---
title: "BEST FRIENDS VETERINARY GROUP — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2dee1af1-86d8-5854-9a32-5fbd357a0102
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2dee1af1-86d8-5854-9a32-5fbd357a0102
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03969182
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BEST FRIENDS VETERINARY GROUP

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03969182`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2dee1af1-86d8-5854-9a32-5fbd357a0102  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2dee1af1-86d8-5854-9a32-5fbd357a0102  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ARES MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d313ee00-2012-591b-86bb-4a7bc033600f
- **ARES MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a8c80ff1-f2ab-5b4a-be3a-2e637b48adbe
- **NENE VETERINARY GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/080d7b5f-64cc-50fa-91a5-c4022281cee7
- **Andrew Bennett** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/96434410-1585-5684-a27d-75904c763c19
- **ARES MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a8c80ff1-f2ab-5b4a-be3a-2e637b48adbe
- **Andrew Bennett** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/57cf37fc-8bf2-46be-ab66-8044ca0125b2
- **ARES MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d313ee00-2012-591b-86bb-4a7bc033600f
- **AUGUST EQUITY LLP** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/79a97539-9cca-5c9f-be40-dd1b1c2ef3db
- **NENE VETERINARY GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/080d7b5f-64cc-50fa-91a5-c4022281cee7

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

A **56-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:** `03969182`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private unlimited
- **Incorporated:** 2000-04-10
- **Registered office:** Spitfire House, Aviator Court, York, YO30 4UZ, England
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- MALONE, Joanna Clare — director · British · appointed 2016-11-30
- STANWORTH, Mark — director · British · appointed 2017-01-31
- BLOODWORTH, Owen Malcolm — secretary · British · appointed 2000-04-10 · resigned 2003-07-04
- BUTLER, Graham Philip — secretary · British · appointed 2006-08-31 · resigned 2008-06-30
- LEA, Seamus — secretary · British · appointed 2003-07-07 · resigned 2006-08-31
- SELBY, Julia Louise — secretary · appointed 2015-07-06 · resigned 2016-11-30
- WILSON LEARY, Linda — secretary · British · appointed 2008-06-30 · resigned 2015-07-06
- L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2000-04-10 · resigned 2000-04-10
- BENNETT, Andrew Rene — director · British · appointed 2000-04-10 · resigned 2016-11-30
- TAVERNER, Colin — director · British · appointed 2016-11-30 · resigned 2017-02-10
- L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2000-04-10 · resigned 2000-04-10

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Best Friends Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/080d7b5f-64cc-50fa-91a5-c4022281cee7) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-11-30
- [Ares Management Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d313ee00-2012-591b-86bb-4a7bc033600f) — right to appoint and remove directors · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2018-11-29
- [Ares Management Uk Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a8c80ff1-f2ab-5b4a-be3a-2e637b48adbe) — right to appoint and remove directors · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2018-11-29
- [August Equity Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/79a97539-9cca-5c9f-be40-dd1b1c2ef3db) — right to appoint and remove directors · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2018-04-06
- Andrew Bennett — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2016-11-30

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03969182
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03969182

## 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 **BEST FRIENDS VETERINARY GROUP** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2dee1af1-86d8-5854-9a32-5fbd357a0102 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BEST FRIENDS VETERINARY GROUP**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2dee1af1-86d8-5854-9a32-5fbd357a0102 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2dee1af1-86d8-5854-9a32-5fbd357a0102._

_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"._