---
title: "KERAX (CHORLEY) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/04846e98-b8ef-50c9-af1b-1ee5f89ded1b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/04846e98-b8ef-50c9-af1b-1ee5f89ded1b
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05709663
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# KERAX (CHORLEY) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05709663`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/04846e98-b8ef-50c9-af1b-1ee5f89ded1b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/04846e98-b8ef-50c9-af1b-1ee5f89ded1b  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Kerax (Chorley) Limited** — source · `psc:mPcNKeaykPbwQN-40ESRq1uRpXE` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5e076b09-c2de-4376-a6e2-289b43fdc0f0

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Ian David Appleton** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92528a94-62c0-5505-b591-f3b4b8934408
- **Mr Ian David Appleton** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a52b7efa-3428-47ad-a774-c65d9d0c01a3
- **KERAX HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a4de26d-48ba-5ec3-9044-cf69b6e7a92d

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

A **4-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:** `05709663`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2006-02-14
- **Registered office:** Moorland Gate House, Cowling Road, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 9DR
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- HEBBLETHWAITE, Paul Christopher — secretary · appointed 2013-12-06
- APPLETON, Ian David — director · British · appointed 2006-02-14
- APPLETON, Lynne Carol — director · British · appointed 2011-12-01
- APPLETON, Lynne — secretary · British · appointed 2006-02-14 · resigned 2008-08-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Kerax Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a4de26d-48ba-5ec3-9044-cf69b6e7a92d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2018-09-28
- Mr Ian David Appleton — 75–100% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2018-09-28

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05709663
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05709663

## 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 **KERAX (CHORLEY) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/04846e98-b8ef-50c9-af1b-1ee5f89ded1b · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **KERAX (CHORLEY) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/04846e98-b8ef-50c9-af1b-1ee5f89ded1b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/04846e98-b8ef-50c9-af1b-1ee5f89ded1b._

_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"._