---
title: "AO WORLD PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e711c5d-69de-5e05-9da2-2fbc574b6df3
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1e711c5d-69de-5e05-9da2-2fbc574b6df3
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05525751
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AO WORLD PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05525751`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e711c5d-69de-5e05-9da2-2fbc574b6df3  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1e711c5d-69de-5e05-9da2-2fbc574b6df3  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **AO WORLD PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:2138005FFOAJIUZY4375` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a25716f-71c8-5dfc-ac5d-14de6ce8ecb1
- **Ao World Plc** — source · `gb-coh:5525751` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc5ad950-9c8e-464d-b498-3efc80dc921b

## Ownership & control

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **AO RENTAL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/71605791-7e94-517b-b119-f9c3299b98ec
- **ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE OUTLET LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4f5d6514-89ed-5416-a05c-848aa356f969
- **AO PREMIUM CLUB LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b2ac7671-2704-5989-b14d-b853e1d66a0c
- **AO DISTRIBUTION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ec450588-b469-5510-b786-1f53c9b1fd98
- **AO RECYCLING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b983387c-6fdf-5948-99b4-b993303ba28e
- **AO LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76c9897d-6dc2-57f6-bee3-c8752701a9e8
- **AO B2B LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ef560a8-9fc8-528e-9a2b-87ff12974d59
- **ELEKDIRECT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1d067b00-629f-5993-b91b-274de1c1e723
- **AO BUSINESS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e8717b37-d628-55fd-bcc7-5ad2566b0e72
- **MOBILE PHONES DIRECT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c8793958-1b7e-5038-91d6-4212d60f6167
- **AO CARE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c34cd03e-efd4-5a8b-839b-8f420fef6a8a
- **WORRY FREE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a2f7b41b-c06e-5cf6-a038-7824445336ee

…and **14** more subsidiaries/holdings. Resolve the full list with `get_dossier` on the WhiteIntel MCP (`npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server`) or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `05525751`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 2005-08-02
- **Registered office:** Unit 5a The Parklands, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4SD
- **SIC:** 70100, 74990

### Officers

- FINNEMORE, Julie Angela Louise — secretary · appointed 2014-07-18
- COOPER, Geoffrey Ian — director · British · appointed 2016-07-01
- HIGGINS, Jonathan Mark Stephen — director · British · appointed 2015-08-01
- HOPKINSON, Christopher John — director · British · appointed 2005-12-12
- MCCABE, Shaun — director · British · appointed 2018-07-24
- PRITCHARD, Peter Paul — director · British · appointed 2022-10-01
- ROBERTS, John Charles — director · British · appointed 2005-08-02
- TOMKINS, Sophie Alice — director · British · appointed 2025-09-01
- VENNING, Sarah Louise — director · British · appointed 2022-11-01
- CAUNCE, Stephen James — secretary · British · appointed 2005-10-13 · resigned 2014-01-14
- MYERS, David — secretary · appointed 2014-01-14 · resigned 2014-07-18
- SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2005-08-02 · resigned 2005-08-02
- CASSONI, Maria Luisa — director · British · appointed 2014-02-05 · resigned 2023-09-27
- CAUNCE, Stephen James — director · British · appointed 2005-10-13 · resigned 2019-01-31
- CORT, Philip Hinton — director · British · appointed 2005-10-13 · resigned 2008-08-06
- DE ROJAS, Jacqueline — director · British · appointed 2017-11-23 · resigned 2019-09-24
- DEPLAZES DE ANDRADE DELGADO, Luisa — director · Swiss · appointed 2019-01-01 · resigned 2022-01-31
- DURSTON, Robert — director · British · appointed 2005-08-02 · resigned 2007-10-23
- HOLROYD, William — director · British · appointed 2005-08-02 · resigned 2015-07-21
- LAMPRECHT, Rudolf Josef — director · German · appointed 2014-01-17 · resigned 2017-02-16

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05525751
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05525751

## 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 **AO WORLD PLC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e711c5d-69de-5e05-9da2-2fbc574b6df3 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AO WORLD PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e711c5d-69de-5e05-9da2-2fbc574b6df3 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1e711c5d-69de-5e05-9da2-2fbc574b6df3._

_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"._