---
title: "PAYASSIST LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2fbd0204-4195-59fd-b310-c7d14db90ef6
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2fbd0204-4195-59fd-b310-c7d14db90ef6
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08896393
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PAYASSIST LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08896393`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2fbd0204-4195-59fd-b310-c7d14db90ef6  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2fbd0204-4195-59fd-b310-c7d14db90ef6  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SIMMONS GAINSFORD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31a64440-35a9-5806-92fc-9ad340f9188f
- **SIMMONS GAINSFORD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31a64440-35a9-5806-92fc-9ad340f9188f
- **SIMMONS GAINSFORD LLP** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/596e57c5-29a0-5be9-bb82-7331e663cbf0

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

A **17-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:** `08896393`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2014-02-14
- **Registered office:** 52 New Town, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 5DE, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 69201

### Officers

- ATHERTON, Jane Sarah — director · British · appointed 2022-02-09
- DUGGAN, James Bryan — director · British · appointed 2016-06-15
- PUMFREY, David John — director · British · appointed 2022-02-09
- DUGGAN, Julie — director · British · appointed 2014-02-14 · resigned 2022-02-09
- HERSEY, Darren Leonard — director · British · appointed 2014-02-14 · resigned 2022-02-09
- JENNINGS, Stephen Michael — director · British · appointed 2014-02-14 · resigned 2019-09-13
- STEBBING, Christopher George — director · British · appointed 2014-02-14 · resigned 2018-03-31
- THAKERAR, Rajiv Chhotalal — director · British · appointed 2019-01-18 · resigned 2022-02-09

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Simmons Gainsford Professional Services Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31a64440-35a9-5806-92fc-9ad340f9188f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2023-12-06
- [Simmons Gainsford Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/596e57c5-29a0-5be9-bb82-7331e663cbf0) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-12-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08896393
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08896393

## 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 **PAYASSIST LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2fbd0204-4195-59fd-b310-c7d14db90ef6 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PAYASSIST LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2fbd0204-4195-59fd-b310-c7d14db90ef6 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2fbd0204-4195-59fd-b310-c7d14db90ef6._

_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"._