---
title: "GLAXOSMITHKLINE FINANCE PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afa0ea64-4121-5dbd-aad0-1867fb9df850
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/afa0ea64-4121-5dbd-aad0-1867fb9df850
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00242686
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GLAXOSMITHKLINE FINANCE PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00242686`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afa0ea64-4121-5dbd-aad0-1867fb9df850  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/afa0ea64-4121-5dbd-aad0-1867fb9df850  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Glaxosmithkline Finance Plc** — source · `gb-coh:242686` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c4260dcc-2978-4402-9aeb-307778f2117e
- **GLAXOSMITHKLINE FINANCE PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:54930086XQKV1JUFNE19` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e6eedd2f-022e-579b-8c75-a1f188fb5413

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GLAXOSMITHKLINE HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1b09cde5-f6d4-5e22-baf7-e2a3fc3eac6d
- **GLAXOSMITHKLINE HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1b09cde5-f6d4-5e22-baf7-e2a3fc3eac6d

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **WELLCOME LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eab61824-5f59-5a16-a4ce-c12079344bed
- **XAP THERAPEUTICS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8198041a-c053-55cc-8414-49607f165f1d
- **GLAXOSMITHKLINE IHC LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/af93b164-86fe-59d6-bb22-3aab069b9843
- **GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92e37c92-f9c1-5451-9c17-cdb97df17d90
- **GLAXOCHEM (UK) UNLIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46d8b4aa-707c-5eb9-9076-c3707fc47642
- **GSK FINANCE (NO 2) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cee5e05f-87ce-58ed-8431-53bb40243cc8
- **STIEFEL LABORATORIES (U.K.) LTD** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c7c40dc-b177-5d25-b406-366d1b74d7b2
- **HALEON UK HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9a9412c4-bbf0-545c-b128-d5eba5dc2137
- **SMITHKLINE BEECHAM LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/77587edc-66af-59cf-b3d8-e2d0b432da21
- **GLAXO GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb1d9c92-80b5-5f61-88b4-dbc4d71eaae8
- **HALEON UK HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9a9412c4-bbf0-545c-b128-d5eba5dc2137
- **SMITHKLINE BEECHAM LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/77587edc-66af-59cf-b3d8-e2d0b432da21

…and **4** more subsidiaries/holdings. Resolve the full list with `get_dossier` on the WhiteIntel MCP (`npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server`) or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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

A **8-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:** `00242686`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 1929-10-02
- **Registered office:** 79 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1DG, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 64999

### Officers

- WHYTE, Victoria Anne — secretary · British · appointed 2002-01-18
- WALKER, Adam — director · British · appointed 2019-02-11
- EDINBURGH PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED — corporate director · appointed 2001-02-28
- GLAXO GROUP LIMITED — corporate director · appointed 2001-02-28
- THE WELLCOME FOUNDATION LIMITED — corporate director · appointed 2007-03-05
- BALFOUR, Ian Main Ferguson — secretary · British · resigned 1994-01-01
- BICKNELL, Simon — secretary · appointed 2013-07-30 · resigned 2014-03-10
- BRYANT, Karina Jane — secretary · British · appointed 1999-12-20 · resigned 2002-01-18
- COOMBER, Caroline Daphne — secretary · British · appointed 1998-09-04 · resigned 1999-12-20
- DILLON, Alison Marie — secretary · British · resigned 1998-09-04
- HORLER, Alison Marie — secretary · British · appointed 1994-01-01 · resigned 1994-01-01
- WILBRAHAM, Simon Nicholas — secretary · British · appointed 1998-09-04 · resigned 2001-02-28
- BLACKBURN, Paul Frederick — director · British · appointed 1999-01-01 · resigned 2001-03-01
- BONFIELD, Andrew Robert John — director · British · appointed 1994-04-11 · resigned 2000-12-27
- COLLUM, Hugh Robert — director · British · resigned 1998-12-31
- CROMPTON, Stephen Thomas — director · British · resigned 2001-03-01
- DEE, Nicholas Charles — director · British · resigned 2001-03-01
- DINGEMANS, Simon Paul — director · British · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2019-05-01
- HESLOP, Julian Spenser — director · British · appointed 2009-09-09 · resigned 2011-03-31
- HOUSE, Philip Glyn — director · British · resigned 1994-04-11

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Glaxosmithkline Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1b09cde5-f6d4-5e22-baf7-e2a3fc3eac6d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00242686
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00242686

## 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 **GLAXOSMITHKLINE FINANCE PLC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afa0ea64-4121-5dbd-aad0-1867fb9df850 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GLAXOSMITHKLINE FINANCE PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afa0ea64-4121-5dbd-aad0-1867fb9df850 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/afa0ea64-4121-5dbd-aad0-1867fb9df850._

_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"._