---
title: "SMITHSONS (MOTOR FACTORS) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/145d7438-cb67-5bc1-a1a7-4d8ea7ef3d97
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/145d7438-cb67-5bc1-a1a7-4d8ea7ef3d97
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01323036
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SMITHSONS (MOTOR FACTORS) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01323036`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/145d7438-cb67-5bc1-a1a7-4d8ea7ef3d97  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/145d7438-cb67-5bc1-a1a7-4d8ea7ef3d97  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr David Paul Hurst** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d1d3db1a-1a3e-535a-a2c6-5cfa5c79fa72
- **Mr John Corbett** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b8acf386-4b62-56f8-ab6e-ce18a345cfa1
- **Mr David Paul Hurst** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3eb547a-8c1f-437e-94c8-81dcb6466613
- **Mr John Corbett** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d63a4560-b050-4561-9e70-5c8cf786546d

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

A **4-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:** `01323036`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1977-07-26
- **Registered office:** Smithsons Motor Factors Ltd Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 1PX, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 45310

### Officers

- CORBETT, John — secretary · British · appointed 1997-04-15
- CORBETT, John — director · British
- HURST, David — director · British · appointed 1997-04-01
- SMITHSON, Anthony John — secretary · British · resigned 1995-07-31
- BEECH, Jonathan — director · British · appointed 1995-06-01 · resigned 1997-04-01
- BICKERTON, Susan Rosemary — director · British · resigned 1993-09-15
- SMITHSON, Anthony John — director · British · resigned 1995-07-31
- SMITHSON, Cyril Thomas — director · British · resigned 1995-05-03

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr David Paul Hurst — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2017-05-17
- Mr John Corbett — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2017-05-17

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01323036
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01323036

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SMITHSONS (MOTOR FACTORS) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/145d7438-cb67-5bc1-a1a7-4d8ea7ef3d97 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/145d7438-cb67-5bc1-a1a7-4d8ea7ef3d97._

_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"._