Dairy Crest UK

About

Dairy Crest UK Limited is the intermediate holding company inside the Dairy Crest group, registered in England as company 06679840 since 22 August 2008 at 5 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0NY, still active and filing under SIC 82990, other business support service activities.^[1] Companies House records it as the sole person with significant control of Dairy Crest Limited, which trades as Saputo Dairy UK, holding 75 % or more of that company's shares since 6 April 2016.^[2] Its own sole person with significant control, notified on the same date and on the same terms, is Dairy Crest Group Limited, company 03162897, the former Dairy Crest Group plc.^[3]

Above Dairy Crest Group Limited the register names Saputo Dairy UK Ltd, company 11834952, as its controlling shareholder, notified on 15 April 2019, the day the Canadian group Saputo Inc. completed its £975 million acquisition of the then listed Dairy Crest Group plc; Saputo renamed the trading business Saputo Dairy UK that July.^[4][5] Saputo Dairy UK Ltd itself files an active statement that it knows of no registrable person or relevant legal entity, notified 19 February 2019, so no British filing puts Saputo Inc. above the chain and the ultimate ownership row here is derived from that sequence rather than read from one register entry.^[6] On 14 August 2026 Saputo announced a definitive agreement to sell its Dairy Division (UK), five manufacturing sites together with the Cathedral City, Wensleydale, Davidstow, Clover and Country Life brands, to B.S.A. SAS (Lactalis) at an enterprise value of about £988 million, with closing expected by the end of the first quarter of calendar 2027 and subject to customary conditions including regulatory approvals.^[7][8] That announcement describes the division and its brands rather than the individual holding companies, and Companies House still showed the Saputo chain unchanged on 14 September 2026, so both ownership rows stand as recorded until completion.^[3]

Relations

• Owned by Dairy Crest Group since 2016-04-06^[3] sourced
  Direct shareholder as registered: Companies House records Dairy Crest Group Limited (03162897) as the only person with significant control of this company, holding 75 % or more of the shares, notified 6 April 2016. The ultimate parent is carried on the row below.
• Inferred: Owned by Saputo Inc. since 2019-04-15^[5] derived
  Ultimate parent, computed up the register chain rather than read from one filing: Dairy Crest Group Limited (03162897) is held by Saputo Dairy UK Ltd (11834952), whose own entry carries an active statement that it knows of no registrable person, so no British filing names Saputo Inc. above this chain. Saputo Inc. completed its GBP 975 million acquisition of the then listed Dairy Crest Group plc on 15 April 2019. Under notice: on 14 August 2026 Saputo entered a definitive agreement with B.S.A. SAS (Lactalis) to sell its Dairy Division (UK), which contains this company, at an enterprise value of about GBP 988 million, closing expected by the end of the first quarter of calendar 2027 subject to regulatory approvals, per ^uksale and ^prsale; this row takes an until date and a new owner only once that sale completes.

Referenced by

• Group includes Saputo Dairy UK since 2016-04-06 sourced
  Companies House records Dairy Crest UK Limited (06679840) as the only person with significant control, holding 75 % or more of the shares, notified 6 April 2016. Above it the chain runs to Dairy Crest Group Limited (03162897) and Saputo Dairy UK Ltd (11834952), each recorded on its own page.

Also known as

• Dairy Crest UK Limited en-GB

References

1. ↑ Companies House: DAIRY CREST UK LIMITED, company 06679840 Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 06679840.
2. ↑ Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST LIMITED Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 02085882.
3. ↑ Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST UK LIMITED Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 06679840.
4. ↑ Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST GROUP LIMITED Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 03162897.
5. ↑ Saputo Dairy UK Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-14. cc-by-sa-4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
6. ↑ Companies House: persons with significant control, SAPUTO DAIRY UK LTD Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 11834952.
7. ↑ Saputo Enters Agreement to Sell its United Kingdom Operations Saputo Inc.. manufacturer. Published 2026-08-14. Accessed 2026-09-14.
8. ↑ Saputo Enters Agreement to Sell its United Kingdom Operations GlobeNewswire. publication. Published 2026-08-14. Accessed 2026-09-14. Upstream: Saputo Inc..