---
title: "BELLS STORES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a5dff8f9-a7bb-533a-b694-220cad8d38c1
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a5dff8f9-a7bb-533a-b694-220cad8d38c1
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01476345
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BELLS STORES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01476345`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a5dff8f9-a7bb-533a-b694-220cad8d38c1  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a5dff8f9-a7bb-533a-b694-220cad8d38c1  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **J SAINSBURY PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c4f15380-34d6-5273-b27f-158407f95802
- **J SAINSBURY PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c4f15380-34d6-5273-b27f-158407f95802
- **SAINSBURY'S HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8a561f5-166b-4163-8f74-a2c0a3202838

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

A **4-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:** `01476345`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1980-01-30
- **Registered office:** 33 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6HA, England
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- [SAINSBURY'S CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/49246cc7-5e7d-5f68-a33d-110cf0f0496a) — corporate secretary · appointed 2021-05-07
- EDWARD CHILDS, Martyn — director · British · appointed 2026-03-23
- [SAINSBURYS CORPORATE DIRECTOR LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/885b3ca8-b433-5075-8b17-bd8e8a2ac07c) — corporate director · appointed 2008-03-14
- COLLINS, Richard — secretary · British · resigned 1995-03-20
- DAVIES, Philip William — secretary · British · appointed 2012-06-27 · resigned 2014-02-25
- FALLOWFIELD, Timothy — secretary · appointed 2018-05-03 · resigned 2019-06-14
- FOO, Julia — secretary · appointed 2019-06-14 · resigned 2021-05-07
- GRAHAM, David Harry — secretary · British · appointed 1995-03-20 · resigned 2004-02-17
- GUTHRIE, Anthony — secretary · appointed 2016-04-12 · resigned 2018-05-03
- JARVIS, Hazel Debra — secretary · British · appointed 2014-02-25 · resigned 2016-04-12
- JARVIS, Hazel Debra — secretary · British · appointed 2004-02-17 · resigned 2012-06-27
- BARKER, Edward Peter — director · British · appointed 2012-04-18 · resigned 2018-03-08
- BELL, Leslie — director · British · resigned 2004-02-17
- BELL, Steven Andrew — director · British · resigned 2005-04-29
- BROWN, Steven Fraser — director · British · appointed 1997-06-16 · resigned 2001-06-30
- BURKE, Martyn Stephen — director · British · appointed 2019-06-14 · resigned 2019-12-03
- CHRISTENSEN, Lawrence Richard — director · British · appointed 2006-12-08 · resigned 2008-03-14
- COATES, Dean — director · British · appointed 1994-01-25 · resigned 2000-12-01
- COLLINS, Richard — director · British · appointed 2000-11-13 · resigned 2002-12-19
- COOPER, Duncan John — director · British · appointed 2018-03-08 · resigned 2019-05-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Sainsbury's Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8a561f5-166b-4163-8f74-a2c0a3202838) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2025-08-28
- [J Sainsbury Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c4f15380-34d6-5273-b27f-158407f95802) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2025-08-28

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01476345
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01476345

## 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 **BELLS STORES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a5dff8f9-a7bb-533a-b694-220cad8d38c1 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BELLS STORES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a5dff8f9-a7bb-533a-b694-220cad8d38c1 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a5dff8f9-a7bb-533a-b694-220cad8d38c1._

_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"._