---
title: "PURO VENTURES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/37b8d47b-d702-5ff1-a90b-fa7dc8b5a86a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/37b8d47b-d702-5ff1-a90b-fa7dc8b5a86a
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05822614
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PURO VENTURES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05822614`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/37b8d47b-d702-5ff1-a90b-fa7dc8b5a86a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/37b8d47b-d702-5ff1-a90b-fa7dc8b5a86a  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Ian Keith Southworth** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c10e2751-b8bf-560b-87cd-ea0a572a4087
- **Michael John Le-Gallez** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/13bdb310-d178-52f0-a626-0badc0879d99
- **GREENWHITESTAR ACQUISITIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6a995eb5-bbd5-5b9e-9747-0fe4a953f3e2
- **Greenwhitestar Acquisitions Limited** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0a55db93-f77e-4fd8-b5a5-a40f47d90098
- **Ian Keith Southworth** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eb44c1f2-e5d7-48a0-aee4-e51d910ef957
- **Michael John Le-Gallez** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32211884-1168-4d12-8f24-3c1a9322598a
- **SPEEDY FREIGHT HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc4c6c1e-e962-495f-b6f0-3b799d3439c9
- **Eddie Stobart Logistics Plc** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/471b2d69-1057-4b41-b1cc-42e383c884b8

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **SPEEDY FREIGHT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f88dc02f-827f-4768-b500-53837f0f23c8

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

A **73-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:** `05822614`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2006-05-19
- **Registered office:** Puro House, Unit 2 The Pavilions Cranford Drive, Knutsford Business Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8ZR, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 82990

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---:|
| Profit / (loss) | £1,617,888 |
| Net assets | £8,028,036 |
| Cash | £3,764,184 |
| Shareholder funds | £709 |
| Fixed assets | £2,880,357 |
| Current assets | £24,836,554 |
| Employees | 1 |

_Latest filed period. Full 3-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- MUNNELLY, John Patrick — director · British · appointed 2021-07-21
- PUGH, James — director · British · appointed 2026-03-16
- SMITH, Michael Robert — director · British · appointed 2016-10-31
- LE-GALLEZ, Michael John — secretary · British · appointed 2006-05-19 · resigned 2021-07-02
- CORRWAY, Brian — director · Irish · appointed 2020-06-05 · resigned 2020-08-04
- DESREUMAUX, Sebastien Robert — director · French · appointed 2019-08-29 · resigned 2019-12-16
- HARTE, Damien — director · Irish · appointed 2017-07-07 · resigned 2019-05-03
- KANG, Anoop — director · British · appointed 2019-05-03 · resigned 2020-01-17
- LAFFEY, Alexander — director · British · appointed 2017-07-07 · resigned 2019-08-22
- LE-GALLEZ, Michael John — director · British · appointed 2006-05-19 · resigned 2021-07-02
- NICHOLS, Rupert Henry Conquest — director · British · appointed 2017-07-07 · resigned 2021-07-02
- SOUTHWORTH, Ian Keith — director · British · appointed 2006-05-19 · resigned 2021-07-02
- STOBART, William — director · British · appointed 2020-06-05 · resigned 2021-07-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Speedy Freight Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc4c6c1e-e962-495f-b6f0-3b799d3439c9) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2021-07-02
- Ian Keith Southworth — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2021-07-02
- Michael John Le-Gallez — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2021-07-02
- [Greenwhitestar Acquisitions Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0a55db93-f77e-4fd8-b5a5-a40f47d90098) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2020-08-04
- [Eddie Stobart Logistics Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/471b2d69-1057-4b41-b1cc-42e383c884b8) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2017-07-07

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05822614
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05822614
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05822614/filing-history

## 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 **PURO VENTURES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/37b8d47b-d702-5ff1-a90b-fa7dc8b5a86a · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PURO VENTURES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/37b8d47b-d702-5ff1-a90b-fa7dc8b5a86a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/37b8d47b-d702-5ff1-a90b-fa7dc8b5a86a._

_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"._