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William Grant & Sons UK Limited
Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 44
- Badrinath Ekkadu Narasimhan 2022-2025 View profile
- Jonathan Mark Yusen 2021-2022 View profile
- Mark Christopher Woolley 2021-2025 View profile
- Matthew James Billinghurst 2019-2021 View profile
- Gary Michael James Keogh 2019-2021 View profile
- Kieran Gerard Phelan 2019-2021 View profile
- William Douglas Laing 2019-2021 View profile
- James John Taylor 2018-2021 View profile
- Iain David Short 2017-2018 View profile
- Rita Maria Greenwood 2016-2021 View profile
- Paul Geoffrey Hancock 2013-2017 View profile
- Simon John Hunt 2013-2016 View profile
- Paul Henry Rochford 2013-2021 View profile
- Jeremy Sunder Ede 2013-2014 View profile
- Craig Alexander Martin 2011-2014 View profile
- Alan Stewart Frame 2009-2013 View profile
- Susan Pamela Dunn 2007-2011 View profile
- Christopher Wesley Mason 2006-2018 View profile
- Gordon Norman Alan Dron 2006-2013 View profile
- Simon Peter Macdonald 2005-2006 View profile
- John Edward Beard 2004-2006 View profile
- Alexander Brian Cooper Short 2004-2005 View profile
- Timothy Ado Carton 2003-2007 View profile
- Patrick Albaladejo 2002-2003 View profile
- Michael Hans Stephen Corbyn Herbert 2001-2002 View profile
- Paul Bernard Dollman 2000-2002 View profile
- Stella Julie David 1999-2004 View profile
- Michael Lamont 1998-2000 View profile
- Anthony Leonard Hunt 1998-2005 View profile
- Brian Michael Hibbert 1995-2006 View profile
- Simon Francis Gould 1994-1999 View profile
- Christopher John Mackenzie Searle 1993-2006 View profile
- Eric Anthony Barton 1991-1993 View profile
- Bernard Louis Teltscher 1995 View profile
- Balduccio De Nardis Di Prata 1995 View profile
- Francisco Javier Ferran Larraz 1995 View profile
- Karen Louise Forbes 2017-2019 View profile
- Christie Elizabeth Mccluskey 2016-2017 View profile
- William John Payne 2012-2016 View profile
- Andrew Stuart Mclean 2006-2012 View profile
- Adrian Paul Devlin 2002-2006 View profile
- Leslie Brewer 1998-2001 View profile
- Peter Charles Favier 1991-1991 View profile
- Malcolm John Himat 1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages
- Incorporated
- 19/08/1988
- Registered office
- Hook
- Previous names
- First Drinks Brands Limited (until 08/07/2014)
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.
- William Grant & Sons Investments Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- William Grant & Sons UK Limited
is controlled by William Grant & Sons Investments Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - William Grant & Sons Investments Limited
is controlled by William Grant & Sons Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - William Grant & Sons Limited
is controlled by William Grant & Sons Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-12-31 · source: Companies House PSC register - William Grant & Sons Holdings Limited
is controlled by Peter Grant Gordon
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2023-10-26 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Peter Grant Gordon.
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- William Grant & Sons Enterprises Limited
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- SC138004
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- Edrington European Travel Retail Limited
- William Grant & Sons Commercial Limited
- William Grant & Sons Investments Limited
- Glow Fuels Limited
- Bellshill Lark (Number 18) Limited
- The Glenfiddich Distillery Company Limited
- Highland Distribution Netherlands Limited
- Grissan Portside Limited
- Blairside Limited
- Grissan Engineering & Technical Services Limited
- Highland Distribution Holdings Limited
- William Grant & Sons Scottish Limited Partnership
- The Famous Grouse Limited
- William Grant & Sons General Partner Limited
- 04295734
- William Grant & Sons Holdings Limited
- Quality Spirits International Limited
- Bellshill Lark (Number 21) Limited
- William Grant & Sons International Limited
- Drambuie Limited
- The Glenrothes Distillery Company Limited
- Greenhills 2 Limited
- SC628532
- Matthew Gloag & SON Limited
- Greenhills 1 Limited
- Bellshill Lark (Number 3) Limited
- Highland Distillers Group Limited
- Grissan Renewable Energy Limited
- William Grant & Sons Ventures Limited
- William Grant & Sons Distillers Limited
- BB&R Spirits Limited
- Grissan Coreside Limited
- William Grant & Sons Pension Trustees LTD
- 04417792
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
- Alexander John Davies Director · appointed 2025
- Neil Peter Barker Director · appointed 2017
- Ewan John Henderson Director · appointed 2021
4.9y median 4.5y
average tenure
8.8y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Neil Peter Barker Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Alexander John Davies Director · appointed 2025
- Neil Peter Barker Director · appointed 2017
- Ewan John Henderson Director · appointed 2021
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 14Manufacturing 10Retail and trade 4Utilities 2Business services 1Finance 1Health and social care 1
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
- 02288241
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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