---
title: "RATSEY & LAPTHORN (COWES) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/430fb464-ea0d-5084-8dc8-c7f3fbc58c37
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/430fb464-ea0d-5084-8dc8-c7f3fbc58c37
identifier: oo:GB-COH-07209365
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# RATSEY & LAPTHORN (COWES) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-07209365`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/430fb464-ea0d-5084-8dc8-c7f3fbc58c37  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/430fb464-ea0d-5084-8dc8-c7f3fbc58c37  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr David Michael Banks** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/26deda5c-e877-5fa5-bdca-29b025ece10b
- **Mr Andrew Cassell** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6d9164e3-7231-52b4-928e-ae2138a9e23d
- **RATSEY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a0bfb273-701b-54d2-acff-91b70732dd24
- **RATSEY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a0bfb273-701b-54d2-acff-91b70732dd24
- **Mr Andrew Cassell** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d66e8d95-0e9e-43a7-b65e-83b694677f95
- **Mr David Michael Banks** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/42117051-4a4c-4a8e-b835-e9170688929f

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

A **15-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:** `07209365`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2010-03-31
- **Registered office:** The Sail Loft, Somerton Works, Cowes, Isle Of Wight, PO31 8PB, England
- **SIC:** 13922

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-09-29 |
|---|---:|
| Net assets | -£150,911 |
| Shareholder funds | -£150,911 |
| Fixed assets | £20,982 |
| Current assets | £223,810 |
| Employees | 4 |

_Latest filed period. Full 2-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- BRAZIER, Simon Richard — director · British · appointed 2023-08-04
- HARTLEY, James Stuart — director · British · appointed 2020-02-10
- BANKS, David — secretary · British · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2017-09-09
- [REDDINGS COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fe30e404-e1b3-5467-9c0d-99cfbf2de863) — corporate secretary · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2010-03-31
- BANKS, David Michael — director · British · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2017-09-09
- CASSELL, Andrew — director · British · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2017-09-09
- REDDING, Diana Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2010-03-31
- SHAW, Robert Wedgwood — director · British · appointed 2017-09-09 · resigned 2020-02-10

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Ratsey Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a0bfb273-701b-54d2-acff-91b70732dd24) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2017-09-09
- Mr Andrew Cassell — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2017-09-09
- Mr David Michael Banks — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2017-09-09

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07209365
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07209365/filing-history
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07209365

## 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 **RATSEY & LAPTHORN (COWES) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/430fb464-ea0d-5084-8dc8-c7f3fbc58c37 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **RATSEY & LAPTHORN (COWES) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/430fb464-ea0d-5084-8dc8-c7f3fbc58c37 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/430fb464-ea0d-5084-8dc8-c7f3fbc58c37._

_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"._