---
title: "AIRCRAFT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b500e87-d442-55eb-8294-69085505ae93
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3b500e87-d442-55eb-8294-69085505ae93
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00503668
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AIRCRAFT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00503668`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b500e87-d442-55eb-8294-69085505ae93  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3b500e87-d442-55eb-8294-69085505ae93  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Aircraft Research Association Limited** — source · `gb-coh:503668` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/58398d4d-a26e-438d-a59b-0d739e56c97d
- **AIRCRAFT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800BMLKGC8G9L8Q35` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5be991c3-d6f5-510b-8572-df3268679986

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BAE SYSTEMS PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7d41eb05-ec15-5f15-bc94-751e34d2c15a
- **Bae Systems Plc** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b2d1e229-12b8-4992-8b5d-895b47c2a7d1

### 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:** `00503668`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc
- **Incorporated:** 1952-01-22
- **Registered office:** Manton Lane, Bedford, Beds, MK41 7PF
- **SIC:** 72190

### Officers

- [BAE SYSTEMS CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6b3ae221-dde8-459e-a4ab-c8f7c545aa48) — corporate secretary · appointed 2025-10-06
- ASHFIELD, Nathan — director · British · appointed 2022-04-11
- BARRATT, Matthew John — director · British · appointed 2023-09-21
- GRZYWNA, Jayne Helen — director · British · appointed 2023-09-21
- HOLMES, David Samuel John — director · British · appointed 2023-09-21
- ROSS BLAND, Oliver — director · British · appointed 2026-06-11
- WARBURTON, Jon — director · British · appointed 2026-01-01
- CARR, Malcolm Paul — secretary · British · appointed 1992-03-10 · resigned 2000-08-31
- LLOYD-DAVIES, Ian — secretary · British · resigned 1991-10-31
- RENTLE, Kieron John — secretary · British · appointed 2000-09-01 · resigned 2016-07-12
- SHRIBBS, Robert Eric — secretary · appointed 2016-07-12 · resigned 2021-04-27
- ARNALL, John — director · British · resigned 1993-12-31
- BALMFORD, David Ernest Hall — director · British · resigned 1995-11-01
- BARTON, Hilary Ann — director · British · appointed 2005-03-08 · resigned 2012-12-07
- BARZEGAR, Behrooz — director · British · appointed 2001-06-01 · resigned 2017-05-26
- BYHAM, Geoffrey Malcolm — director · British · appointed 1995-11-01 · resigned 2005-05-31
- CLARKSON, Christopher Douglas Sylvester — director · British · appointed 1999-02-03 · resigned 2008-06-06
- COHEN, Kim — director · British · appointed 1995-07-14 · resigned 1998-10-05
- CUTTEL, Diane — director · British · appointed 2010-06-04 · resigned 2012-01-19
- DUNMORE, Karen Sarah — director · British · appointed 2009-10-19 · resigned 2011-07-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Bae Systems Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b2d1e229-12b8-4992-8b5d-895b47c2a7d1) — 75–100% votes · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00503668
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00503668

## 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 **AIRCRAFT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b500e87-d442-55eb-8294-69085505ae93 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AIRCRAFT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b500e87-d442-55eb-8294-69085505ae93 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3b500e87-d442-55eb-8294-69085505ae93._

_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"._