Shan Local Based Director Banned from Holding Licence
Council launches investigation after questions raised about her role
Shan Local on Fulham Broadway.
November 13, 2025
Hammersmith & Fulham Council is investigating after it emerged a woman who is banned from being involved in any licensable activities at a local store is listed as the sole director of two companies based at the premises.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council is to carry out a fresh investigation to determine whether Nageswary Shanmugaratnam’s stated roles breach a licensing condition barring her involvement with the shop, Shan Local. Several attempts were made to contact Ms Shanmugaratnam via the store, including by asking the licence holder and a solicitor representing the shop, to pass on therequest, but she could not be reached and no response was received by the time of publication.
Shan Local, which is located on Fulham Broadway not far from Chelsea FC’s home ground Stamford Bridge, has recorded licensing issues going back a number of years. This includes having its licence revoked on more than one occasion, the first instance being in 2018 following multiple breaches and the sale of alcohol to a minor.
According to documents uploaded ahead of a council meeting on 29 October, at which an application for a new premises licence for Shan Local was heard, in July 2019 Ms Shanmugaratnam was one of two individuals named in a condition banning them from being “employed in any capacity of the business at the premises or involved in the management of licensable activities”.
Despite this in January 2020 she was found selling alcohol behind the counter and seen on CCTV buying drinks from a known shoplifter, leading to a review and revocation of the licence.
The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) has since discovered that Ms Shanmugaratnam is the sole director of two companies based at the premises, according to details listed on Companies House.
According to Companies House, Shan Local Limited and Broadway Food & Wine Limited both have a correspondence address of 51 Fulham Broadway. Shan Local Limited was incorporated on March 20, 2024, while Broadway Food & Wine is older, having been established in 2017.
The LDRS understands that Prabakaran Shanmugaratnam, Ms Shanmugaratnam’s son and the current licence holder, is responsible for any licensable activities at the premises.
Given Ms Shanmugaratnam is named as the director of companies based at the shop’s address, the council is however looking to carry out a new investigation to see if the condition barring her from being involved has been breached.
One local resident said they would like to see the council undertake more unannounced visits of premises if possible, “even though the Licensing Act does not require proactive oversight”.
The application heard last month, submitted by Mr Shanmugaratnam, was rejected by councillors after hearing reports from the Met Police and others of repeated breaches by the premises over the years. The result is that the shop no longer has permission to sell alcohol, but it can still sell other items.
In his submission, Adrian Overton, Licensing Team Manager at Hammersmith and Fulham Council, wrote: “Looking back at the history of this case it is clear that since 2017 this premises has been unable to consistently adhere to the terms and conditions of its licence, despite a change in licence holder and numerous reviews, warnings, and other enforcement action.
“The licensing authority does not believe that adding extra conditions to the licence will stop further offences taking place, and we would therefore suggest to the committee that this application is refused.”
Louis Stelling, from Coleridge Law representing the applicant, said while they accepted the premises had failed to meet some of its conditions there were concerns regarding the “general finger-pointing” at the shop as the main cause of problems locally.
“If it was seriously that bad [the police] would be there a lot,” he said. “Thankfully they’re not. Thankfully for the residents they’re not.”
Residents attending the meeting online, however, were unconvinced.
Charlotte Dexter, speaking on behalf of another local, said to the applicant: “It’s your shop that is pulling the whole parade down. It’s your shop that is a mess.”
Ben Lynch - Local Democracy Reporter