# John Swire & Sons Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00133143](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00133143)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 1 Jan 1914
- **Registered office:** SWIRE HOUSE, 59 BUCKINGHAM GATE, LONDON, SW1E 6AJ
- **Nature of business:** [70100](/sic/70100) Activities of head offices



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORR, Gordon Robert Halyburton, Mr. | director | 14 May 2026 |  |
| PELLING, Sean Colin | director | 17 Jun 2021 |  |
| MORRIS, David Charles | secretary | 3 Oct 2018 |  |
| SWIRE, Samuel Compton | director | 1 Jan 2015 |  |
| MCCALLUM, Gordon Douglas | director | 3 Sep 2014 |  |
| SWIRE, Merlin Bingham | director | 1 Sep 2008 |  |
| FENWICK, Nicholas Adam Hodnett | director | 1 Jun 2002 |  |
| WEMYSS, William John | director | 1 Jun 2002 |  |
| SWIRE, Barnaby Nicholas | director | 1 Jan 2000 |  |
| SWIRE, John Samuel | director | 15 Nov 1995 |  |
| HUGHES-HALLETT, James Edward | director | 23 Apr 2012 | 25 Jun 2025 |
| DUNN, Lydia Selina, Baroness | director | 1 Jan 1996 | 25 Jun 2025 |
| CUBBON, Martin | director | 2 Jul 2018 | 15 Mar 2024 |
| HUGHES-HALLETT, James Wyndham John | director | 1 Jan 2005 | 14 Oct 2019 |
| DIBBEN, Ann Marie | secretary | 23 Aug 2016 | 13 Jul 2018 |
| CUBBON, Martin | director | 29 Jun 2018 | 29 Jun 2018 |
| MORRIS, David Charles | secretary | 1 Oct 2015 | 23 Aug 2016 |
| WOODS, Robert Barclay | director | 1 Jun 2002 | 31 Dec 2015 |
| FARMERY, Joanna Louise | secretary | 1 Jan 2009 | 1 Oct 2015 |
| ADAMS, James Robert | secretary | 1 May 2004 | 31 Dec 2008 |
| JOHANSENS, Peter Andre | director | 1 Nov 1998 | 31 Dec 2008 |
| BRIDGMAN, Timothy Clive | director | 12 Apr 1999 | 24 Feb 2005 |
| SWIRE, Adrian Christopher, Sir | director | - | 30 Dec 2004 |
| POPE, Geoffrey Christopher | secretary | - | 30 Apr 2004 |
| SPOONER, James Douglas, Sir | director | - | 31 Dec 2003 |
| SCOTT, Edward John Rankin | director | - | 29 Jan 2002 |
| SUTCH, Peter Dennis Antony | director | 1 Sep 1999 | 31 Dec 2001 |
| FERGUSON, Michael Stuart | director | - | 15 Dec 2000 |
| MILES, Henry Michael Pearson | director | - | 30 Jun 1999 |
| HARDIE, Charles Jeremy Mawdesley | director | - | 31 Dec 1998 |
| SWIRE, Glen Douglas William | director | - | 31 Dec 1998 |
| BLUCK, Duncan Robert Yorke | director | - | 30 Jun 1998 |
| SWIRE, John Anthony, Sir | director | - | 17 Jun 1997 |
| RYDER, Christopher George Nicholas | director | - | 31 Mar 1993 |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Merlin Bingham Swire | significant-influence-or-control | 2 Aug 2016 |  |
| Mr Barnaby Nicholas Swire | significant-influence-or-control | 2 Aug 2016 |  |





## Controls

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- [John Swire & Sons (Finance) Limited](/company/08551474) (08551474)
- [John Swire & Sons Overseas Limited](/company/04986766) (04986766)



## Directors' other companies

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- [PELLING, Sean Colin](/person/5662394) - director at [Swire Investments (Australia) Limited](/company/05927549)
- [SWIRE, Barnaby Nicholas](/person/6319050) - director at [Swire Investments (Australia) Limited](/company/05927549)
- [SWIRE, Barnaby Nicholas](/person/6319050) - director at [China Navigation Company Limited(the)](/company/00006005)
- [SWIRE, Barnaby Nicholas](/person/6319050) - director at [John Swire & Sons (China) Limited](/company/01759789)
- [SWIRE, Merlin Bingham](/person/6319064) - director at [Hong Kong Association(the)](/company/00703170)
- [SWIRE, Merlin Bingham](/person/6319064) - director at [John Swire & Sons (China) Limited](/company/01759789)
- [SWIRE, Samuel Compton](/person/6319070) - director at [Swire Investments (Australia) Limited](/company/05927549)



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