---
title: "ANIMUS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1758bfda-2fc3-56ae-96af-5a2f225bc010
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1758bfda-2fc3-56ae-96af-5a2f225bc010
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01729846
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ANIMUS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01729846`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1758bfda-2fc3-56ae-96af-5a2f225bc010  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1758bfda-2fc3-56ae-96af-5a2f225bc010  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Martin Howard Stone** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1c4f9bf0-e5d7-4913-b145-38d720423456
- **JEMSTONE PROPERTIES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/30c203da-4250-5581-b1da-864b6b3065f7

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

1. **Mr Martin Howard Stone** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *ANIMUS LIMITED*
1. **JEMSTONE PROPERTIES LIMITED** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *ANIMUS LIMITED*
2. **WEXWOOD BUILDERS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 50% → *JEMSTONE PROPERTIES LIMITED*
2. **Mr Martin Howard Stone** — beneficial owner → *JEMSTONE PROPERTIES LIMITED*
2. **Mrs Melanie Yvette Stone** — beneficial owner 75% → *JEMSTONE PROPERTIES LIMITED*
2. **WEXWOOD BUILDERS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *JEMSTONE PROPERTIES LIMITED*
2. **Mr Martin Howard Stone** — beneficial owner → *JEMSTONE PROPERTIES LIMITED*
2. **Mrs Melanie Yvette Stone** — beneficial owner 62.5% → *JEMSTONE PROPERTIES LIMITED*
2. **ABRDN OEIC I** — parent → *ABRDN AMERICAN EQUITY FUND*
2. **ABERDEEN GROUP PLC** — ultimate parent → *ABRDN AMERICAN EQUITY FUND*
3. **Mrs Melanie Yvette Stone** — beneficial owner 100% → *WEXWOOD BUILDERS LIMITED*
3. **Mr Martin Howard Stone** — beneficial owner 100% → *WEXWOOD BUILDERS LIMITED*
3. **Mr Martin Howard Stone** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *WEXWOOD BUILDERS LIMITED*
3. **Mrs Melanie Yvette Stone** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *WEXWOOD BUILDERS LIMITED*
3. **ABERDEEN GROUP PLC** — ultimate parent → *ABRDN OEIC I*
3. **ABERDEEN GROUP PLC** — parent → *ABRDN OEIC I*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `01729846`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1983-06-07
- **Registered office:** Unit 12 Hillside House, 1 The Drive, Radlett, Hertfordshire, WD7 7FG, England
- **SIC:** 68209

### Officers

- STONE, Emily — secretary · British · appointed 2006-11-23
- STONE, Melanie Yvette — director · British · appointed 2026-01-02
- CHEN, Avy Yue Ging — secretary · British · appointed 2004-12-15 · resigned 2006-11-23
- FRANCIS, Eileen May — secretary · British · appointed 1993-11-30 · resigned 1995-04-18
- FRANCIS, Geoffrey — secretary · British · appointed 1995-04-18 · resigned 2004-12-15
- FRANCIS, Geoffrey — secretary · British · appointed 1993-10-01 · resigned 1993-11-30
- FRANCIS, Geoffrey — secretary · British · resigned 1992-03-31
- STONE, Michael Keith — secretary · British · appointed 1992-08-27 · resigned 1993-10-01
- BOYD, Terence Peter — director · British · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2004-09-24
- FRANCIS, Frederick John — director · British · resigned 2003-02-10
- FRANCIS, Geoffrey — director · British · appointed 2003-02-21 · resigned 2008-10-31
- FRANCIS, Geoffrey — director · British · appointed 1993-10-01 · resigned 1993-11-30
- FRANCIS, Geoffrey — director · British · resigned 1992-04-06
- STONE, Martin Howard — director · British · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2026-01-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Jemstone Properties Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/30c203da-4250-5581-b1da-864b6b3065f7) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-12-31
- Mr Martin Howard Stone — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2016-12-31

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01729846
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01729846

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ANIMUS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1758bfda-2fc3-56ae-96af-5a2f225bc010 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1758bfda-2fc3-56ae-96af-5a2f225bc010._

_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"._