---
title: "A.O. SERVICES — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d9b9101-e6f2-5cec-8554-2ee0a7ecf91d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0d9b9101-e6f2-5cec-8554-2ee0a7ecf91d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00627023
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# A.O. SERVICES

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00627023`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d9b9101-e6f2-5cec-8554-2ee0a7ecf91d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0d9b9101-e6f2-5cec-8554-2ee0a7ecf91d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING LLP** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b5853f5-b586-59ac-9457-ebeef0eb2417

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

1. **ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING LLP** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *A.O. SERVICES*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `00627023`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private unlimited
- **Incorporated:** 1959-04-29
- **Registered office:** One, Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- AL-GAROUSHA, Khalid Soleiman — director · British · appointed 2024-05-01
- EKUÉ, Hervé Roland Adade — director · French · appointed 2024-05-01
- MCCALLUM, Heather — secretary · British · appointed 2003-07-31 · resigned 2014-01-08
- ROUSE, Edward George — secretary · British · resigned 2003-07-31
- BALLHEIMER, Andrew Mark — director · British · appointed 2016-05-01 · resigned 2020-04-30
- BERINGER, Guy Gibson — director · British · appointed 1996-05-15 · resigned 2008-05-01
- BROWNE, Richard Kimberley John — director · British · appointed 2021-12-16 · resigned 2024-07-15
- CRANFIELD, Richard William Lionel — director · British · appointed 2000-05-16 · resigned 2021-10-31
- DEJONGHE, Willem Michel Georges Clara — director · Belgian · appointed 2008-05-01 · resigned 2024-04-30
- HERBERT, Anthony James — director · British · appointed 1994-08-15 · resigned 2000-05-15
- KENNEDY, John Maxwell — director · British · resigned 1994-07-14
- MONK, Paul Nicholas — director · British · appointed 1994-08-15 · resigned 2004-09-08
- MORLEY, David Howard — director · British · appointed 2000-05-16 · resigned 2016-04-30
- NORRIS, William Vernon Wentworth — director · British · resigned 1996-05-15
- PRICE, Gareth David — director · British · appointed 2020-05-01 · resigned 2023-07-10
- RINK, John Stuart — director · British · appointed 1994-07-14 · resigned 2003-04-18
- RYAN, Kevin Michael Talbot — director · British · resigned 2000-05-15
- TUDOR JOHN, William — director · British · resigned 1999-12-13

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Allen Overy Shearman Sterling Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b5853f5-b586-59ac-9457-ebeef0eb2417) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00627023
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00627023

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **A.O. SERVICES**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d9b9101-e6f2-5cec-8554-2ee0a7ecf91d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0d9b9101-e6f2-5cec-8554-2ee0a7ecf91d._

_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"._