---
title: "KERAX LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27c7271b-7b7f-5974-bab2-a82025dcd0c0
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/27c7271b-7b7f-5974-bab2-a82025dcd0c0
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04968239
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# KERAX LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04968239`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27c7271b-7b7f-5974-bab2-a82025dcd0c0  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/27c7271b-7b7f-5974-bab2-a82025dcd0c0  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **KERAX LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:549300THHLINYSPBHG88` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5daf0d40-f40e-577f-bea0-6f4122971589
- **Kerax Limited** — source · `gb-coh:4968239` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/50b2a477-a653-409b-b28e-39a4bcf828cb

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **KERAX HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a4de26d-48ba-5ec3-9044-cf69b6e7a92d
- **Mr Ian David Appleton** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2e72abcc-c784-5c7f-9cab-1502fdb6bfba
- **KERAX LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27c7271b-7b7f-5974-bab2-a82025dcd0c0
- **Mr Ian David Appleton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/adecc7d3-1e9e-48df-ba85-e69a5e8bc98a
- **Kerax (Chorley) Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5e076b09-c2de-4376-a6e2-289b43fdc0f0
- **KERAX HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a4de26d-48ba-5ec3-9044-cf69b6e7a92d

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **HYPERDRIVE LUBRICANTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a0676a6e-8408-5441-98e3-9a60a66fe6e2
- **APPLETON GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/42d55b9b-1993-5b5d-a892-719e10c79bdf

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

A **10-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:** `04968239`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2003-11-18
- **Registered office:** Moorland Gate House, Cowling Road, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 9DR
- **SIC:** 19209

### Officers

- HEBBLETHWAITE, Paul Christopher — secretary · appointed 2013-12-06
- APPLETON, Ian David — director · British · appointed 2006-07-07
- APPLETON, John Paul — director · British · appointed 2020-06-02
- APPLETON, Lynne Carol — director · British · appointed 2011-12-01
- APPLETON, Toby Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2023-03-06
- HEBBLETHWAITE, Paul Christopher — director · British · appointed 2017-01-09
- PARKER, Graham — director · British · appointed 2009-01-01
- APPLETON, Lynne — secretary · British · appointed 2006-07-07 · resigned 2008-08-01
- CRAWFORD, Andrew Edward — secretary · British · appointed 2003-12-15 · resigned 2004-10-29
- CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2004-12-21 · resigned 2006-07-07
- CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2003-11-18 · resigned 2003-11-18
- APPLETON, Ian David — director · British · appointed 2003-11-18 · resigned 2003-12-19
- BRADLEY, Christopher — director · British · appointed 2010-09-01 · resigned 2021-05-12
- BURGESS, Lee — director · British · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2018-09-30
- BURGESS, Lee — director · British · appointed 2009-04-14 · resigned 2012-11-30
- HANSEN, Niels Heinz — director · German · appointed 2003-12-19 · resigned 2006-07-07
- STRETTLE, Geoffrey William — director · British · appointed 2009-01-01 · resigned 2013-09-30
- LEA YEAT LIMITED — corporate director · appointed 2003-11-18 · resigned 2003-11-18

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Kerax Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a4de26d-48ba-5ec3-9044-cf69b6e7a92d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2018-09-28
- Mr Ian David Appleton — 75–100% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2018-09-28
- Kerax (Chorley) Limited — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2018-09-28

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04968239
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04968239

## 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 **KERAX LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27c7271b-7b7f-5974-bab2-a82025dcd0c0 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **KERAX LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27c7271b-7b7f-5974-bab2-a82025dcd0c0 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/27c7271b-7b7f-5974-bab2-a82025dcd0c0._

_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"._