---
title: "WILLIAM PURVES (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/03c2b1f9-22e4-5ff3-9dca-8703c9672034
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/03c2b1f9-22e4-5ff3-9dca-8703c9672034
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC060678
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WILLIAM PURVES (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC060678`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/03c2b1f9-22e4-5ff3-9dca-8703c9672034  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/03c2b1f9-22e4-5ff3-9dca-8703c9672034  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Timothy Purves** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/efffc5d2-fdc4-4bf9-8d57-d3b1232f759e
- **Mrs Alison Judith Purves** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/903966e4-f86b-5dc4-ab90-4a34d59c81fb
- **Mr John Timothy Purves** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/98ca410a-ce52-57c1-bd07-1879b8f6e7fa
- **Mrs Alison Judith Purves** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/906991e4-2c6f-4cfa-9372-b4f23bd829f3
- **PURVES ESTATES HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f272eb7e-24de-5bfa-b8df-484a60a3c615
- **WILLIAM PURVES (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eeb0b944-b919-553e-8104-6af31b489a21

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **BALDARROCH CREMATORIUM LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1daaec4d-6b89-5ac5-b86a-ff143a5929d9
- **BREWSTERWELLS CREMATORIUM LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3bc74013-4824-5b29-b66d-7e843f56e9fc

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

A **13-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:** `SC060678`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1976-09-07
- **Registered office:** Oakvale Funeral Home, 106 Whitehouse Loan, Edinburgh, EH9 1BD
- **SIC:** 96030

### Officers

- BROWN, Colin James — director · British · appointed 2014-06-30
- PURVES, Alison Judith — director · British · appointed 2024-12-05
- PURVES, Andrew — director · British · appointed 2014-06-30
- PURVES, John Timothy — director · British · appointed 2007-01-01
- THOMSON, Ben Ronnie — director · British · appointed 2024-01-01
- PAGAN, Roger John William — secretary · British · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2022-09-30
- PURVES, Sheen Elizabeth — secretary · British · resigned 2001-10-05
- BROWN, Graeme Nixon — director · British · resigned 2009-07-17
- MORRIS, James Bertram — director · British · appointed 2000-07-17 · resigned 2024-10-31
- PAGAN, Roger John William — director · British · appointed 2000-07-17 · resigned 2022-09-30
- PURVES, Isobel Jean — director · British · resigned 1995-01-01
- PURVES, John Ronald — director · British · resigned 2014-06-27
- PURVES, Sheen Elizabeth — director · British · resigned 2001-10-05

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [William Purves (Funeral Directors) Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eeb0b944-b919-553e-8104-6af31b489a21) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2024-09-11
- [Purves Estates Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f272eb7e-24de-5bfa-b8df-484a60a3c615) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2024-09-11
- Mrs Alison Judith Purves — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2024-09-05
- Mr John Timothy Purves — 50–75% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2024-09-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC060678
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC060678

## 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 **WILLIAM PURVES (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/03c2b1f9-22e4-5ff3-9dca-8703c9672034 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WILLIAM PURVES (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/03c2b1f9-22e4-5ff3-9dca-8703c9672034 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/03c2b1f9-22e4-5ff3-9dca-8703c9672034._

_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"._