---
title: "B.A.T. CHINA LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24b8ed01-e29a-5824-850a-0bab6355df49
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/24b8ed01-e29a-5824-850a-0bab6355df49
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00134409
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# B.A.T. CHINA LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00134409`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24b8ed01-e29a-5824-850a-0bab6355df49  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/24b8ed01-e29a-5824-850a-0bab6355df49  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **B.A.T. CHINA LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:2138009PF9VQCVQ8HP80` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f7ba705d-0cfb-5025-aff4-ae98c5fd1741

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/acc2e979-823a-5354-88a8-8061b275562b
- **BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/acc2e979-823a-5354-88a8-8061b275562b

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

A **18-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:** `00134409`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1914-03-06
- **Registered office:** Globe House, 1 Water Street, London, WC2R 3LA
- **SIC:** 12000

### Officers

- [BATS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8499568f-6c18-5839-9205-0f9f1531ca3f) — corporate secretary · appointed 2024-09-03
- BOOTH, David Patrick Ian — director · British · appointed 2015-04-22
- CHEUNG, Lap Kei — director · Chinese · appointed 2021-06-01
- HRSTIC, Andrija Jure — director · New Zealander · appointed 2024-08-08
- WILSON, Ruth — director · British · appointed 2021-06-28
- ANDERSON, Murray Gilliland Charles — secretary · British · appointed 1997-09-11 · resigned 2008-12-16
- CLARKE, Peter Lampard — secretary · British · resigned 1997-09-11
- CORDESCHI, Richard — secretary · British · appointed 2008-12-16 · resigned 2012-08-09
- ELLIS, Sallie — secretary · appointed 2012-08-13 · resigned 2013-08-07
- GRIFFITHS, Ann Elizabeth — secretary · appointed 2013-08-07 · resigned 2017-02-28
- HAYNES, Jessica — secretary · appointed 2018-09-19 · resigned 2020-04-03
- MCCORMACK, Peter — secretary · appointed 2020-09-24 · resigned 2021-11-26
- PATEL, Janaki Biharilal — secretary · appointed 2017-07-07 · resigned 2018-04-18
- WORLOCK, Christopher — secretary · appointed 2022-03-18 · resigned 2024-09-03
- ABELMAN, Jerome Bruce — director · American · appointed 2011-08-03 · resigned 2014-06-11
- ADAMS, Paul Nicholas — director · British · appointed 1992-01-14 · resigned 1999-07-27
- ARIS, Gregory — director · British · appointed 2021-06-28 · resigned 2022-09-07
- BARROW, Brian Christopher — director · British · appointed 1995-06-05 · resigned 1999-12-02
- BEKDACHE, Bassem — director · British · appointed 2020-09-24 · resigned 2022-01-01
- BERRY, David Nicholson — director · British · appointed 1992-01-14 · resigned 1992-06-29

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [British American Tobacco China Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/acc2e979-823a-5354-88a8-8061b275562b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00134409
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00134409

## 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 **B.A.T. CHINA LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24b8ed01-e29a-5824-850a-0bab6355df49 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **B.A.T. CHINA LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24b8ed01-e29a-5824-850a-0bab6355df49 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/24b8ed01-e29a-5824-850a-0bab6355df49._

_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"._