---
title: "DIRECT FERRIES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/163dd913-5775-5c6b-862c-2dedeaf16783
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/163dd913-5775-5c6b-862c-2dedeaf16783
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03865405
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DIRECT FERRIES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03865405`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/163dd913-5775-5c6b-862c-2dedeaf16783  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/163dd913-5775-5c6b-862c-2dedeaf16783  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **DIRECT FERRIES LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:2138008IDDVF5FTKLM98` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eb63b917-f918-5052-98f1-ad3276fdaaf2

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **DIRECT FERRIES (HOLDINGS) LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/61cd796c-8ded-5f31-be3c-c8a9fd06a282
- **ELMO BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d054c39-5b84-5d70-9788-008c8bd495e8
- **DIRECT FERRIES (HOLDINGS) LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/61cd796c-8ded-5f31-be3c-c8a9fd06a282

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

A **32-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:** `03865405`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1999-10-26
- **Registered office:** Units 2 & 3, Three Rivers Business Ctr, Felixstowe Road, Foxhall, Ipswich, IP10 0BF, England
- **SIC:** 50200, 79909

### Officers

- CORDEROY, Christopher Duncan — director · British · appointed 2025-05-30
- O'GORMAN, Sinéad — director · British · appointed 2017-09-01
- WALSH, Niall Liam — director · Irish,British · appointed 2020-09-07
- DAVIES, Gabrielle Carole — secretary · Australian · appointed 2002-07-01 · resigned 2011-03-31
- PRIESTLEY, Jennifer Ann — secretary · British · appointed 2000-09-12 · resigned 2002-06-20
- RAMAGE, Suzanne — secretary · British · appointed 1999-10-26 · resigned 2000-09-12
- BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1999-10-26 · resigned 1999-10-26
- BLAIR, James Edward — director · British · appointed 2002-07-01 · resigned 2003-05-30
- BRIGGS, Stephen Richard James — director · British · appointed 2003-08-04 · resigned 2004-01-31
- BURNS, Robert Francis Gerard — director · British · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2004-06-24
- BURNS, Robert Francis Gerard — director · British · appointed 2002-01-12 · resigned 2002-04-29
- CORNWELL, Sean Enrico — director · British · appointed 2017-09-01 · resigned 2020-09-08
- DAVIES, Gabrielle Carole — director · Australian · appointed 2002-07-01 · resigned 2008-12-31
- DAVIES, Howard John — director · British · appointed 2007-02-01 · resigned 2011-04-02
- DAVIES, Howard John — director · British · appointed 2002-04-04 · resigned 2004-08-10
- DAVIES, Howard John — director · British · appointed 1999-10-26 · resigned 2002-01-31
- DAVIES, Matthew James — director · British · appointed 2003-10-30 · resigned 2017-10-04
- MACKIN, Mary — director · British · appointed 2002-07-01 · resigned 2004-03-03
- PRIESTLEY, Jennifer Ann — director · British · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2004-06-24
- PRIESTLEY, Jennifer Ann — director · British · appointed 2002-06-01 · resigned 2003-07-22

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Elmo Bidco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d054c39-5b84-5d70-9788-008c8bd495e8) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2025-09-25
- [Direct Ferries (Holdings) Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/61cd796c-8ded-5f31-be3c-c8a9fd06a282) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2025-09-25

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03865405
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03865405

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **DIRECT FERRIES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/163dd913-5775-5c6b-862c-2dedeaf16783 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DIRECT FERRIES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/163dd913-5775-5c6b-862c-2dedeaf16783 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/163dd913-5775-5c6b-862c-2dedeaf16783._

_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"._