---
title: "HARCOURT EUROPE LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/00a1b0a2-1a9b-5410-a2be-721ccd605c7b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/00a1b0a2-1a9b-5410-a2be-721ccd605c7b
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08451972
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HARCOURT EUROPE LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08451972`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/00a1b0a2-1a9b-5410-a2be-721ccd605c7b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/00a1b0a2-1a9b-5410-a2be-721ccd605c7b  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SPIERS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0b65a66a-69af-53ec-a910-40bf4e99b4df
- **Harcourt Industrial, Inc.** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94c25028-7853-439a-930e-1ea21d68b468
- **SPIERS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0b65a66a-69af-53ec-a910-40bf4e99b4df

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **7-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `08451972`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2013-03-19
- **Registered office:** Unit 3, Main Entrance Estate Road Number 6, South Humberside Industrial Estate, Grimsby, DN31 2TG, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- BEARDMORE, Dale — director · American · appointed 2021-09-30
- BEARDMORE, John Hamilton — director · American · appointed 2021-09-30
- BEARDMORE, Kyle Richard — director · American · appointed 2021-09-30
- BEARDMORE, Rob — director · American · appointed 2021-09-30
- VAN AS, James — director · British · appointed 2013-03-19 · resigned 2024-05-02
- VAN AS, Tony — director · British · appointed 2013-03-19 · resigned 2024-05-02
- VANAS, Beverley — director · British · appointed 2013-04-30 · resigned 2021-09-30
- VANAS, Linda — director · British · appointed 2013-04-30 · resigned 2021-09-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Harcourt Industrial, Inc.](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94c25028-7853-439a-930e-1ea21d68b468) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United States — since 2021-09-30
- [Spiers Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0b65a66a-69af-53ec-a910-40bf4e99b4df) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2023-09-26

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08451972
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08451972

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **HARCOURT EUROPE LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/00a1b0a2-1a9b-5410-a2be-721ccd605c7b · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HARCOURT EUROPE LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/00a1b0a2-1a9b-5410-a2be-721ccd605c7b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/00a1b0a2-1a9b-5410-a2be-721ccd605c7b._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._