---
title: "BRITISH AFRICAN TEA ESTATES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/29905333-e784-565e-acc3-1f4441f4acbf
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/29905333-e784-565e-acc3-1f4441f4acbf
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00801447
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BRITISH AFRICAN TEA ESTATES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00801447`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/29905333-e784-565e-acc3-1f4441f4acbf  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/29905333-e784-565e-acc3-1f4441f4acbf  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **British African Tea Estates (Holdings) Limited** — source · `gb-coh:801447` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/648510b1-ea8a-41b1-97e6-f104d140697f

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **JOHN INGHAM & SONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/744b9a36-1b02-5297-bd4e-9351c0488492
- **John Ingham & Sons Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/70caf7b2-6efa-4447-b167-cfdf186cce8c

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **BRITISH AFRICAN TEA ESTATES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/03600877-f503-5587-bda3-b718ad6f9661
- **GOTHA TEA ESTATES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6083d1be-d9ce-589a-a332-0599672fc45d

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

A **9-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:** `00801447`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1964-04-17
- **Registered office:** Wrotham Place Bull Lane, Wrotham, Near Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7AE, England
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- HINDIA, Nischal Vinesh — secretary · appointed 2024-08-01
- CAPON, Oliver Fleming — director · British · appointed 2024-06-06
- MCLEAN, Graham Harold — director · British · appointed 2015-09-28
- BODRI, Anita Denise — secretary · appointed 2023-12-31 · resigned 2024-08-01
- CONWAY, Michael David — secretary · British · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2011-03-29
- MATHUR, Anil Kumar — secretary · British · appointed 2011-03-29 · resigned 2011-09-01
- MORTON, Julia Alison — secretary · British · appointed 2011-09-01 · resigned 2018-04-20
- TAKK, Amarpal — secretary · appointed 2018-04-20 · resigned 2023-12-31
- HORACE HICKLING & CO LTD — corporate secretary · resigned 1994-01-04
- ROBERTSON BOIS DICKSON ANDERSON LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1994-01-04 · resigned 2003-07-01
- BROWN, George Stuart Grindley — director · British · appointed 1994-01-04 · resigned 2003-11-30
- CROUCH, Peter Allan — director · British · resigned 1993-11-12
- FITZGERALD, Haughton Keane — director · British · resigned 1994-01-04
- LEGGATT, Peter Alan — director · British · resigned 2009-11-28
- LUPTON, Thomas Geoffrey — director · British · appointed 2004-06-30 · resigned 2006-11-30
- PERKINS, Malcolm Courtney, Mr. — director · British · appointed 1994-01-04 · resigned 2015-09-28
- STRANG, James Lamb Couper — director · British · resigned 1994-01-04
- WALKER, Susan Ann — director · British · appointed 2017-11-06 · resigned 2024-06-06

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [John Ingham & Sons, Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/70caf7b2-6efa-4447-b167-cfdf186cce8c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00801447
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00801447

## 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 **BRITISH AFRICAN TEA ESTATES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/29905333-e784-565e-acc3-1f4441f4acbf · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BRITISH AFRICAN TEA ESTATES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/29905333-e784-565e-acc3-1f4441f4acbf · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/29905333-e784-565e-acc3-1f4441f4acbf._

_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"._