---
title: "SMITHRIDGE FRANCHISING LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/40de8565-b681-5e11-920a-635cca40bf35
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/40de8565-b681-5e11-920a-635cca40bf35
identifier: oo:GB-COH-15551042
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SMITHRIDGE FRANCHISING LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-15551042`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/40de8565-b681-5e11-920a-635cca40bf35  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/40de8565-b681-5e11-920a-635cca40bf35  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **KENECT RECRUITMENT LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eb795e16-a516-5574-91ec-ab82dfbb1ae3
- **Mr Julien Richard Smith** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f7407baa-e951-5608-a2df-32c50744e1a0
- **Mr Nicholas David Smith** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5dfa8c42-34ce-5982-993d-49e53676bf8a
- **Mr Jason Richard Whittenham** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d861fc85-a5f1-5237-b440-a8f928f5ed54
- **KENECT RECRUITMENT LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eb795e16-a516-5574-91ec-ab82dfbb1ae3
- **Mr Nicholas David Smith** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/07077a75-c08c-4a50-bf31-40f636f57824
- **Mr Jason Richard Whittenham** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d725045-615a-4ff0-a1da-079eb4985f5a
- **Mr Julien Richard Smith** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/38d39317-2d4b-4a2e-b951-6524cf781c4f

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

A **25-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:** `15551042`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2024-03-09
- **Registered office:** Unit 4, Lancaster Park Newborough Road, Needwood, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 9PD, England
- **SIC:** 78200

### Officers

- DE LACY JONES, David — secretary · appointed 2024-07-01
- DE LACY JONES, David — director · British · appointed 2024-07-01
- HUTCHINSON, David John — director · British · appointed 2024-07-01
- SMITH, Julien Richard — director · British · appointed 2024-03-09
- SMITH, Nicholas David — director · British · appointed 2024-07-01
- WHITTENHAM, Jason Richard — director · British · appointed 2024-03-09
- BODELL, Luke Thomas — director · English · appointed 2024-03-09 · resigned 2024-06-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Julien Richard Smith — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2024-07-01
- Mr Nicholas David Smith — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2024-07-01
- Mr Jason Richard Whittenham — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2024-07-01
- [Kenect Recruitment Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eb795e16-a516-5574-91ec-ab82dfbb1ae3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2024-07-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15551042
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15551042

## 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 **SMITHRIDGE FRANCHISING LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/40de8565-b681-5e11-920a-635cca40bf35 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SMITHRIDGE FRANCHISING LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/40de8565-b681-5e11-920a-635cca40bf35 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/40de8565-b681-5e11-920a-635cca40bf35._

_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"._