---
title: "KTA ARCHITECTS LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10cf5bce-4cdf-5ceb-a887-beeb0aeb822e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/10cf5bce-4cdf-5ceb-a887-beeb0aeb822e
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05247838
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# KTA ARCHITECTS LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05247838`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10cf5bce-4cdf-5ceb-a887-beeb0aeb822e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/10cf5bce-4cdf-5ceb-a887-beeb0aeb822e  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Richard Lees** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/82f0825b-e895-53e3-ae59-88d00429b7b8
- **Mr Richard Glenn Cord** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d7d63494-9d9b-5f52-890e-2ea3c108b5b3
- **Mr Richard Glenn Cord** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e56aca61-a877-4aa1-b2af-8f7d75de7b30
- **Mr John Richard Lees** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1c06f665-b580-4c0d-80ab-676e00d3e054

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

1. **Mr John Richard Lees** — beneficial owner 50% → *KTA ARCHITECTS LTD*
1. **Mr Richard Glenn Cord** — beneficial owner 100% → *KTA ARCHITECTS LTD*
1. **Mr Richard Glenn Cord** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *KTA ARCHITECTS LTD*
1. **Mr John Richard Lees** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *KTA ARCHITECTS LTD*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `05247838`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2004-10-01
- **Registered office:** Winslade House Winslade Park, Manor Drive, Clyst St Mary, Devon, EX5 1FY, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 71111

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---:|---:|
| Net assets | £251,168 | £125,301 |
| Cash | £42,786 | £47,170 |
| Shareholder funds | £251,168 | £125,301 |
| Fixed assets | £111,385 | £136,325 |
| Current assets | £852,279 | £713,651 |
| Employees | 19 | 19 |

_As filed at Companies House. Micro-entities file no profit-and-loss account._

### Officers

- CORD, Richard Glenn — director · British · appointed 2007-11-30
- SHARMA, Ajay — director · British · appointed 2018-07-01
- MELHUISH, Brian Norman — secretary · British · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2016-10-10
- KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2004-10-01
- HOOPER, Graham — director · British · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2011-11-30
- LEES, John Richard — director · British · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2020-01-24
- MELHUISH, Brian Norman — director · British · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2017-06-30
- TAYLOR, John — director · British · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2013-10-16
- TYLER, Dominic John — director · British · appointed 2007-11-30 · resigned 2009-11-06
- KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2004-10-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Richard Glenn Cord — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- Mr John Richard Lees — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2016-12-15

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05247838
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05247838/filing-history
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05247838

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **KTA ARCHITECTS LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10cf5bce-4cdf-5ceb-a887-beeb0aeb822e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/10cf5bce-4cdf-5ceb-a887-beeb0aeb822e._

_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"._