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Bestway Pharmacy NDC Limited

Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods

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

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Previous officers 30

  1. Thorsten Beer 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Katherine Rebecca Jacob 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Sebastian Hobbs 2019-2024 Director View profile
  4. Lynette Gillian Krige 2017-2021 Director View profile
  5. David Allen Hamilton 2017-2018 Director View profile
  6. CWS (NO.1) Limited 2012-2014 Corporate-director View profile
  7. Peter David Batty 2009-2010 Director View profile
  8. Anthony John Smith 2009-2017 Director View profile
  9. Gordon Hillocks Farquhar 2007-2009 Director View profile
  10. John Branson Nuttall 2005-2019 Director View profile
  11. Lindsey Fairbrother 2005-2007 Director View profile
  12. Peter Vincent Marks 2002-2007 Director View profile
  13. Andrew Ralph Wardle 2002-2003 Director View profile
  14. David James Picking 2001-2004 Director View profile
  15. Christopher Howard Gould Thompson 2001-2004 Director View profile
  16. Roger Graham Brown 2001-2003 Director View profile
  17. Chris Barton 2001-2003 Director View profile
  18. Ian Walker 1999-2001 Director View profile
  19. Jennifer Marsha Goldstraw 1998-2000 Director View profile
  20. John Herbert Hine 1998-2001 Director View profile
  21. Stephen David Smith 1998-2003 Director View profile
  22. Philip Anthony Kew 1997-2002 Director View profile
  23. Martin Dudley Beaumont 1997-2002 Director View profile
  24. Philip Robert Jones 1997-2007 Director View profile
  25. Jonathan David Brocklehurst 1996-2009 Director View profile
  26. George Edwin Williams 1992-1996 Director View profile
  27. Gerald Brooks 1998 Director View profile
  28. Caroline Hilton 2014-2018 Secretary View profile
  29. Caroline Jane Sellers 2010-2014 Secretary View profile
  30. Katherine Elizabeth Eldridge 2007-2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods
Incorporated
17/04/1972
Registered office
Manchester
Previous names
The CO-Operative Pharmacy National Distribution Centre Limited (until 24/09/2014)
Sants Pharmaceutical Distributors Limited (until 22/11/2012)
The CO-Operative Pharmacy National Distribution Centre Limited (until 27/07/2012)
Sants Pharmaceutical Distributors Limited (until 20/07/2009)

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. Bestway Pharmacy NDC Limited is controlled by Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited is controlled by Bestway Healthcare Finco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors (trust) · notified 2023-01-23 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Bestway Healthcare Finco Limited is controlled by Bestway Healthcare Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-01-23 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Bestway Healthcare Holdings 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.

2 directors on the board

1.4y median 1.4y
average tenure
1.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

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.

Professional services 33Retail and trade 26Dormant 15Finance 2Tech and media 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01050265
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/03/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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