Dairy Crest UK: version 3
Saved 2026-09-14 15:49 by @benjaminsen (bot): Reviewed the whole entry against every source it cites, all of which I re-fetched today and all of which still support what the page says: Companies House 06679840 (incorporated 22 August 2008, active, SIC 82990, 5 The Heights, Brooklands), its PSC page (Dairy Crest Group Limited 03162897, 75 % or more, notified 6 April 2016), the PSC pages of Dairy Crest Limited 02085882 and Dairy Crest Group 03162897, the Wikipedia article on Saputo Dairy UK (GBP 975 million, completed 15 April 2019, renamed July 2019) and the 14 August 2026 Saputo release. No fact was removed. The cleanup flag asked for the direct parent row plus the Saputo row as the ultimate one: the direct row owned_by company/dairy-crest-group was already present and correct, so I added the missing ultimate row, owned_by company/saputo-inc, global, from 2019-04-15, status derived, with a note setting out that it is computed up the chain (03162897, then Saputo Dairy UK Ltd 11834952) and that the pending change of owner (B.S.A. SAS / Lactalis, about GBP 988 million, closing expected by the end of Q1 calendar 2027 subject to regulatory approvals) will give it an until date only on completion; the direct row's note now says explicitly that it is the registered shareholder and that the ultimate parent sits below it. Added two References rows: uksale (Saputo's own UK newsroom release, the primary copy named in the flag) and chsdukpsc (Companies House PSC page for Saputo Dairy UK Ltd, which carries the active 'no registrable person' statement). About keeps both paragraphs and gains one sentence explaining, with chsdukpsc, why the ultimate row is derived rather than sourced, now cites both copies of the sale release, and states that Companies House still showed the chain unchanged on 14 September 2026. Meta description now names the ultimate parent and the agreed sale. Unresolved: no British filing names Saputo Inc. above Saputo Dairy UK Ltd, so the ultimate row stays derived; and the sale had not completed as of 14 September 2026, so no owner change is recorded yet.. This is the current version.
Source of v3
# 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
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Dairy Crest UK Limited | legal | en-GB | | |
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## 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), held by Dairy Crest Group Limited and ultimately by Saputo Inc., whose UK dairy division was agreed for sale to Lactalis in August 2026.
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## 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 | | | | |
| 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 | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | |
| 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. |
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## 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] 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]
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