---
title: "BARBERS FRANCHISING LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2d5d6658-254d-5594-a3d4-ea955f9eef72
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2d5d6658-254d-5594-a3d4-ea955f9eef72
identifier: oo:GB-COH-15400974
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BARBERS FRANCHISING LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-15400974`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2d5d6658-254d-5594-a3d4-ea955f9eef72  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2d5d6658-254d-5594-a3d4-ea955f9eef72  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **THE INTERNATIONAL BARBERS GROUP LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2706047f-d94c-5d5d-990b-e52be43d455d
- **Mr John Charles Murphy** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a2a4b6ba-a649-5dfa-bfbd-f7ae933c151c
- **Mr Stephen Gary Gould** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d4a0f211-0b04-49f8-a16a-693ad4533840
- **Mr John Charles Murphy** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e00a3c93-9aee-400d-b541-a05d736ae6ff
- **THE INTERNATIONAL BARBERS GROUP LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2706047f-d94c-5d5d-990b-e52be43d455d
- **Mr John Charles Murphy** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93d06f09-4350-4edf-9aa6-03d9aecccdc9

### 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:** `15400974`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2024-01-09
- **Registered office:** 30-34 North Street North Street, Hailsham, BN27 1DW, England
- **SIC:** 96020

### Officers

- GOULD, Stephen Gary — director · British · appointed 2024-02-01
- MURPHY, John Charles — director · Irish · appointed 2024-01-09

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Stephen Gary Gould — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2024-03-31
- Mr John Charles Murphy — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2024-03-31
- [The International Barbers Group Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2706047f-d94c-5d5d-990b-e52be43d455d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2024-03-31
- Mr John Charles Murphy — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2024-03-05

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15400974
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15400974

## 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 **BARBERS FRANCHISING LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2d5d6658-254d-5594-a3d4-ea955f9eef72 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BARBERS FRANCHISING LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2d5d6658-254d-5594-a3d4-ea955f9eef72 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2d5d6658-254d-5594-a3d4-ea955f9eef72._

_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"._