---
title: "FIRST STOP STORES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8b04717-8945-5afe-bd7b-7fbbebaea78d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d8b04717-8945-5afe-bd7b-7fbbebaea78d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03061483
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# FIRST STOP STORES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03061483`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8b04717-8945-5afe-bd7b-7fbbebaea78d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d8b04717-8945-5afe-bd7b-7fbbebaea78d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ARGOS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf70efd6-2220-564c-a7d1-93baabed2d89
- **Argos Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/60a18471-14af-47a0-b948-c863ba9aaa14

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

A **5-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:** `03061483`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1995-05-25
- **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
- BEECH, Irina — director · British · appointed 2020-12-31
- WINKWORTH, Samuel James — director · British · appointed 2026-05-04
- SAINSBURYS CORPORATE DIRECTOR LIMITED — corporate director · appointed 2019-02-15
- FALLOWFIELD, Timothy — secretary · appointed 2018-05-03 · resigned 2019-06-14
- FOO, Julia — secretary · appointed 2019-06-14 · resigned 2021-05-07
- GUTHRIE, Anthony — secretary · appointed 2016-11-23 · resigned 2018-05-03
- HAMILTON, Deborah Pamela — secretary · appointed 2014-09-11 · resigned 2016-11-23
- MCKELVEY, Penelope Ann — secretary · appointed 2013-06-28 · resigned 2014-09-11
- MELVILLE, David Charles — secretary · British · appointed 1995-07-13 · resigned 1998-07-27
- PARKER, Philip Alexander — secretary · British · appointed 2009-05-12 · resigned 2013-06-28
- WILLIS, Michael Haydn Allen — secretary · British · appointed 1998-07-27 · resigned 2009-05-12
- OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1995-06-14 · resigned 1995-07-13
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1995-05-25 · resigned 1995-06-14
- ADAMS, David William — director · British · appointed 2013-03-22 · resigned 2016-06-10
- BENTLEY, Gordon Andrew — director · British · appointed 2013-06-28 · resigned 2016-11-23
- BENTLEY, Gordon Andrew — director · British · appointed 2007-04-23 · resigned 2008-01-10
- BRAZIL, Eugene Gerard — director · British · appointed 1999-05-14 · resigned 2001-07-04
- CATLIN, Claire Louise — director · British · appointed 2019-02-15 · resigned 2019-12-06
- CLARK, Darren Wayne — director · British · appointed 2019-12-06 · resigned 2020-12-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Argos Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/60a18471-14af-47a0-b948-c863ba9aaa14) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-07

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03061483
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03061483

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **FIRST STOP STORES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8b04717-8945-5afe-bd7b-7fbbebaea78d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d8b04717-8945-5afe-bd7b-7fbbebaea78d._

_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"._