---
title: "HORIBA TEST AUTOMATION LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2eaa0896-9fbb-5bbb-a4ac-251a007172cb
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2eaa0896-9fbb-5bbb-a4ac-251a007172cb
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04070217
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HORIBA TEST AUTOMATION LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04070217`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2eaa0896-9fbb-5bbb-a4ac-251a007172cb  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2eaa0896-9fbb-5bbb-a4ac-251a007172cb  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Budin & Partners** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dfbd1acd-69e5-4371-a24b-ea8bb8b6b39b
- **HORIBA UK FINANCE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/215a048e-48f4-53af-bade-79e2bff05eda

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

A **3-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:** `04070217`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2000-09-12
- **Registered office:** Brook Court Whittington Hall, Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2RX, England
- **SIC:** 62090

### Officers

- DUNN MASSEY, Patricia Louise — secretary · British · appointed 2003-07-01
- ALLEN, Declan Joseph — director · British · appointed 2026-04-01
- FOWLER, James John — director · British · appointed 2001-02-20
- GILLESPIE, George Thompson, Dr — director · British · appointed 2018-02-26
- MIYAJI, Hiroyuki — director · Japanese · appointed 2023-02-08
- NAKAMURA, Hiroshi — director · Japanese · appointed 2023-02-08
- SWEENEY, Sian Margaret — secretary · British · appointed 2001-02-20 · resigned 2003-06-30
- HP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2000-09-12 · resigned 2001-02-20
- ADACHI, Masayuki, Dr — director · Japanese · appointed 2006-04-20 · resigned 2006-09-07
- ALLEN, Declan Joseph — director · British · appointed 2002-11-06 · resigned 2004-02-27
- ANDREWS, Darren John — director · British · appointed 2020-08-11 · resigned 2023-02-08
- BREYER, Karl Hermann Gerhard, Dr — director · German · appointed 2004-02-09 · resigned 2006-04-20
- CANSIZ, Ergin — director · German · appointed 2021-10-28 · resigned 2023-02-08
- EHMANN, Thomas Eugen — director · German · appointed 2013-01-28 · resigned 2015-10-30
- ELLERMANN, Michael — director · German · appointed 2005-07-11 · resigned 2006-02-17
- FAATH ARNOLD, Simone — director · German · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2004-06-14
- FUKUSHIMA, Takeshi — director · Japanese · appointed 2018-02-26 · resigned 2021-08-05
- GILLESPIE, George Thompson — director · British · appointed 2001-02-20 · resigned 2008-11-06
- GOETZ, Klaus — director · German · appointed 2001-02-20 · resigned 2004-02-09
- HABE, Tetsuhiro — director · Japanese · appointed 2021-08-05 · resigned 2023-02-08

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Horiba Uk Finance Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/215a048e-48f4-53af-bade-79e2bff05eda) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2023-12-07
- [Horiba Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dfbd1acd-69e5-4371-a24b-ea8bb8b6b39b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Japan — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04070217
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04070217

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HORIBA TEST AUTOMATION LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2eaa0896-9fbb-5bbb-a4ac-251a007172cb · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2eaa0896-9fbb-5bbb-a4ac-251a007172cb._

_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"._