---
title: "R J CRANE HIRE LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/176da12a-b1cd-5a05-8c6a-87abfafcd3bb
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/176da12a-b1cd-5a05-8c6a-87abfafcd3bb
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02069295
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# R J CRANE HIRE LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02069295`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/176da12a-b1cd-5a05-8c6a-87abfafcd3bb  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/176da12a-b1cd-5a05-8c6a-87abfafcd3bb  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mrs Patricia Smith** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8653fd77-dcf8-4a26-99a5-05835d6e06f2
- **Orchestra Asset Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/133ca131-bd08-44c8-b7e7-9f5f2da397c9
- **Mr Stephen John Rhodes** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e1b4fd6c-c018-45e1-86c8-fb621b15c86d
- **Mr Paul Pearse** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d5c5f68e-b19f-4b09-a28f-6242915084c2
- **Mr Stephen John Rhodes** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e5bab958-78a1-4d4b-92f9-ef9b422088d4

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

A **19-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:** `02069295`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1986-10-31
- **Registered office:** R J Crane Hire Norwich Road, Lenwade, Norwich, NR9 5SH, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 43999

### Officers

- RHODES, Stephen John — secretary · appointed 2017-11-17
- PEARSE, Paul — director · British · appointed 2017-11-16
- RHODES, Stephen John — director · British · appointed 2017-11-16
- WATLING, Oscar Edward — director · British · appointed 2012-09-01
- SMITH, Patricia — secretary · British · resigned 2017-11-17
- SMITH, Derek Robin James — director · British · resigned 2017-11-17
- SMITH, Patricia — director · British · resigned 2017-11-17
- SWIFFIN, Helen Marie — director · British · appointed 2006-09-01 · resigned 2017-11-17

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Orchestra Asset Holdings Limited — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2017-10-30
- Mr Paul Pearse — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2017-11-30
- Mr Stephen John Rhodes — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2017-11-30
- Mr Stephen John Rhodes — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2017-11-17
- Mrs Patricia Smith — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2017-11-17

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02069295
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02069295

## 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 **R J CRANE HIRE LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/176da12a-b1cd-5a05-8c6a-87abfafcd3bb · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **R J CRANE HIRE LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/176da12a-b1cd-5a05-8c6a-87abfafcd3bb · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/176da12a-b1cd-5a05-8c6a-87abfafcd3bb._

_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"._