---
title: "BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3da71e53-e582-5424-b67f-ffdc9bb0c540
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3da71e53-e582-5424-b67f-ffdc9bb0c540
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00600903
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00600903`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3da71e53-e582-5424-b67f-ffdc9bb0c540  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3da71e53-e582-5424-b67f-ffdc9bb0c540  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Gilbert John Smith** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b3cee752-9bc0-5993-bdaf-ca7be9094dc7
- **Mrs Helen Joanna Shepherd** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/509f7753-77e0-4295-9349-b06c38003f1d
- **Mr Gilbert John Smith** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f55bda09-7bf0-4be3-aa56-002de0aeb8ea
- **QUBIC TRUSTEES LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/418950e4-25b0-5882-9219-19abe54f53d8

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **WORTERS (LONDON) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/032de810-c4db-5f53-9057-d8408d4deb4c
- **WORTERS (LONDON) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/032de810-c4db-5f53-9057-d8408d4deb4c

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

1. **Mr Gilbert John Smith** — beneficial owner → *BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED*
1. **Mrs Helen Joanna Shepherd** — beneficial owner → *BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED*
1. **Mr Gilbert John Smith** — beneficial owner → *BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED*
1. **QUBIC TRUSTEES LTD** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED*
2. **QUBIC ASSOCIATE GROUP LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *QUBIC TRUSTEES LTD*
3. **Mr David Michael Graham** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *QUBIC ASSOCIATE GROUP LIMITED*
3. **Ils Trustees Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *QUBIC ASSOCIATE GROUP LIMITED*
3. **QUBIC TRUSTEES LTD** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *QUBIC ASSOCIATE GROUP LIMITED*
3. **Mr Christopher Peter Eaton** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *QUBIC ASSOCIATE GROUP LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `00600903`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1958-03-20
- **Registered office:** Manor Road Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8NE
- **SIC:** 01500, 45112

### Officers

- SMITH, William John — secretary · appointed 2023-06-02
- BRIDLE, Christopher Ian — director · British · appointed 2012-03-01
- BRIDLE, Clifford Phillip — director · British · appointed 2012-03-01
- FOWLER, Angela Theresa — director · British · appointed 2012-03-01
- SHEPHERD, Helen Joanna — director · English · appointed 2012-03-01
- SMITH, Ben — director · British · appointed 2012-03-01
- SMITH, William John — director · British · appointed 2012-03-01
- SMITH, Gilbert John — secretary · British · resigned 2023-06-02
- BRIDLE, Caroline Kate — director · British · resigned 2025-12-15
- SMITH, Gilbert John — director · British · resigned 2023-06-02
- SMITH(II), Ben — director · British · resigned 2011-01-05

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Qubic Trustees Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/418950e4-25b0-5882-9219-19abe54f53d8) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2025-11-25
- Mrs Helen Joanna Shepherd — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2025-11-25
- Mr Gilbert John Smith — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2024-03-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00600903
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00600903

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3da71e53-e582-5424-b67f-ffdc9bb0c540 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3da71e53-e582-5424-b67f-ffdc9bb0c540._

_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"._