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Company · Bradford

Safeway Stores Limited

Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 55

  1. David John Lepley 2020-2024 Director View profile
  2. Gary William Mills 2016-2020 Director View profile
  3. Gordon Peter Mowat 2014-2015 Director View profile
  4. Mark Harrison 2012-2016 Director View profile
  5. Trevor John Strain 2009-2019 Director View profile
  6. Richard Lancaster 2009-2012 Director View profile
  7. Terrance Hartwell 2009-2014 Director View profile
  8. Charles Martyn Jones 2009-2010 Director View profile
  9. Niall Addison 2009-2015 Director View profile
  10. Gregory Joseph Mcmahon 2009-2013 Director View profile
  11. Richard John Pennycook 2006-2013 Director View profile
  12. Roger Anthony Owen 2004-2009 Director View profile
  13. Martin Ackroyd 2004-2005 Director View profile
  14. Mark Gunter 2004-2011 Director View profile
  15. Marie Margaret Melnyk 2004-2006 Director View profile
  16. David Robert Hutchinson 2004-2007 Director View profile
  17. Robert Winston Stott 2004-2006 Director View profile
  18. Mark Terence Aylwin 2002-2005 Director View profile
  19. John Patrick Durkan 2002-2004 Director View profile
  20. Fernando Garcia Valencia 2002-2004 Director View profile
  21. Richard Phillip Francis 2001-2004 Director View profile
  22. Stephen John Webb 2001-2004 Director View profile
  23. Jonathan Owen Davies 2001-2004 Director View profile
  24. Fiona Jane Bailey 2001-2004 Director View profile
  25. Jack Loudon Sinclair 2001-2004 Director View profile
  26. Karen Bray 2001-2003 Director View profile
  27. James Alfred White 2001-2004 Director View profile
  28. James Maclachlan 2001-2003 Director View profile
  29. David Gordon Comyn Webster 2000-2004 Director View profile
  30. Carlos Maria Criado Perez Trefault 1999-2004 Director View profile
  31. Roger Charles Ramsden 1997-2001 Director View profile
  32. Robert George Beattie Charters 1996-1998 Director View profile
  33. Ian Ellis Fraser 1996-1999 Director View profile
  34. Simon Timothy Laffin 1994-2004 Director View profile
  35. Richard Glynne Williams 1994-2004 Director View profile
  36. Andrew Richard Morris 1994-1999 Director View profile
  37. Roger Evans Partington 1994-1999 Director View profile
  38. Sydney Herbert Marsden Brown 1993 Director View profile
  39. Charles Sharpe Lawrie 1994 Director View profile
  40. Michael Winch 2000 Director View profile
  41. Frederick Nairn Glen 1994 Director View profile
  42. Paul Anthony Frendo 1994 Director View profile
  43. Thomas Gartland 1993 Director View profile
  44. Lawrence Christensen 2004 Director View profile
  45. Patrick Oliver Kieran 1995 Director View profile
  46. Gordon Wotherspoon 2000 Director View profile
  47. Matthew Logan Taylor 1995 Director View profile
  48. Colin Deverell Smith 1999 Director View profile
  49. Dr David John Howard Huber 1997 Director View profile
  50. Sir Matthew Alistair Grant 1993 Director View profile
  51. David Bernard Bootle 1994 Director View profile
  52. Mark Rowan Amsden 2013-2017 Secretary View profile
  53. Hazel Jones 2009-2015 Secretary View profile
  54. Dr David Wilson 2001-2004 Secretary View profile
  55. John Patrick Kinch 2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Incorporated
15/01/1963
Registered office
Bradford

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. Safeway Stores Limited is controlled by Stores Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Stores Group Limited is controlled by Safeway Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Safeway Limited is controlled by WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited is controlled by Market Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-10-27 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Market Bidco Limited is controlled by Market Holdco 3 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-07-29 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Market Holdco 3 Limited is controlled by Market Holdco 2 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-07-29 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. Market Holdco 2 Limited is controlled by Market Holdco 1 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2021-07-29 · source: Companies House PSC register
  8. Market Holdco 1 Limited is controlled by Market Topco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-07-29 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Market Topco Limited.

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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.

3 directors on the board

13.9y median 15y
average tenure
22.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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.

Business services 36Professional services 34Finance 29Construction 16Retail and trade 11Manufacturing 5Other services 4Property 4

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

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00746956
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/07/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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