---
title: "BUTTERWORTHS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06bf6b3f-47ae-5e49-bf9f-78e6d28dcd9a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/06bf6b3f-47ae-5e49-bf9f-78e6d28dcd9a
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02826955
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BUTTERWORTHS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02826955`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06bf6b3f-47ae-5e49-bf9f-78e6d28dcd9a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/06bf6b3f-47ae-5e49-bf9f-78e6d28dcd9a  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **BUTTERWORTHS LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:5493004LOBFJYYTKFF09` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56d8ac40-8ec2-5e1d-8afe-ac09a69692c8

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **RELX (UK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5701dd9f-a25d-5085-8343-1b333d1b8b33
- **Relx (Uk) Limited** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f49b5a9b-a7c6-4a47-8fdb-9fe16e9a6e30
- **Reed Nominees Limited** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/08c59811-fca3-40fc-8a27-9342f6f17cc0

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

A **16-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:** `02826955`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1993-06-15
- **Registered office:** Lexis House, 30 Farringdon Street, London, EC4A 4HH
- **SIC:** 62090

### Officers

- RE SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2016-11-01
- DUFFY, Thomas Gerard — director · British · appointed 2022-03-30
- KOHLI, Vivekanand — director · British · appointed 2025-03-31
- DIXON, Leslie — secretary · British · resigned 1994-09-26
- FORMPART (NO 2) LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1994-09-26 · resigned 1995-02-28
- RIB SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1995-02-28 · resigned 2016-11-01
- BENBOW, Roy Duncanson — director · British · appointed 2003-11-28 · resigned 2004-09-06
- BLOWS, John Alexander — director · British · appointed 2019-03-07 · resigned 2025-03-31
- BOTTOMLEY, Hugh Joshua Peter Garnett — director · British · appointed 2005-08-22 · resigned 2011-04-11
- BROWN, Paul William Alexander — director · British · appointed 1994-12-05 · resigned 1995-07-11
- CASSAR, Edward Mark — director · British · appointed 2006-03-07 · resigned 2008-01-31
- CHEESEMAN, Peter Ernest — director · British · appointed 1994-12-05 · resigned 2001-06-30
- CUSWORTH, George Robert Neville — director · British · appointed 1994-12-05 · resigned 1999-04-27
- DAY, Christopher James — director · British · appointed 1994-12-05 · resigned 1996-08-14
- DIXON, Leslie — director · British · appointed 1994-09-26 · resigned 1995-02-28
- FLECK, Christian — director · German · appointed 2011-04-11 · resigned 2021-11-07
- HOWIS, Jill — director · British · appointed 2002-09-25 · resigned 2003-11-28
- LAST, William John — director · South African · appointed 2004-10-07 · resigned 2005-08-22
- MUMFORD, Helen Margaret — director · British · appointed 2003-10-06 · resigned 2005-08-12
- PFEIL, John Christopher — director · British · appointed 1994-09-26 · resigned 1995-02-28

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Relx (Uk) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f49b5a9b-a7c6-4a47-8fdb-9fe16e9a6e30) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- [Reed Nominees Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/08c59811-fca3-40fc-8a27-9342f6f17cc0) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2019-09-30

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02826955
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02826955

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BUTTERWORTHS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06bf6b3f-47ae-5e49-bf9f-78e6d28dcd9a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/06bf6b3f-47ae-5e49-bf9f-78e6d28dcd9a._

_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"._