---
title: "FFEI LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/36282d4b-b23f-5d83-8a7f-3f2fa0c61312
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/36282d4b-b23f-5d83-8a7f-3f2fa0c61312
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03244452
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# FFEI LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03244452`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/36282d4b-b23f-5d83-8a7f-3f2fa0c61312  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/36282d4b-b23f-5d83-8a7f-3f2fa0c61312  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **FFEI LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:2138002NAM1Z15J3XR82` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/da338f68-5af3-5d2f-a5d8-d18fd8810f6b

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **XAAR PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b0053444-0b75-5eb3-8370-a6f4effdb0f2
- **XAAR PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b0053444-0b75-5eb3-8370-a6f4effdb0f2
- **Ffei Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b72b0190-3b57-470a-b684-e3e448d867ae

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

A **5-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:** `03244452`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-09-02
- **Registered office:** 3950 Cambridge Research Park, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PE, England
- **SIC:** 27900

### Officers

- SMITH, Warren — secretary · appointed 2026-07-01
- JAMES, Paul Anthony — director · British · appointed 2024-11-20
- MILLS, Robert John, Dr — director · British · appointed 2021-07-11
- CARTER, David Charles — secretary · British · appointed 1996-09-02 · resigned 1996-11-27
- COTTAGE, Camila — secretary · appointed 2021-07-11 · resigned 2022-10-20
- CRANE, Julia Alison — secretary · appointed 2023-01-16 · resigned 2025-12-31
- GREENWOOD, Pheobe — secretary · appointed 2026-01-01 · resigned 2026-07-01
- HATTORI, Satoru — secretary · British · appointed 2004-05-21 · resigned 2006-10-31
- KAWAMURA, Yoshiaki — secretary · British · appointed 1998-10-10 · resigned 2004-05-21
- MIKI, Mashahiro — secretary · Japanese · appointed 1996-11-27 · resigned 1998-10-01
- PAYNE, Julian Christopher — secretary · British · appointed 2006-10-31 · resigned 2021-07-11
- TICHIAS, Ian Alan — secretary · appointed 2022-10-20 · resigned 2023-01-16
- BARTLETT, Michael — director · British · appointed 1998-01-21 · resigned 2000-11-20
- BIRCH, Nigel John — director · British · appointed 2006-10-31 · resigned 2008-09-18
- COOK, Andrew Michael — director · British · appointed 2006-10-31 · resigned 2021-07-11
- PAYNE, Julian Christopher — director · British · appointed 2006-10-31 · resigned 2021-07-11
- SANDARS, George Russell — nominee director · British · appointed 1996-09-02 · resigned 1996-11-27
- SEKIGUCHI, Yoshiro — director · Japanese · appointed 2000-05-05 · resigned 2003-11-18
- TAKAHASHI, Toshio — director · Japanese · appointed 1996-11-27 · resigned 2000-05-05
- TAKASHIMA, Takekazu — director · Japanese · appointed 2003-11-18 · resigned 2006-10-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Xaar Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b0053444-0b75-5eb3-8370-a6f4effdb0f2) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2021-07-11
- [Ffei Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b72b0190-3b57-470a-b684-e3e448d867ae) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2021-07-11

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03244452
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03244452

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **FFEI LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/36282d4b-b23f-5d83-8a7f-3f2fa0c61312 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/36282d4b-b23f-5d83-8a7f-3f2fa0c61312._

_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"._