Dairy Crest UK: version 2
Saved 2026-09-14 15:45 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled the flagged ownership defect and the missing 2026 news. The single Relations row no longer jumps to company/saputo-inc: it now targets company/dairy-crest-group, the entity the Companies House PSC record for 06679840 actually names (Dairy Crest Group Limited, 03162897, ownership of shares 75 % or more, notified 6 April 2016), so its status moves from derived to sourced, its from date from 2019-04-15 to 2016-04-06 and its source from ^wiki to ^chdcukpsc; the note keeps the upward chain (Saputo Dairy UK Ltd 11834952, then Saputo Inc. from 15 April 2019) as context rather than as a relation target. Added two References rows: chdcgpsc (Companies House PSC for DAIRY CREST GROUP LIMITED 03162897, which I fetched and which shows Saputo Dairy UK Limited notified 15 April 2019) and prsale (Saputo's 14 August 2026 GlobeNewswire release). About is now two paragraphs: the lede keeps every original identity and control fact, re-verified today against the live Companies House overview (still active, same registered office, same SIC 82990, incorporated 22 August 2008) and both PSC records, while the second paragraph carries the ownership chain above the group and the newly sourced fact the page lacked, Saputo's definitive agreement to sell its Dairy Division (UK), five plants plus Cathedral City, Wensleydale, Davidstow, Clover and Country Life, to B.S.A. SAS (Lactalis) at an enterprise value of about GBP 988 million, closing expected by the end of Q1 calendar 2027 subject to regulatory approvals. Added a Meta title and description; Identity and Aliases are unchanged and no fact was removed. Unresolved: the press release names the division and its brands, not the individual holding companies, so nothing yet states which legal entity will change hands or when; Companies House shows the Saputo chain unchanged as of today and the relation row is left as registered, to be revisited after closing.. Current is v3.
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| 1 | 1 | # Dairy Crest UK <!--company--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: Dairy Crest UK | |
| 5 | 5 | disambiguation: intermediate holding company of Dairy Crest Limited | |
| 6 | 6 | legal_name: Dairy Crest UK Limited | |
| 7 | 7 | country: GB | |
| 8 | 8 | register_ids: GB-CH:06679840 | |
| 9 | 9 | founded: 2008-08-22 | |
| 10 | 10 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 13 | − | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 14 | − | | -------- | ------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | |
| 15 | − | | owned_by | company/dairy-crest-group | global | 2016-04-06 | | | sourced | ^chdcukpsc | 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. Above it the chain runs to Saputo Dairy UK Ltd (11834952) and then to Saputo Inc. from 15 April 2019. | | |
| 13 | + | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 14 | + | | -------- | ------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 15 | + | | owned_by | company/dairy-crest-group | global | 2016-04-06 | | | sourced | ^chdcukpsc | 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. | | |
| 16 | + | | owned_by | company/saputo-inc | global | 2019-04-15 | | | derived | ^wiki | 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. | | |
| 16 | 17 | <!--/relations--> | |
| 17 | 18 | ||
| 18 | 19 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 19 | 20 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 20 | 21 | | ---------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 21 | 22 | | Dairy Crest UK Limited | legal | en-GB | | | | |
| 22 | 23 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 23 | 24 | ||
| 24 | 25 | ## Meta <!--meta--> | |
| 25 | 26 | title: Dairy Crest UK (Dairy Crest UK Limited) | |
| 26 | − | description: Intermediate holding company in the Dairy Crest group, registered in England as company 06679840, sole shareholder of Dairy Crest Limited (Saputo Dairy UK) and itself held by Dairy Crest Group Limited. | |
| 27 | + | description: Intermediate holding company in the Dairy Crest group, registered in England as company 06679840, sole shareholder of Dairy Crest Limited (Saputo Dairy UK), held by Dairy Crest Group Limited and ultimately by Saputo Inc., whose UK dairy division was agreed for sale to Lactalis in August 2026. | |
| 27 | 28 | <!--/meta--> | |
| 28 | 29 | ||
| 29 | 30 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 30 | − | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 31 | − | | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | ----------- | | |
| 32 | − | | wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saputo_Dairy_UK | Saputo Dairy UK | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | | | |
| 33 | − | | chpsc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02085882/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST LIMITED | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 02085882 | | | | | | |
| 34 | − | | chdcuk | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06679840 | Companies House: DAIRY CREST UK LIMITED, company 06679840 | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 06679840 | | | | | | |
| 35 | − | | chdcukpsc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06679840/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST UK LIMITED | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 06679840 | | | | | | |
| 36 | − | | 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 | | | | | | |
| 37 | − | | 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. | | |
| 31 | + | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 32 | + | | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | ----------- | | |
| 33 | + | | wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saputo_Dairy_UK | Saputo Dairy UK | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | | | |
| 34 | + | | chpsc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02085882/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST LIMITED | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 02085882 | | | | | | |
| 35 | + | | chdcuk | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06679840 | Companies House: DAIRY CREST UK LIMITED, company 06679840 | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 06679840 | | | | | | |
| 36 | + | | chdcukpsc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06679840/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST UK LIMITED | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 06679840 | | | | | | |
| 37 | + | | 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 | | | | | | |
| 38 | + | | chsdukpsc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11834952/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control, SAPUTO DAIRY UK LTD | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 11834952 | | | | | | |
| 39 | + | | uksale | https://uk.saputo.com/en/news/saputo-enters-agreement-to-sell-its-united-kingdom-operations | Saputo Enters Agreement to Sell its United Kingdom Operations | 2026-09-14 | Saputo Inc. | manufacturer | 2026-08-14 | | | | | | | |
| 40 | + | | 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. | | |
| 38 | 41 | <!--/references--> | |
| 39 | 42 | ||
| 40 | 43 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 41 | 44 | 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.[^chdcuk] 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.[^chpsc] 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.[^chdcukpsc] | |
| 42 | 45 | ||
| 43 | − | 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.[^chdcgpsc][^wiki] 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 regulatory approvals.[^prsale] That announcement describes the division and its brands rather than the individual holding companies, and Companies House still shows the Saputo chain unchanged, so the ownership row here remains as registered.[^chdcukpsc] | |
| 46 | + | 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.[^chdcgpsc][^wiki] 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.[^chsdukpsc] 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.[^uksale][^prsale] 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.[^chdcukpsc] | |
| 44 | 47 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v2
# Dairy Crest UK <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Dairy Crest UK
disambiguation: intermediate holding company of Dairy Crest Limited
legal_name: Dairy Crest UK Limited
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:06679840
founded: 2008-08-22
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| owned_by | company/dairy-crest-group | global | 2016-04-06 | | | sourced | ^chdcukpsc | 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. Above it the chain runs to Saputo Dairy UK Ltd (11834952) and then to Saputo Inc. from 15 April 2019. |
<!--/relations-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Dairy Crest UK Limited | legal | en-GB | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Meta <!--meta-->
title: Dairy Crest UK (Dairy Crest UK Limited)
description: Intermediate holding company in the Dairy Crest group, registered in England as company 06679840, sole shareholder of Dairy Crest Limited (Saputo Dairy UK) and itself held by Dairy Crest Group Limited.
<!--/meta-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | ----------- |
| wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saputo_Dairy_UK | Saputo Dairy UK | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
| chpsc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02085882/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST LIMITED | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 02085882 | | | | |
| chdcuk | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06679840 | Companies House: DAIRY CREST UK LIMITED, company 06679840 | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 06679840 | | | | |
| chdcukpsc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06679840/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control, DAIRY CREST UK LIMITED | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 06679840 | | | | |
| 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 | | | | |
| 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. |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--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.[^chdcuk] 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.[^chpsc] 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.[^chdcukpsc]
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.[^chdcgpsc][^wiki] 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 regulatory approvals.[^prsale] That announcement describes the division and its brands rather than the individual holding companies, and Companies House still shows the Saputo chain unchanged, so the ownership row here remains as registered.[^chdcukpsc]
<!--/about-->