---
title: "WICB GROUP LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e89613a-bc3d-5906-a985-b03d41ef408b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1e89613a-bc3d-5906-a985-b03d41ef408b
identifier: oo:GB-COH-12257979
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WICB GROUP LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-12257979`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e89613a-bc3d-5906-a985-b03d41ef408b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1e89613a-bc3d-5906-a985-b03d41ef408b  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **WICB HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4547694-b6ca-5e76-9f72-617b59797676
- **WICB HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4547694-b6ca-5e76-9f72-617b59797676
- **Lupfaw Formations Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f3cae16a-882e-40b5-abdc-8f3f00b7fa3d

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **WM AUTOMATION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3c8032c3-b0c5-5212-9b54-74561be1e39e
- **WHITHAM MILLS EQUIPMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6a4ec0c0-4aeb-57d4-b1c5-e33f0c48be60
- **WIRE2BALE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4f56d9b-6fa4-5be8-9419-b99d07ead69f
- **RECYCLING ENGINEERS SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee347d45-3fa7-5bc5-aad4-a968c3dba112
- **WM AUTOMATION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3c8032c3-b0c5-5212-9b54-74561be1e39e
- **WHITHAM MILLS EQUIPMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6a4ec0c0-4aeb-57d4-b1c5-e33f0c48be60
- **WIRE2BALE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4f56d9b-6fa4-5be8-9419-b99d07ead69f
- **GBALERS EUROPE LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/feb5eb00-4ac9-462e-83ae-f2ed50378a81
- **WM SERVICE ENGINEERS (SOUTH EAST) LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5b6460fa-1c9a-48a9-a112-8ffe935c0259
- **RECYCLING ENGINEERS SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee347d45-3fa7-5bc5-aad4-a968c3dba112
- **WM SERVICE ENGINEERS LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/724a5880-aad3-5aea-9564-ec5d18d5b624

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

1. **WICB HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *WICB GROUP LIMITED*
1. **WICB HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *WICB GROUP LIMITED*
1. **Lupfaw Formations Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *WICB GROUP LIMITED*
2. **Mrs Charlotte Louise Smart** — beneficial owner 50% → *WICB HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **Mr Benjamin Toby Edward Smart** — beneficial owner 100% → *WICB HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **Mrs Charlotte Louise Smart** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *WICB HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **Mr Benjamin Toby Edward Smart** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *WICB HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **Mr Kevin Harry Emsley** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *Lupfaw Formations Limited*
2. **AIRE PARTNERS LLP** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *Lupfaw Formations Limited*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `12257979`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2019-10-12
- **Registered office:** Unit 70 Whitbrook Way Stakehill Industrial Estate, Middleton, Manchester, M24 2SS, England
- **SIC:** 70229

### Officers

- SMART, Benjamin Toby Edward — director · British · appointed 2019-11-27
- WALTON, Neil — director · British · appointed 2019-12-20
- MCCORMACK, Daniel John — director · British · appointed 2019-10-12 · resigned 2019-11-27
- [LUPFAW FORMATIONS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f3cae16a-882e-40b5-abdc-8f3f00b7fa3d) — corporate director · appointed 2019-10-12 · resigned 2019-11-27

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Wicb Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4547694-b6ca-5e76-9f72-617b59797676) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2019-11-27
- [Lupfaw Formations Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f3cae16a-882e-40b5-abdc-8f3f00b7fa3d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2019-11-27

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12257979
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12257979

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WICB GROUP LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e89613a-bc3d-5906-a985-b03d41ef408b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1e89613a-bc3d-5906-a985-b03d41ef408b._

_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"._