) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2025-05-29

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01388275
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01388275

## 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 **BARTHOLOMEWS SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTION LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9dceed16-6ff1-50d0-8f11-d0b37354529b · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BARTHOLOMEWS SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTION LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9dceed16-6ff1-50d0-8f11-d0b37354529b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9dceed16-6ff1-50d0-8f11-d0b37354529b._

_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"._