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William Grant & Sons Brands Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 22
- David Gregory Upton 2025-2026 View profile
- Andrew Geoghegan 2025-2026 View profile
- SøRen Hagh 2024-2025 View profile
- Vincent Georges Francois Gillet 2022-2024 View profile
- Paul Geoffrey Hancock 2021-2025 View profile
- Giles Robert Bryant Wilson 2020-2024 View profile
- Michael Lamont 2019-2020 View profile
- Helen Gaye Cowing 2019-2019 View profile
- Victor Dragoi 2019-2021 View profile
- Christopher Wesley Mason 2017-2018 View profile
- Gary William Brewer 2017-2022 View profile
- Rita Maria Greenwood 2017-2024 View profile
- Victor Eulogio Jerez 2017-2018 View profile
- Paul Henry Rochford 2017-2021 View profile
- Philip Andrew Gladman 2015-2022 View profile
- Stella Julie David 2014-2016 View profile
- Bryan Traill Thomson 2014-2018 View profile
- Simon John Hunt 2014-2020 View profile
- Jonathan Mark Yusen 2014-2022 View profile
- Colin James Macneill 2014-2014 View profile
- Martin James Mcnair 2014-2014 View profile
- Gregory Justin Bargeton 2017-2020 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 31/01/2014
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 Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- William Grant & Sons Brands 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.
90 other companies in this group
- House of Hazelwood Limited
- Tamside Limited
- Highland Distribution Ventures Limited
- Ailside Removals Limited
- William Grant & Sons Distinction Limited
- The Drambuie Liqueur Company LTD.
- William Grant & Sons Enterprises Limited
- Macallan Property Development Company Limited
- Grissan Riverside Limited
- Edrington Distillers Limited
- George Morton Limited
- Standfast Dominica Limited
- The Macallan Distillers Limited
- SC138004
- Beyside Limited
- Tynetside Limited
- 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 UK Limited
- William Grant & Sons Distillers Limited
- BB&R Spirits Limited
- Grissan Coreside Limited
- William Grant & Sons Pension Trustees LTD
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 for researchers
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.
5 directors on the board
- Graeme Mckinlay Jenkins Director · appointed 2025
- Sophia Marie Haythornthwaite Director · appointed 2026
- Ewan John Henderson Director · appointed 2014
- Douglas John Bagley Director · appointed 2018
- Badrinath Ekkadu Narasimhan Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Ewan John Henderson Director · appointed 2014
- Douglas John Bagley Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- Graeme Mckinlay Jenkins Director · appointed 2025
- Sophia Marie Haythornthwaite Director · appointed 2026
- Ewan John Henderson Director · appointed 2014
- Douglas John Bagley Director · appointed 2018
- Badrinath Ekkadu Narasimhan Director · appointed 2022
Left in the last 12 months
- David Gregory Upton Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
- SøRen Hagh Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- Andrew Geoghegan Director · appointed 2025 · 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
- 08871077
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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