# Big Ben Tobacco Company Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [02230729](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02230729)
- **Status:** Liquidation
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 15 Mar 1988
- **Registered office:** C/O GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP 11TH FLOOR, LANDMARK ST PETER'S SQUARE, 1 OXFORD STREET, MANCHESTER, M1 4PB
- **Nature of business:** [82990](/sic/82990) Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- **Corporate group:** [British American Tobacco P.L.C.](/group/518) (95 companies)


## Previous names

- Eastern Freight Services Limited (until 13 Jan 1993)
- Gorsed Limited (until 31 Oct 1988)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CITY ROAD REGISTRARS LIMITED | corporate-secretary | - | 16 Dec 1992 |
| SPENCE, Duncan Bryce | director | - | 13 Jan 1993 |
| EASBY, David Michael Wastell | director | - | 13 Jan 1993 |
| POOLE, Raymond George | director | - | 13 Jan 1993 |
| WINGFIELD, Ernest Niall | director | - | 28 Mar 1994 |
| RADBURN, John Alfred | director | 13 Jan 1993 | 28 Mar 1994 |
| RADBURN, John Alfred | secretary | 16 Dec 1992 | 28 Mar 1994 |
| KUZMINSKI, Witold Mieczyslaw | director | 6 Apr 1998 | 30 Jul 1999 |
| COOK, Philip Michael | director | 26 Jul 1999 | 30 Nov 2000 |
| HENDERSHOT, Michael Lee | director | 26 Jul 1999 | 28 Mar 2002 |
| SALTER, Donald Neil Fred | director | 26 Jul 1999 | 20 May 2002 |
| MCDONALD, Aileen Elizabeth | director | 17 May 2002 | 27 Aug 2002 |
| POWELL, Christopher David | director | 17 May 2002 | 20 Dec 2004 |
| CASEY, Robert James | director | 17 May 2002 | 20 Sep 2010 |
| RISECRETARIES LIMITED | corporate-secretary | 28 Mar 1994 | 21 Sep 2012 |
| CORDESCHI, Richard | secretary | 21 Sep 2012 | 3 May 2013 |
| CORDESCHI, Richard | director | 20 Sep 2010 | 3 May 2013 |
| DALE, Steven Glyn | director | 20 Sep 2010 | 22 Apr 2015 |
| STEYN, Charl Erasmus | director | 17 May 2002 | 30 Apr 2015 |
| GRIFFITHS, Ann Elizabeth | secretary | 17 Dec 2013 | 28 Feb 2017 |
| GUTTRIDGE, Jonathan Michael | secretary | 8 Aug 2018 | 24 Jan 2020 |
| ARIS, Gregory | director | 23 Sep 2020 | 7 Sep 2022 |
| MEHTA, Shital | secretary | 23 Sep 2020 |  |
| COHN, Anthony Michael Hardy | director | 22 Apr 2015 |  |
| BOOTH, David Patrick Ian | director | 22 Apr 2015 |  |
| RIDIRECTORS LIMITED | corporate-director | 28 Mar 1994 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| British American Tobacco International Holdings (Uk) Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 |  |




## Owned by

Big Ben Tobacco Company Limited → [British American Tobacco International Holdings (UK) Limited](/company/00086661) → [Weston Investment Company Limited](/company/00179244) → [Weston (2009) Limited](/company/07068163) → [British American Tobacco (2009) Limited](/company/07069075) → [British American Tobacco (2012) Limited](/company/08277101)




## Directors' other companies

- [BOOTH, David Patrick Ian](/person/5369746) - director at [British American Tobacco Peru Holdings Limited](/company/04637516)
- [BOOTH, David Patrick Ian](/person/5369746) - director at [Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (Export) Limited](/company/00225752)
- [BOOTH, David Patrick Ian](/person/5369746) - director at [Carreras Limited](/company/00384818)
- [BOOTH, David Patrick Ian](/person/5369746) - director at [Chelwood Trading & Investment Company Limited](/company/00113873)
- [BOOTH, David Patrick Ian](/person/5369746) - director at [Bat Finance Cop Limited](/company/09458537)
- [BOOTH, David Patrick Ian](/person/5369746) - director at [Dunhill Tobacco Of London Limited](/company/02863410)
- [BOOTH, David Patrick Ian](/person/5369746) - director at [Moorgate Tobacco Co Limited](/company/00309893)
- [BOOTH, David Patrick Ian](/person/5369746) - director at [Murray, Sons & Company, Limited](/company/R0000547)
- [BOOTH, David Patrick Ian](/person/5369746) - director at [Peter Jackson (Overseas) Limited](/company/00292169)
- [BOOTH, David Patrick Ian](/person/5369746) - director at [British American Tobacco Korea (Investments) Limited](/company/04236209)



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