---
title: "BRITISH RAIL LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32ddd318-5c1e-54dc-9a97-8d5df0738172
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/32ddd318-5c1e-54dc-9a97-8d5df0738172
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03159175
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BRITISH RAIL LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03159175`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32ddd318-5c1e-54dc-9a97-8d5df0738172  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/32ddd318-5c1e-54dc-9a97-8d5df0738172  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BRITISH RAIL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32ddd318-5c1e-54dc-9a97-8d5df0738172
- **Department For Transport** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b4bebbe4-5e89-4433-bd9b-c17e8a57c7d0

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

A **2-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:** `03159175`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-02-09
- **Registered office:** C/O Group Property, Department For Transport Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 4DR, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 49100

### Officers

- CORMACK, Alistair — director · British · appointed 2022-12-16
- BONNEY, Heather Jane — secretary · British · appointed 1997-04-11 · resigned 2003-08-27
- HEWETT, Peter Graham — secretary · British · appointed 1996-02-09 · resigned 1997-04-11
- SINCLAIR, Janet Elizabeth — secretary · British · appointed 2003-08-27 · resigned 2009-12-31
- CORNELL, Jim Scott — director · British · appointed 1996-02-09 · resigned 1996-05-30
- HEWETT, Peter Graham — director · British · appointed 1996-02-09 · resigned 1997-04-11
- PATEL, Kamal — director · British · appointed 2019-09-12 · resigned 2022-06-29
- PORTER, Ralph Anthony — director · British · appointed 1996-05-30 · resigned 2002-10-25
- TREWIN, Peter Charles — director · British · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2013-09-30
- TWITE, Malcolm Douglas — director · British · appointed 2013-09-30 · resigned 2019-09-12

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Department For Transport — significant influence or control · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03159175
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03159175

## 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 **BRITISH RAIL LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32ddd318-5c1e-54dc-9a97-8d5df0738172 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BRITISH RAIL LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32ddd318-5c1e-54dc-9a97-8d5df0738172 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/32ddd318-5c1e-54dc-9a97-8d5df0738172._

_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"._