---
title: "COTTON TRADERS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/268fa078-ec12-544b-88dd-875f9f6cc76e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/268fa078-ec12-544b-88dd-875f9f6cc76e
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02125768
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# COTTON TRADERS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02125768`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/268fa078-ec12-544b-88dd-875f9f6cc76e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/268fa078-ec12-544b-88dd-875f9f6cc76e  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **COTTON TRADERS LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:2138004ZM87E5Q2I8C55` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a1ae439-58d8-5a53-95a5-36937b1b8b92

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **COTTON TRADERS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/268fa078-ec12-544b-88dd-875f9f6cc76e
- **Mr Francis Edward Cotton** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cdff0458-9815-51cd-ae45-2561098565ca
- **Mr Steven James Smith** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/51e77845-9574-587c-a2c0-c14c697e46d4
- **Mr Francis Edward Cotton** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6ff85c9f-d77b-4fc8-823f-17fc1ab1c910
- **Mr Steven James Smith** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f30c2c0b-ae24-4318-aff5-ab8ecb1cc366
- **Cotton Traders Group Finance Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0db7b7ef-b8bb-4307-aa91-6ce1cc5c0990
- **COTTON TRADERS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6c22ae38-4db6-513a-83fb-a11750531cc8

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **COTSWOLD COLLECTIONS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7bee466b-e207-48c6-9b8e-e0da54d01bcc

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

A **35-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:** `02125768`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1987-04-24
- **Registered office:** Cotton Traders House Atlantic Street, Broadheath, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 5GZ, England
- **SIC:** 47710, 47721

### Officers

- HAMBLIN, Nicholas Anthony — director · British · appointed 2022-09-09
- MILLWARD, Phillip Robert — director · British · appointed 2026-02-10
- SMITH, Steven James — director · British
- STEWART, Kyle — director · British · appointed 2026-02-10
- TURNER, Nicholas James — director · British · appointed 2026-02-10
- BARNES, William Robert — secretary · British · appointed 1997-08-16 · resigned 2003-10-31
- COTTON, Francis Edward — secretary · British · resigned 1993-02-01
- COTTON, Patricia — secretary · appointed 2011-02-01 · resigned 2018-05-21
- DEVALL, Philip Frank — secretary · British · appointed 1993-02-01 · resigned 1997-06-05
- HOWLINGS, Mark Steven — secretary · British · appointed 2003-10-31 · resigned 2011-01-31
- COTTON, Francis Edward — director · British · resigned 2026-05-15
- DEVALL, Philip Frank — director · British · appointed 1993-02-01 · resigned 1997-06-05
- DORSETT, Jonathan Paul — director · British · appointed 2018-05-21 · resigned 2022-09-01
- HOWLINGS, Mark Steven — director · British · appointed 2022-09-09 · resigned 2026-05-31
- NEARY, Anthony — director · British · resigned 1993-08-10

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Cotton Traders Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6c22ae38-4db6-513a-83fb-a11750531cc8) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2018-05-21
- Cotton Traders Group Finance Limited — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2018-05-21
- Mr Francis Edward Cotton — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-05-21
- Mr Steven James Smith — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-05-21

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02125768
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02125768

## 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 **COTTON TRADERS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/268fa078-ec12-544b-88dd-875f9f6cc76e · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **COTTON TRADERS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/268fa078-ec12-544b-88dd-875f9f6cc76e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/268fa078-ec12-544b-88dd-875f9f6cc76e._

_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"._