---
title: "MOTOR DESIGN LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3cbef2fe-955d-5926-b710-9db6a4c38ff3
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3cbef2fe-955d-5926-b710-9db6a4c38ff3
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03840137
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MOTOR DESIGN LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03840137`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3cbef2fe-955d-5926-b710-9db6a4c38ff3  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3cbef2fe-955d-5926-b710-9db6a4c38ff3  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **STATON JOWETT HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/83d89019-89cf-5ad1-80db-5211e652e15b
- **Dr David Alan Staton** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/639fbe12-5414-5d04-bf5e-ffa6fee1ab54
- **Mrs Sarah Ann Jowett** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d352d471-e8dd-58a9-a779-a570b05ab5e3
- **GROVE ACQUISITION SUB LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/35cae2d9-8da1-5426-93fd-ed0d8028c3bc
- **GROVE ACQUISITION SUB LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/35cae2d9-8da1-5426-93fd-ed0d8028c3bc
- **STATON JOWETT HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/83d89019-89cf-5ad1-80db-5211e652e15b
- **Dr David Alan Staton** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46c78826-4544-4b53-95dd-c1578cfccf1e
- **Mrs Sarah Ann Jowett** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc00fd35-5ecd-42b5-a695-6b2f5486617d

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

1. **STATON JOWETT HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *MOTOR DESIGN LIMITED*
1. **Dr David Alan Staton** — beneficial owner 50% → *MOTOR DESIGN LIMITED*
1. **Mrs Sarah Ann Jowett** — beneficial owner 50% → *MOTOR DESIGN LIMITED*
1. **GROVE ACQUISITION SUB LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *MOTOR DESIGN LIMITED*
1. **GROVE ACQUISITION SUB LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *MOTOR DESIGN LIMITED*
1. **STATON JOWETT HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *MOTOR DESIGN LIMITED*
1. **Dr David Alan Staton** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *MOTOR DESIGN LIMITED*
1. **Mrs Sarah Ann Jowett** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *MOTOR DESIGN LIMITED*
2. **Ansys Inc.** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *GROVE ACQUISITION SUB LIMITED*
2. **Synopsys, Inc.** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *GROVE ACQUISITION SUB LIMITED*
2. **Dr David Alan Staton** — beneficial owner 50% → *STATON JOWETT HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **Mrs Sarah Ann Jowett-Staton** — beneficial owner 50% → *STATON JOWETT HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **Mrs Sarah Ann Jowett-Staton** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *STATON JOWETT HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **Dr David Alan Staton** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *STATON JOWETT HOLDINGS LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `03840137`
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 1999-09-13
- **Registered office:** 4TH FLOOR, AQUIS HOUSE, BLAGRAVE STREET, READING, RG1 1PL
- **SIC:** 62090 - Other information technology service activities

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03840137
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03840137

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MOTOR DESIGN LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3cbef2fe-955d-5926-b710-9db6a4c38ff3 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3cbef2fe-955d-5926-b710-9db6a4c38ff3._

_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"._