# Rentokil Initial (1896) Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00049855](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00049855)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 26 Oct 1896
- **Registered office:** COMPASS HOUSE, MANOR ROYAL, CRAWLEY, RH10 9PY
- **Nature of business:** [82990](/sic/82990) Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- **Corporate group:** [Rentokil Initial PLC](/group/5101) (75 companies)


## Previous names

- Bet Public Limited Company (until 24 May 2002)
- British Electric Traction Company P L C(the) (until 6 Sep 1985)
- Bet Limited (until 26 Jun 2012)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALT, Bente | director | 7 Aug 2025 |  |
| SERGEANT, Sarah Jane | director | 30 Jul 2025 |  |
| CANHAM, Rachel Eleanor | director | 4 Apr 2022 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rentokil Initial 1927 Plc | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 |  |




## Owned by

Rentokil Initial (1896) Limited → [Rentokil Initial 1927 PLC](/company/00224814) → [Rentokil Initial Holdings Limited](/company/03002736) → [Rentokil Initial PLC](/company/05393279)



## Controls

- [Bet (No. 18) Limited](/company/01269520) (01269520)
- [Initial Limited](/company/00040097) (00040097)
- [Rentokil Initial (1993) Limited](/company/02864290) (02864290)
- [Rentokil Initial Pension Trustee Limited](/company/00636343) (00636343)
- [Rentokil Initial UK Ltd](/company/00301044) (00301044)
- [RI Dormant No.18 Limited](/company/00290009) (00290009)



## Directors' other companies

- [CANHAM, Rachel Eleanor](/person/5887263) - director at [Broadcast Relay Service (Overseas) Limited](/company/00427421)
- [CANHAM, Rachel Eleanor](/person/5887263) - director at [Rentokil Limited](/company/00218107)
- [CANHAM, Rachel Eleanor](/person/5887263) - director at [Rentokil Overseas Holdings Limited](/company/00630059)
- [CANHAM, Rachel Eleanor](/person/5887263) - director at [Rentokil Initial UK Ltd](/company/00301044)
- [CANHAM, Rachel Eleanor](/person/5887263) - director at [Rentokil Initial Asia Pacific Limited](/company/01990917)
- [CANHAM, Rachel Eleanor](/person/5887263) - director at [Rentokil Initial 1927 PLC](/company/00224814)
- [SALT, Bente](/person/5887266) - director at [Rentokil Initial Asia Pacific Limited](/company/01990917)
- [SALT, Bente](/person/5887266) - director at [Rentokil Initial 1927 PLC](/company/00224814)
- [SALT, Bente](/person/5887266) - director at [Rentokil Overseas Holdings Limited](/company/00630059)
- [SALT, Bente](/person/5887266) - director at [BPS Offshore Services Limited](/company/01598605)



## Companies at the same address

- [Aw Limited](/company/00879172) (00879172)
- [B.e.t. Building Services Limited](/company/01840939) (01840939)
- [Bet (No. 18) Limited](/company/01269520) (01269520)
- [Bet (No. 68) Limited](/company/00903144) (00903144)
- [Bet Environmental Services Ltd](/company/00233391) (00233391)
- [Bet Pension Trust Limited](/company/00842860) (00842860)
- [BPS Offshore Services Limited](/company/01598605) (01598605)
- [Broadcast Relay Service (Overseas) Limited](/company/00427421) (00427421)
- [Castlefield House Limited](/company/08047295) (08047295)
- [Chard Services Limited](/company/01395915) (01395915)