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Daejan Holdings

British property business

Daejan Holdings is a British-based property business, part of the Freshwater Group of companies. It has its headquarters at Freshwater House, Shaftesbury Avenue. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange as DJAN until it was acquired by the Freshwater Group in May 2020.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1935Founded1
  • HeadquartersLondon1
  • Websitewww.daejanholdings.com
  • Listed onLondon Stock Exchange1
  • Legal formPrivate Limited Company3
  • LEI213800BOXF22RPVU71843
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address158-162 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, WC2H 8HR London, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 003051053

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Daejan Holdings is a British-based property business, part of the Freshwater Group of companies. It has its headquarters at Freshwater House, Shaftesbury Avenue. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange as DJAN until it was acquired by the Freshwater Group in May 2020.2

Corporate structure

Daejan Holdings sits at the top of its group. 5 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Daejan Holdings London, United Kingdom
    • COINFACE LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • DAEJAN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • DAEJAN RETAIL PROPERTIES LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • DAEJAN SECURITIES LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The Company was formed in 1935 as Daejan Samoedra Estates Ltd to acquire rubber and coffee plantations in the Dutch East Indies, today's Indonesia, mostly on the island of Java. In 1949 an insurrection which led to the independence of Indonesia resulted in a number of plantations being occupied or destroyed. In 1959 Osias Freshwater reversed his property business (a number of landmark buildings in London) into the company and this is now its sole activity. The name of the Company changed to Daejan Holdings Limited. In 2012 Daejan bought 139-143 Oxford Street for £12.8 million.

In December 2018, it was reported that Park West, a building managed by another Freshwater Group subsidiary, had a very high proportion of flats under investigation for being let out illegally.

In February 2020, the company agreed to be acquired by Freshwater Group, its majority shareholder, for £1.3 billion.

From Wikipedia’s article on Daejan Holdings, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Daejan is organised into two geographic segments - UK and US - of investment properties: residential and commercial. As at 31 March 2019, its portfolio was valued at £2.5 billion.

From Wikipedia’s article on Daejan Holdings, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1935Founded Founded1

Sources

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