---
title: "K.E.S. (U.K.) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0cab0eb1-ed71-5d38-ba3e-e1efbdb96995
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0cab0eb1-ed71-5d38-ba3e-e1efbdb96995
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01897913
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# K.E.S. (U.K.) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01897913`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0cab0eb1-ed71-5d38-ba3e-e1efbdb96995  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0cab0eb1-ed71-5d38-ba3e-e1efbdb96995  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Executors Of The Estate Of Tony Karl** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/48b8eae0-8424-4474-bea3-cb3513aadcd3
- **Ms Vanessa Karl** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/49a37564-e919-4ba4-a01a-cdd4408610d5
- **Mrs Leigh Gillian Karl** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f007e041-91c0-4bb4-ab9a-2a2f8a57ccad
- **Mr Graham Victor Sparks** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/38b9100d-c6a3-4539-8cf4-e54bee926b45
- **Mr Anthony Karl** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a2bdab89-b956-4062-b4ff-cf4930fa3b65

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **K.E.S. POWER AND LIGHT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5849c2cf-e579-54fd-8c3e-808b11afabff

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

1. **Executors Of The Estate Of Tony Karl** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *K.E.S. (U.K.) LIMITED*
1. **Ms Vanessa Karl** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *K.E.S. (U.K.) LIMITED*
1. **Mrs Leigh Gillian Karl** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *K.E.S. (U.K.) LIMITED*
1. **Mr Graham Victor Sparks** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *K.E.S. (U.K.) LIMITED*
1. **Mr Anthony Karl** — beneficial owner → *K.E.S. (U.K.) LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `01897913`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1985-03-21
- **Registered office:** Unit 1-2 Stanton Road, Southampton, SO15 4HU, England
- **SIC:** 46900

### Officers

- HAMILTON, Brian Robert — director · British · appointed 2002-12-01
- IP, Chen Ming — director · British · appointed 2022-04-01
- KARL, Derek — secretary · British · resigned 1996-02-28
- KARL, Vanessa — secretary · British · appointed 1996-02-28 · resigned 1999-10-21
- MAYCOCK, David Alexander — secretary · British · appointed 1999-10-21 · resigned 2018-06-26
- KARL, Anthony — director · British · appointed 1992-11-01 · resigned 2021-09-20
- KARL, Derek — director · British · resigned 2016-10-05
- KARL, Roy Edward — director · British · resigned 1992-11-01
- SPARKS, Graham Victor — director · British · appointed 1992-11-01 · resigned 2017-09-05
- SPARKS, Graham Victor — director · British · resigned 1991-04-01
- SYMMONS, Leslie George — director · British · appointed 1998-01-28 · resigned 2004-12-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mrs Leigh Gillian Karl — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2023-01-31
- Ms Vanessa Karl — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2021-09-20
- Executors Of The Estate Of Tony Karl — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2023-01-31
- Mr Anthony Karl — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2021-09-20
- Mr Graham Victor Sparks — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2017-09-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01897913
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01897913

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **K.E.S. (U.K.) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0cab0eb1-ed71-5d38-ba3e-e1efbdb96995 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0cab0eb1-ed71-5d38-ba3e-e1efbdb96995._

_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"._