Company · Hatfield
Ocado Retail Limited
Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Lawrence HeneDirector · since 2026
- Alison Ann DolanDirector · since 2025
- Mathew David AnkersDirector · since 2023
- James Xavier MatthewsDirector · since 2023
- Adam Leslie DobbsDirector · since 2022
- Hannah GibsonDirector · since 2022
- Stuart Barry MachinDirector · since 2019
- Timothy SteinerDirector · since 2000
- Jonathan David WisemanSecretary · since 2021
Previous officers 34
- Jeremy Charles Douglas Townsend 2023-2025 View profile
- Stephen Wayne Daintith 2022-2026 View profile
- Eoin Philip Tonge 2020-2022 View profile
- Niall James Mcbride 2020-2023 View profile
- Melanie Jane Smith 2019-2022 View profile
- Stephen Joseph Rowe 2019-2022 View profile
- Luke Giles William Jensen 2018-2019 View profile
- Duncan Eden Tatton Brown 2012-2022 View profile
- Mark Antony Richardson 2012-2019 View profile
- Michael Robarts 2009-2010 View profile
- Andrew Bracey 2009-2012 View profile
- Patrick Lewis 2009-2010 View profile
- Michael Ian Grade 2006-2010 View profile
- Brian Lynas 2006-2009 View profile
- Alastair Mckay 2005-2008 View profile
- Angela Megson 2004-2006 View profile
- Jorn Rausing 2003-2010 View profile
- David Ernest Young 2000-2010 View profile
- Steven Derek Esom 2000-2004 View profile
- Sir Andrew Charles Mayfield 2000-2005 View profile
- Jacqueline Marie Edwards 2000-2001 View profile
- Clayton, Tom, Doctor 2000-2010 View profile
- Jeremy John Frampton 2000-2010 View profile
- Nigel Robertson 2000-2003 View profile
- Roger Whiteside 2000-2003 View profile
- Robert James Alexander Gorrie 2000-2010 View profile
- Jonathan Moss Faiman 2000-2010 View profile
- Jeanette Margaret Gregson 1999-2000 View profile
- Carolyn Louise Bane 2019-2020 View profile
- Robert Mcneill Cooper 2010-2019 View profile
- Anya Catherine Calcott 2003-2005 View profile
- Neill Abrams 2000-2019 View profile
- Jason Mark Conrad Gissing 2000-2014 View profile
- Pailex Corporate Services Limited 1999-2000 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
- 11/11/1999
- Registered office
- Hatfield
- Previous names
- Ocado Limited (until 16/06/2014)
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- Ocado Holdings Limited
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Marks and Spencer Holdings Limited
25-50% shares · notified 2019-08-05 - Ocado Holdings Limited ceased 2023-12-18
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Ocado Retail Limited
is controlled by Ocado Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Ocado Holdings Limited
is controlled by Ocado Group PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Ocado Group PLC.
22 other companies in this group
- Ocado Operating Limited
- Ocado Ventures (Oxbotica) Limited
- Speciality Stores Limited
- Last Mile Technology Limited
- Ocado Ventures (Karakuri) Limited
- Ocado Ventures (Inkbit) Limited
- 13007767
- Ocado Intelligent Automation Limited
- Ocado Ventures (JFC) Limited
- Ocado Holdings Limited
- Ocado Central Services Limited
- Ocado Innovation Limited
- MHE Jvco Limited
- Ocado Solutions Limited
- Ocado Ventures (Wayve) Limited
- Next Beauty Limited
- Ocado Ventures (80 Acres) Limited
- Paws & Purrs LTD
- 12996937
- Ocado Ventures Holdings Limited
- Ocado Ventures (Myrmex) Limited
- Ocado Group PLC
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.
Grants received
3 grants · £112,964 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £87,189 (2 grants)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £25,775
Most recent
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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.
8 directors on the board
- Stuart Barry Machin Director · appointed 2019
- Hannah Gibson Director · appointed 2022
- Mathew David Ankers Director · appointed 2023
- Alison Ann Dolan Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Lawrence Hene Director · appointed 2026
- Timothy Steiner Director · appointed 2000
- James Xavier Matthews Director · appointed 2023
- Adam Leslie Dobbs Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Stuart Barry Machin Director · appointed 2019
- Timothy Steiner Director · appointed 2000
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Hannah Gibson Director · appointed 2022
- Mathew David Ankers Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (6)
- Stuart Barry Machin Director · appointed 2019
- Alison Ann Dolan Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Lawrence Hene Director · appointed 2026
- Timothy Steiner Director · appointed 2000
- James Xavier Matthews Director · appointed 2023
- Adam Leslie Dobbs Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Stephen Wayne Daintith 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03875000
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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