Private company
Southern Co-op
Logo: The Southern Co-operative, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
English consumer co-operative
The Southern Co-operative Limited, trading as Southern Co-op, was a regional consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom. The principal activities of the Society are food retailing, funeral homes, and cafes.2 Its chief executive is Ben Stimson (since 2025).1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryretail1
- Websitesouthern.coop
- Legal formRegistered Society1
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The Southern Co-operative Limited, trading as Southern Co-op, was a regional consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom. The principal activities of the Society are food retailing, funeral homes, and cafes.2
Corporate structure
Southern Co-op sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Southern Co-op
- Welcome Stores Subsidiary · United Kingdom
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Leadership
Who has led Southern Co-op, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
Chief executive
- Chief executive officerBen Stimson 2025 to now1
Products and brands
- grocery store
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
- Welcome Stores
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- Websitesouthern.coop1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/southerncoop1
- WikipediaSouthern Co-operative
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ7569773
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataSouthern Co-op on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSouthern Co-op on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSouthern Co-op logo by The Southern Co-operative, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsSouthern Co-op photo by Paul Jacobs, CC BY 3.0