---
title: "UNDERWOODS GROUP LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/11cf48ed-2864-58f0-9d07-032fdeb51e85
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/11cf48ed-2864-58f0-9d07-032fdeb51e85
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02224604
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# UNDERWOODS GROUP LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02224604`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/11cf48ed-2864-58f0-9d07-032fdeb51e85  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/11cf48ed-2864-58f0-9d07-032fdeb51e85  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Laurence Hilary Smith** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f221ef16-2c0b-5a37-be23-82a6a047e096
- **Mr David Alfred Hill** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9372ebf0-6385-5f8a-88d6-658c2bdf680b
- **Mr David Alfred Hill** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cf7fa62-5e69-497a-8994-37733249c830
- **Mr Laurence Hilary Smith** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31bc4c84-5a46-474b-98f0-a7feaf5f2dc0
- **WESTBANK GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c44f63d-0f92-523b-af95-bde296f1f4af

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **UNDERWOODS ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44e3dacc-20a6-5f38-9f8d-7721309d6286
- **UEP SWITCHGEAR LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9dcd7fc5-338f-52d5-8c9f-038f5e6b2205
- **WEIRGROVE AUTOMATION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31e6f171-f663-5a75-91c2-8ffe56b855c5
- **UEP SWITCHGEAR LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9dcd7fc5-338f-52d5-8c9f-038f5e6b2205
- **UEP SWITCHGEAR LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9dcd7fc5-338f-52d5-8c9f-038f5e6b2205
- **WEIRGROVE AUTOMATION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31e6f171-f663-5a75-91c2-8ffe56b855c5
- **UNDERWOODS ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44e3dacc-20a6-5f38-9f8d-7721309d6286

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

A **7-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:** `02224604`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1988-02-25
- **Registered office:** 1 Aden Road, Enfield, EN3 7SE, England
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- MCCONACHIE, James — director · British · appointed 2021-03-02
- MCCONACHIE, Robert Martyn — director · British · appointed 2021-03-02
- MURPHY, Aidan — director · Irish · appointed 2021-03-02
- KNEEBONE, Stephen Mark — secretary · British · resigned 2021-03-02
- BOXALL, Eric Richard — director · British · resigned 2004-01-14
- DRABWELL, Dennis Henry — director · British · resigned 2000-03-01
- HILL, David Alfred — director · British · resigned 2021-03-02
- KNEEBONE, Stephen Mark — director · British · appointed 2021-03-05 · resigned 2022-10-31
- KNEEBONE, Stephen Mark — director · British · resigned 2021-03-02
- SMITH, Laurence Hilary — director · English · resigned 2021-03-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Westbank Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c44f63d-0f92-523b-af95-bde296f1f4af) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Northern Ireland — since 2021-03-02
- Mr Laurence Hilary Smith — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2021-03-02
- Mr David Alfred Hill — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2021-03-02

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02224604
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02224604

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **UNDERWOODS GROUP LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/11cf48ed-2864-58f0-9d07-032fdeb51e85 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/11cf48ed-2864-58f0-9d07-032fdeb51e85._

_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"._