Dairy Crest Group: version 1

Saved 2026-09-14 15:43 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by review: Rebuilt the group parent from sources about Saputo Inc. itself. Identity gained legal_name Saputo Inc., register_ids CA-CC:283373-5, CA-BN:134635473RC0001 and LEI:549300HH4U1DPY0TBT90, and founded 195. Current is v2.

Changes from v1 to current

1	1		# Dairy Crest Group <!--company-->
2	2
3	3		## Identity <!--identity-->
4	4		name: Dairy Crest Group
5	5		disambiguation: British holding company of the Dairy Crest group, formerly the listed Dairy Crest Group plc
6	6		legal_name: Dairy Crest Group Limited
7	7		country: GB
8	8		register_ids: GB-CH:03162897
9	9		founded: 1996-02-22
10	10		<!--/identity-->
11	11
12	12		## Relations <!--relations-->
13	13		\| role \| target \| market \| from \| until \| ended \| status \| source \| note \|
14	14		\| -------- \| --------------------------- \| ------ \| ---------- \| ----- \| ----- \| ------- \| --------- \| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \|
15	15		\| owned_by \| company/saputo-dairy-uk-ltd \| global \| 2019-04-15 \| \| \| sourced \| ^chdcgpsc \| Companies House records Saputo Dairy UK Ltd (11834952) as the only person with significant control, holding 75 % or more of the shares, notified 15 April 2019. \|
16	16		<!--/relations-->
17	17
18	18		## Aliases <!--aliases-->
19	19		\| name \| type \| locale \| from \| until \|
20	20		\| ------------------------- \| ----- \| ------ \| ---------- \| ---------- \|
21	21		\| Dairy Crest Group Limited \| legal \| en-GB \| 2019-04-25 \| \|
22	22		\| Dairy Crest Group plc \| legal \| en-GB \| 1996-06-24 \| 2019-04-25 \|
23	23		\| Fennelvale Limited \| legal \| en-GB \| 1996-02-22 \| 1996-06-24 \|
24	24		<!--/aliases-->
25	25
	26	+	## Meta <!--meta-->
	27	+	title: Dairy Crest Group (Dairy Crest Group Limited)
	28	+	description: Holding company at the top of the Dairy Crest chain, registered in England as company 03162897, held by Saputo Dairy UK Ltd since 2019 and inside the UK dairy division Saputo agreed in August 2026 to sell to Lactalis.
	29	+	<!--/meta-->
	30	+
26	31		## References <!--references-->
27		−	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
28		−	\| ---------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------- \| --------------- \| ----------- \| --------- \| --------- \| ------- \| ------------ \| ---------------------- \| -------- \|
29		−	\| chdcg \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03162897 \| Companies House: DAIRY CREST GROUP LIMITED, company 03162897 \| 2026-09-14 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 03162897 \| \| \| \| \|
30		−	\| wikisaputo \| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saputo_Inc. \| Saputo Inc. \| 2026-09-14 \| Wikipedia \| publication \| \| \| \| cc-by-sa-4.0 \| Wikipedia contributors \| \|
31		−	\| chdcgpsc \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03162897/persons-with-significant-control \| Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST GROUP LIMITED \| 2026-09-14 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 03162897 \| \| \| \| \|
	32	+	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
	33	+	\| ---------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------- \| --------------- \| ----------- \| ---------- \| --------- \| ------- \| ------------ \| ---------------------- \| ----------- \|
	34	+	\| chdcg \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03162897 \| Companies House: DAIRY CREST GROUP LIMITED, company 03162897 \| 2026-09-14 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 03162897 \| \| \| \| \|
	35	+	\| chdcgpsc \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03162897/persons-with-significant-control \| Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST GROUP LIMITED \| 2026-09-14 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 03162897 \| \| \| \| \|
	36	+	\| prsale \| https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/14/3345243/0/en/saputo-enters-agreement-to-sell-its-united-kingdom-operations.html \| Saputo Enters Agreement to Sell its United Kingdom Operations \| 2026-09-14 \| GlobeNewswire \| publication \| 2026-08-14 \| \| \| \| \| Saputo Inc. \|
	37	+	\| wikisaputo \| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saputo_Inc. \| Saputo Inc. \| 2026-09-14 \| Wikipedia \| publication \| \| \| \| cc-by-sa-4.0 \| Wikipedia contributors \| \|
32	38		<!--/references-->
33	39
34	40		## About <!--about-->
35	41		Dairy Crest Group Limited is the British holding company at the top of the Dairy Crest chain, registered in England as company 03162897 on 22 February 1996 as Fennelvale Limited, renamed Dairy Crest Group plc on 24 June 1996 for its stock market listing and re-registered as a private limited company under its present name on 25 April 2019, ten days after Saputo Inc. completed its acquisition of the group.[^chdcg][^wikisaputo] Its registered office is 5 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0NY and it files under the SIC codes for butter and cheese production, margarine and edible fats, and oils and fats.[^chdcg] Companies House records Saputo Dairy UK Ltd (11834952) as its only person with significant control since 15 April 2019.[^chdcgpsc]
	42	+
	43	+	On 14 August 2026 Saputo Inc. announced a definitive agreement with B.S.A. SAS (Lactalis) to sell its Dairy Division (UK), five manufacturing facilities together with the Cathedral City, Wensleydale, Davidstow, Clover and Country Life brands, at an enterprise value of about GBP 988 million, with closing expected by the end of the first quarter of calendar 2027 subject to customary conditions including regulatory approvals; the division generated about USD 1.2 billion of revenue over the preceding four quarters, roughly 7 % of Saputo's consolidated revenues.[^prsale] Dairy Crest Group Limited is the group holding company inside the business being sold, so the announcement bears on its ownership, but it names the division and its brands rather than the individual companies, and Companies House still showed the Saputo chain unchanged on 14 September 2026, so the ownership relation above stands as registered until completion.[^chdcgpsc]
36	44		<!--/about-->

Source of v1

# Dairy Crest Group <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Dairy Crest Group
disambiguation: British holding company of the Dairy Crest group, formerly the listed Dairy Crest Group plc
legal_name: Dairy Crest Group Limited
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:03162897
founded: 1996-02-22
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                      | market | from       | until | ended | status  | source    | note                                                                                                                                                            |
| -------- | --------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/saputo-dairy-uk-ltd | global | 2019-04-15 |       |       | sourced | ^chdcgpsc | Companies House records Saputo Dairy UK Ltd (11834952) as the only person with significant control, holding 75 % or more of the shares, notified 15 April 2019. |
<!--/relations-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                      | type  | locale | from       | until      |
| ------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Dairy Crest Group Limited | legal | en-GB  | 2019-04-25 |            |
| Dairy Crest Group plc     | legal | en-GB  | 1996-06-24 | 2019-04-25 |
| Fennelvale Limited        | legal | en-GB  | 1996-02-22 | 1996-06-24 |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref        | url                                                                                                          | title                                                                        | accessed   | publisher       | kind        | published | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| chdcg      | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03162897                                  | Companies House: DAIRY CREST GROUP LIMITED, company 03162897                 | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry    |           | 03162897  |         |              |                        |          |
| wikisaputo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saputo_Inc.                                                                    | Saputo Inc.                                                                  | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia       | publication |           |           |         | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
| chdcgpsc   | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03162897/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST GROUP LIMITED | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry    |           | 03162897  |         |              |                        |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Dairy Crest Group Limited is the British holding company at the top of the Dairy Crest chain, registered in England as company 03162897 on 22 February 1996 as Fennelvale Limited, renamed Dairy Crest Group plc on 24 June 1996 for its stock market listing and re-registered as a private limited company under its present name on 25 April 2019, ten days after Saputo Inc. completed its acquisition of the group.[^chdcg][^wikisaputo] Its registered office is 5 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0NY and it files under the SIC codes for butter and cheese production, margarine and edible fats, and oils and fats.[^chdcg] Companies House records Saputo Dairy UK Ltd (11834952) as its only person with significant control since 15 April 2019.[^chdcgpsc]
<!--/about-->