---
title: "METROPOLITAN & CITY PROPERTIES (READING) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/018a5aa2-7c84-5d44-9fd6-12dc2efa8782
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/018a5aa2-7c84-5d44-9fd6-12dc2efa8782
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04188656
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# METROPOLITAN & CITY PROPERTIES (READING) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04188656`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/018a5aa2-7c84-5d44-9fd6-12dc2efa8782  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/018a5aa2-7c84-5d44-9fd6-12dc2efa8782  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **AVENUE INVESTMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3ce24e1a-eabf-5394-b68e-7408f3b316c8
- **AVENUE INVESTMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3ce24e1a-eabf-5394-b68e-7408f3b316c8

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

A **6-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:** `04188656`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2001-03-28
- **Registered office:** Regency House, 33 Wood Street, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 4BE, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 41100

### Officers

- GOTTLIEB, Craig Howard — director · British · appointed 2002-06-24
- GOTTLIEB, Sonia Shifra — secretary · British · appointed 2002-06-24 · resigned 2023-08-15
- HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2001-04-04
- WALGATE SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2001-04-04 · resigned 2002-06-24
- ABRAMS, Ian Barry — director · British · appointed 2023-07-06 · resigned 2026-04-20
- GOTTLIEB, Julius — director · British · appointed 2006-07-19 · resigned 2009-05-11
- GOTTLIEB, Marcus Robert — director · British · appointed 2006-07-19 · resigned 2026-03-09
- GOTTLIEB, Sonia Shifra — director · British · appointed 2002-06-24 · resigned 2023-08-15
- HELVERT, Charles Osborne — director · British · appointed 2001-04-04 · resigned 2002-06-24
- MULDOON, John Gerard — director · British · appointed 2001-04-04 · resigned 2002-06-24
- HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2001-04-04

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Avenue Investments Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3ce24e1a-eabf-5394-b68e-7408f3b316c8) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04188656
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04188656

## 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 **METROPOLITAN & CITY PROPERTIES (READING) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/018a5aa2-7c84-5d44-9fd6-12dc2efa8782 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **METROPOLITAN & CITY PROPERTIES (READING) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/018a5aa2-7c84-5d44-9fd6-12dc2efa8782 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/018a5aa2-7c84-5d44-9fd6-12dc2efa8782._

_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"._