Company
BEN Nevis Distillery (Fort William) Limited
BEN Nevis Distillery (Fort William) Limited is an active UK company (number SC022667), incorporated 1944, with 2 current directors, Hisayoshi Sugawara and Soichiro Harada. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 17
- Pauline Ogilvie 2021-2023 View profile
- James Taylor Robertson 2019-2021 View profile
- Yoshisuke Motojima 2017-2022 View profile
- Tetsuji Hisamitsu 2016-2019 View profile
- Eishi Yamamoto 2010-2017 View profile
- Taketoshi Kishimoto 2009-2016 View profile
- Hiroaki Yamaji 2005-2009 View profile
- Tadashi Sugiura 2003-2005 View profile
- Masahiro Uno 2001-2005 View profile
- Hiroshi Yamashita 2000-2013 View profile
- Tatsushiro Takahashi 2000-2001 View profile
- Nobuo Hara 1989-1993 View profile
- Alexander Walter Ross 1989-2019 View profile
- Takeshi Taketsuro 2000 View profile
- Koichi Nishikawa 2005-2009 View profile
- Tadashi Sakuma 1996-2001 View profile
- Naofumi Kamiguchi 1993-1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 05/02/1944
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.
- Demball Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- BEN Nevis Distillery (Fort William) Limited
is controlled by Demball Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Demball 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
- Soichiro Harada Director · appointed 2001
- Hisayoshi Sugawara Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Soichiro Harada Director · appointed 2001
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Soichiro Harada Director · appointed 2001
Portfolio (1)
- Hisayoshi Sugawara Director · appointed 2022
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
- SC022667
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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