---
title: "OXWOOD LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3ea8163c-cefd-5713-a988-01316901c3dc
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3ea8163c-cefd-5713-a988-01316901c3dc
identifier: oo:GB-COH-10079544
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# OXWOOD LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-10079544`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3ea8163c-cefd-5713-a988-01316901c3dc  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3ea8163c-cefd-5713-a988-01316901c3dc  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Howard Woodley Sears** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ac75b3d4-6bb1-5042-a519-88dfc1919602
- **Mr Christopher John Bates** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d6257ff-2aa3-53a0-869c-f7787b9dadae
- **Alexandra Sears** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/05799536-97bc-5f71-bee5-fb6f0ceefe93
- **Mr Howard Woodley Sears** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc3c921c-6aab-48ca-a8f7-acc85a48233c
- **Mr Christopher John Bates** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f9cca636-15a9-406c-bfcb-d9528e259ff0
- **Alexandra Sears** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bd96ae19-b1b2-4c30-ae1d-70f863e8b18f

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **PLIANZ LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bcc6fb05-e395-51e8-b130-f9925224b9ab
- **CLAUSURA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46ec23fe-c289-50f2-9bbb-cae24ee03c38
- **ASTUTA LTD** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/02c25d38-010d-5e5d-9dd8-aecf7db59a4b
- **CLAUSURA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46ec23fe-c289-50f2-9bbb-cae24ee03c38
- **PLIANZ LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bcc6fb05-e395-51e8-b130-f9925224b9ab
- **ASTUTA LTD** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/02c25d38-010d-5e5d-9dd8-aecf7db59a4b
- **Plianz Holdings Ltd** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f64c6166-0df7-449e-a674-a0e478daafa7

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

A **6-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:** `10079544`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2016-03-23
- **Registered office:** Ashcombe Court, Woolsack Way, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1LQ, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 70229

### Officers

- SEARS, Howard Woodley — director · British · appointed 2016-03-23
- GASKELL, Rob — secretary · appointed 2020-04-21 · resigned 2025-10-27
- [GRAVITAS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/df2af681-f0b5-5382-a346-02a14dc7c756) — corporate secretary · appointed 2018-09-19 · resigned 2019-09-23
- ABEL, John Frederick Campbell — director · British · appointed 2019-10-01 · resigned 2025-10-08
- BATES, Christopher John — director · British · appointed 2019-06-21 · resigned 2025-10-24
- PEET, Lee Stephen — director · British · appointed 2017-05-30 · resigned 2018-10-09

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Howard Woodley Sears — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-06-04
- Mr Christopher John Bates — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2025-10-08
- Alexandra Sears — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2017-01-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10079544
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10079544

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **OXWOOD LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3ea8163c-cefd-5713-a988-01316901c3dc · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3ea8163c-cefd-5713-a988-01316901c3dc._

_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"._