---
title: "GROUP 1 RETAIL LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cdfd536b-1de9-5dff-97f6-7e2f66617cfd
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cdfd536b-1de9-5dff-97f6-7e2f66617cfd
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00194561
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GROUP 1 RETAIL LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00194561`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cdfd536b-1de9-5dff-97f6-7e2f66617cfd  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cdfd536b-1de9-5dff-97f6-7e2f66617cfd  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **INCHCAPE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0a52f073-7149-51d1-8e4b-a62d69bc6b91
- **GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f27c9cc1-1530-50dc-bc33-6001e1a0adb6
- **Inchcape International Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d93ce2c-a51d-4945-8a26-2f0ab9c99c40
- **GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f27c9cc1-1530-50dc-bc33-6001e1a0adb6
- **GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f27c9cc1-1530-50dc-bc33-6001e1a0adb6

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **INCHCAPE NORTH WEST LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f440ff2-95b0-5ff9-8280-6317b2582eb8
- **GROUP 1 TRADE PARTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d236181a-b3fb-565f-a32c-40a7986bf7ae
- **THE COOPER GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4f6483e3-3746-517a-8681-30a9209b7f66
- **INCHCAPE NORTH WEST LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f440ff2-95b0-5ff9-8280-6317b2582eb8

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

A **11-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:** `00194561`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1923-12-19
- **Registered office:** First Point St. Leonards Road, Allington, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0LS, England
- **SIC:** 45111, 45200, 45310

### Officers

- HOBSON, Gillian — secretary · appointed 2024-08-01
- AHMAD, Farheen — director · British · appointed 2026-06-05
- CADELL, Jane — director · British · appointed 2026-08-24
- HOBSON, Gillian — director · American · appointed 2024-08-01
- MCHENRY, Daniel James — director · British · appointed 2024-08-01
- STRIKE, Craig Rodney — director · British · appointed 2026-08-24
- JAMES, John William — secretary · British · resigned 1997-09-17
- LIGHT, John Michael Heathcote — secretary · British · resigned 1993-10-01
- WHEATLEY, Martin Peter — secretary · British · appointed 1997-09-17 · resigned 2004-08-09
- INCHCAPE UK CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2004-08-09 · resigned 2024-08-01
- ALLEN, Ian Douglas — director · Australian · appointed 1994-02-28 · resigned 1995-06-20
- ASHFORD, George Oliver — director · British · appointed 2021-12-13 · resigned 2024-08-01
- BOULT, Richard David — director · British · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 2002-05-17
- BREARLEY, James Richard — director · British · appointed 2017-01-01 · resigned 2021-12-13
- CANEY, Peter Richard — director · Australian British · resigned 1994-02-28
- CATLIN, Claire Louise — director · British · appointed 2015-10-05 · resigned 2018-09-21
- DICK, Andrew Francis — director · British · appointed 1995-02-07 · resigned 1997-09-17
- FALLENSTEIN, Louis — director · British · appointed 2015-10-06 · resigned 2017-01-01
- FRANKLIN, Christopher Tom — director · British · appointed 2000-05-23 · resigned 2002-01-14
- HANCOX, Elizabeth Louise, Dr — director · British · appointed 2018-11-01 · resigned 2019-09-20

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Group 1 Automotive Uk Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f27c9cc1-1530-50dc-bc33-6001e1a0adb6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2024-08-01
- [Inchcape International Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d93ce2c-a51d-4945-8a26-2f0ab9c99c40) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2024-08-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00194561
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00194561

## 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 **GROUP 1 RETAIL LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cdfd536b-1de9-5dff-97f6-7e2f66617cfd · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GROUP 1 RETAIL LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cdfd536b-1de9-5dff-97f6-7e2f66617cfd · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cdfd536b-1de9-5dff-97f6-7e2f66617cfd._

_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"._