---
title: "HC ESS2 LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1c13a20b-e6c5-527a-95f0-e7d6e08d0f63
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1c13a20b-e6c5-527a-95f0-e7d6e08d0f63
identifier: oo:GB-COH-10610190
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HC ESS2 LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-10610190`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1c13a20b-e6c5-527a-95f0-e7d6e08d0f63  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1c13a20b-e6c5-527a-95f0-e7d6e08d0f63  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GRESHAM HOUSE ENERGY STORAGE HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/42438947-2ce4-5570-a75f-696c49606224
- **Mr Benjamin James Ernest Guest** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/60d56904-0c8a-5154-9b70-959b54698658
- **Hc Ess 1 Llp** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6c814394-d5b8-417c-9576-75939bb0fc8f
- **Mr Benjamin James Ernest Guest** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/19a29a4f-ec3c-4349-adc5-106aed94d70b
- **GRESHAM HOUSE ENERGY STORAGE HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/42438947-2ce4-5570-a75f-696c49606224
- **GRID HOLDCO 1 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b3584089-06d9-412f-9458-48661fe8e751
- **Hc Ess2 Holdco Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46ec45e0-c6b7-45cd-8d5a-24dfc12e582b

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **HC ESS4 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/299022a6-1bd0-588e-8481-29babafd970e
- **WEST MIDLANDS GRID STORAGE TWO LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5cb115c3-c876-5ef5-9f08-a03084a3b630
- **HC ESS4 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/299022a6-1bd0-588e-8481-29babafd970e

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

A **28-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:** `10610190`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2017-02-09
- **Registered office:** C/O Gresham House Asset Management Limited, 5 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3TW, England
- **SIC:** 35110

### Officers

- BECK, Stephen James — director · British · appointed 2019-12-12
- GUEST, Benjamin James Ernest — director · British · appointed 2017-02-09
- AYDINOGLU, Bozkurt — director · British · appointed 2017-02-09 · resigned 2023-06-30
- OWEN, Gareth Edward — director · British · appointed 2017-02-09 · resigned 2024-03-15
- THOMAS, Marc Jason, Dr — director · British · appointed 2017-06-05 · resigned 2020-01-01
- WANG, Zhenni, Dr — director · British · appointed 2017-06-05 · resigned 2020-01-29

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Grid Holdco 1 Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b3584089-06d9-412f-9458-48661fe8e751) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2025-08-22
- [Gresham House Energy Storage Holdings Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/42438947-2ce4-5570-a75f-696c49606224) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2025-08-22
- [Hc Ess2 Holdco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46ec45e0-c6b7-45cd-8d5a-24dfc12e582b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2021-08-31
- Mr Benjamin James Ernest Guest — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2017-08-22
- [Hc Ess 1 Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6c814394-d5b8-417c-9576-75939bb0fc8f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2017-08-22

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10610190
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10610190

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HC ESS2 LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1c13a20b-e6c5-527a-95f0-e7d6e08d0f63 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1c13a20b-e6c5-527a-95f0-e7d6e08d0f63._

_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"._