---
title: "BIRKETTS SOLICITORS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2bdfc293-a055-557b-9b0c-dfe51f856adf
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2bdfc293-a055-557b-9b0c-dfe51f856adf
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02262733
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BIRKETTS SOLICITORS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02262733`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2bdfc293-a055-557b-9b0c-dfe51f856adf  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2bdfc293-a055-557b-9b0c-dfe51f856adf  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr James St John Austin** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5c3d438f-dcce-5f62-817c-9bb781d7c97e
- **Mr Mark Edward Gipson** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed4c3c13-53fc-5ab7-902c-93969e3fc16d
- **Mr Mark Edward Gipson** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7d25a2f5-897a-483f-929a-0a8bd5324020
- **Mr James St John Austin** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a4c422c-1882-4e7a-b1ed-c5e7ab9a5255
- **BIRKETTS LLP** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a57dd312-811b-5016-bc94-54da3c98ebe4

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

A **5-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:** `02262733`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1988-05-27
- **Registered office:** Providence House, 141-145 Princes Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1QJ, England
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- TUBB, Andrew Stewart — secretary · appointed 2025-04-04
- GIPSON, Mark Edward — director · British · appointed 2016-04-06
- TUBB, Andrew Stewart — director · British · appointed 2025-04-04
- AUSTIN, James St John — secretary · appointed 2016-04-06 · resigned 2025-03-31
- HALL, James Stewart — secretary · British · resigned 2016-04-06
- AUSTIN, James St John — director · British · appointed 1996-10-14 · resigned 2025-04-04
- HALL, James Stewart — director · British · resigned 2016-04-06
- HUGHES, Paul Roland — director · British · resigned 1996-10-14

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Birketts Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a57dd312-811b-5016-bc94-54da3c98ebe4) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2025-04-14
- Mr James St John Austin — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2025-04-14
- Mr Mark Edward Gipson — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2025-04-14

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02262733
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02262733

## 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 **BIRKETTS SOLICITORS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2bdfc293-a055-557b-9b0c-dfe51f856adf · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BIRKETTS SOLICITORS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2bdfc293-a055-557b-9b0c-dfe51f856adf · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2bdfc293-a055-557b-9b0c-dfe51f856adf._

_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"._