Company
Bells Stores Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 34
- Brett William Norman 2022-2026 View profile
- Philip Gallier 2019-2022 View profile
- Martyn Stephen Burke 2019-2019 View profile
- Duncan John Cooper 2018-2019 View profile
- Edward Peter Barker 2012-2018 View profile
- Richard Alexander Fleming 2010-2012 View profile
- Lawrence Richard Christensen 2006-2008 View profile
- Jonathan Robert Lawson 2006-2006 View profile
- Nicholas Roger Hateley 2005-2006 View profile
- David Evison 2005-2010 View profile
- John Angus Mclaren Oughtred 2005-2008 View profile
- Philip Davis 2005-2007 View profile
- James John Mccarthy 2004-2006 View profile
- Nicholas David Jones 2004-2004 View profile
- Nicholas Paul Michael Angelo Mills Hicks 2004-2004 View profile
- Marcus Leek 2002-2005 View profile
- Richard John Keenlyside 2002-2005 View profile
- Michael Trevor Walker 2001-2007 View profile
- Richard Collins 2000-2002 View profile
- Sheila Irene Gibbin 1998-2001 View profile
- Steven Fraser Brown 1997-2001 View profile
- John Alexander Knowles 1997-2000 View profile
- Duncan Seath Millar 1997-2001 View profile
- Simon Jonathan Henry Still 1996-2003 View profile
- Dean Coates 1994-2000 View profile
- Leslie Bell 2004 View profile
- Alan Geoffrey Sawyer 1991 View profile
- Steven Andrew Bell 2005 View profile
- Julia Foo 2019-2021 View profile
- Timothy Fallowfield 2018-2019 View profile
- Anthony Guthrie 2016-2018 View profile
- Philip William Davies 2012-2014 View profile
- Hazel Debra Jarvis 2004-2016 View profile
- David Harry Graham 1994-2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 30/01/1980
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.
- Sainsbury's Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-08-28 - J Sainsbury PLC ceased 2025-08-28
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-10-26
Group
- Bells Stores Limited
is controlled by Sainsbury's Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-08-28 · source: Companies House PSC register - Sainsbury's Holdings Limited
is controlled by J Sainsbury PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-07-07 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by J Sainsbury PLC.
78 other companies in this group
- Nectar Loyalty Holding Limited
- Cornerford Limited
- Sainsbury's Tyne Property Holdings Limited
- J Sainsbury Pension Scheme Trustees Limited
- Sainsbury's Heather GP Limited
- Sainsbury's Convenience Stores Limited
- Sainsbury's Property Scottish Limited Partnership
- Harvest Nominee NO. 1 Limited
- Sainsbury's Corporate Secretary Limited
- 07111248
- Sainsbury's Group Holdings Limited
- Sainsbury Propco D Limited
- JSD (London) Limited
- SC492773
- 07943813
- Coolidge Investments Limited
- Harvest Development Management Limited
- Hall Street Regen Limited
- Barleygold Limited
- Avenell Property Limited
- Jacksons Stores Limited
- Harvest GP Limited
- Sainsbury Holdco A Limited
- Blssp (PHC 7) Limited
- Sainsbury's Planet Limited
- Sainsbury's Financial Services Limited
- Sainsbury Propco C Limited
- Holborn UK Investments Limited
- Sainsbury's Manor Property Limited
- Ramheath Properties Limited
- Nectar 360 Limited
- Sainsbury's SL Limited
- Stamford Properties TWO Limited
- Harvest Nominee NO. 2 Limited
- Sainsbury Property Investments Limited
- Portfolio Investments LTD
- Nash Court (Kenton) Limited
- Smartcharge Limited
- Stamford House Investments Limited
- S.W. Dewsbury Limited
- J Sainsbury Distribution Limited
- Sainsbury's Supermarkets LTD
- Nectar 360 Services LLP
- Sainsbury Propco B Limited
- Sainsbury Bridgeco Holdco Limited
- 07111226
- Stockdale Land (Bicester) Limited
- 07111228
- JS Information Systems Limited
- Sainsbury's Holdings Limited
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
- Martyn Edward Childs Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Brett William Norman Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- 01476345
- 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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