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Westminster Tobacco Company Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 40

  1. Gregory Aris 2021-2022 Director View profile
  2. Noelle Colfer 2017-2020 Director View profile
  3. Carola Wiegand 2015-2022 Director View profile
  4. Fiona Buckley 2013-2017 Director View profile
  5. Steven Glyn Dale 2011-2015 Director View profile
  6. Richard Cordeschi 2009-2013 Director View profile
  7. Nicola Snook 2006-2011 Director View profile
  8. Alan Fraser Porter 2002-2006 Director View profile
  9. Charl Erasmus Steyn 2002-2011 Director View profile
  10. Robert James Casey 2002-2011 Director View profile
  11. Christopher David Powell 2002-2004 Director View profile
  12. Aileen Elizabeth Mcdonald 2001-2002 Director View profile
  13. Michael Lee Hendershot 2000-2002 Director View profile
  14. Donald Neil Fred Salter 2000-2002 Director View profile
  15. Mark Anthony Oliver 2000-2002 Director View profile
  16. Michael Charles Terrell Prideaux 1999-2000 Director View profile
  17. John Nolan Jewell 1999-2000 Director View profile
  18. Stuart Philip Chalfen 1999-2000 Director View profile
  19. Charles Richard Green 1999-2000 Director View profile
  20. Philip Michael Cook 1997-2000 Director View profile
  21. Bernd Schweitzer 1997-1999 Director View profile
  22. David George Stevens 1997-2000 Director View profile
  23. Earl Eugene Kohnhorst 1997-1999 Director View profile
  24. Ulrich Georg Volker Herter 1997-2000 Director View profile
  25. Anthony Cameron Johnston 1994-1999 Director View profile
  26. Donald Stuart Watterton 1995 Director View profile
  27. Keith Silvester Dunt 2000 Director View profile
  28. Richard Stuart Hartley 1994 Director View profile
  29. Barry David Bramley 1996 Director View profile
  30. Jimmi Rembiszewski 2000 Director View profile
  31. Nicholas George Brookes 1993 Director View profile
  32. Norman Davis 1996 Director View profile
  33. Paul Nicholas Adams 2000 Director View profile
  34. Richard Henry Pilbeam 1996 Director View profile
  35. Shital Mehta 2022-2024 Secretary View profile
  36. Peter Mccormack 2021-2021 Secretary View profile
  37. Ann Elizabeth Griffiths 2015-2017 Secretary View profile
  38. Sallie Ellis 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  39. Murray Gilliland Charles Anderson 2000-2008 Secretary View profile
  40. Peter Lampard Clarke 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
06/01/1910

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Westminster Tobacco Company Limited is controlled by British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited is controlled by British-American Tobacco (Holdings) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. British-American Tobacco (Holdings) Limited is controlled by B.A.T Industries P.L.C.
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. B.A.T Industries P.L.C. is controlled by Weston (2009) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Weston (2009) Limited is controlled by British American Tobacco (2009) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors (firm), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. British American Tobacco (2009) Limited is controlled by British American Tobacco (2012) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. British American Tobacco (2012) Limited is controlled by British American Tobacco (1998) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  8. British American Tobacco (1998) Limited is controlled by British American Tobacco P.L.C.
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by British American Tobacco P.L.C..

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

1 directors on the board

4.1y median 4.1y
average tenure
4.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months
1
corporate seats

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 13Retail and trade 2

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00106879
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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