---
title: "SPIRIT GROUP RETAIL LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a004e532-c11a-5c7e-917a-03ff49de7fc0
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a004e532-c11a-5c7e-917a-03ff49de7fc0
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03794854
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SPIRIT GROUP RETAIL LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03794854`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a004e532-c11a-5c7e-917a-03ff49de7fc0  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a004e532-c11a-5c7e-917a-03ff49de7fc0  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SPIRIT RETAIL BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9e44dd0a-7c6e-5477-842e-bcc77577a980
- **SPIRIT RETAIL BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9e44dd0a-7c6e-5477-842e-bcc77577a980
- **SPIRIT PUB COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e309af45-dcd5-5cac-9220-00ea53dcc6a6

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **SPIRIT GROUP RETAIL (NORTHAMPTON) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1d95c8e0-658c-5c22-b5c6-ecd3f74de108

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

A **20-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:** `03794854`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1999-06-24
- **Registered office:** Westgate Brewery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QT, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 56101, 56302

### Officers

- KESWICK, Lindsay Anne — secretary · appointed 2016-04-25
- D'CRUZ, Simon Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2023-03-31
- FARQUHARSON, John Alan — secretary · British · appointed 1999-09-03 · resigned 1999-12-01
- HOMER, Neville Rex — secretary · British · appointed 1999-12-01 · resigned 2002-04-26
- JONES, Henry — secretary · appointed 2013-08-14 · resigned 2015-12-04
- KENDALL, Timothy James — secretary · British · appointed 2006-11-30 · resigned 2009-04-16
- KITCHEN, Paul John — secretary · British · appointed 1999-08-02 · resigned 1999-09-03
- RUDD, Susan Clare — secretary · appointed 2012-09-28 · resigned 2013-08-14
- RUDD, Susan Clare — secretary · British · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-11-30
- STEVENS, Mark — secretary · British · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2003-11-03
- STEWART, Claire Susan — secretary · appointed 2013-09-03 · resigned 2016-04-25
- STEWART, Claire Susan — secretary · Other · appointed 2009-04-16 · resigned 2012-09-28
- WALMSLEY, Derek Kerr — secretary · British · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2006-03-31
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1999-06-24 · resigned 1999-08-02
- BASHFORTH, Edward Michael — director · British · appointed 2010-06-18 · resigned 2011-07-04
- BELL, Lucy Jane — director · British · appointed 2011-11-22 · resigned 2016-01-26
- CRICHTON, Roger Wells — director · British · appointed 1999-12-01 · resigned 2003-11-03
- CUMMING, Johanna Louise — director · British · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2003-12-02
- DANDO, Stephen Peter — director · British · appointed 2010-09-06 · resigned 2011-07-04
- DARESBURY, Peter Gilbert, Lord — director · British · appointed 1999-09-03 · resigned 1999-12-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Spirit Pub Company Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e309af45-dcd5-5cac-9220-00ea53dcc6a6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2024-02-28
- [Spirit Retail Bidco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9e44dd0a-7c6e-5477-842e-bcc77577a980) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2024-02-28

## Exposure (derived from the ownership graph)

**1** owner upstream in this entity's ownership/control chain is flagged — a sanctions hit or a secrecy jurisdiction — an investigative lead by resolved identity, not a legal determination. The contributing parties and the hop-by-hop path unlock with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03794854
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03794854

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SPIRIT GROUP RETAIL LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a004e532-c11a-5c7e-917a-03ff49de7fc0 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a004e532-c11a-5c7e-917a-03ff49de7fc0._

_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"._