---
title: "ELF HYDROCARBONS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/438fe160-cfad-5f2d-9e56-2a93924b972b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/438fe160-cfad-5f2d-9e56-2a93924b972b
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02600097
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ELF HYDROCARBONS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02600097`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/438fe160-cfad-5f2d-9e56-2a93924b972b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/438fe160-cfad-5f2d-9e56-2a93924b972b  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **NEO NEXT+ ENERGY UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31b335d1-65d1-5d8c-b010-26f0642e4941
- **ELF PETROLEUM UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9de60135-2e5e-5542-bcbf-037666a17d67

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

A **22-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:** `02600097`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1991-04-10
- **Registered office:** 19th Floor 10 Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5BF, England
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- LOVE, Sonia — secretary · appointed 2026-03-30
- GOHIL, Shyam Rajesh — director · British · appointed 2026-03-30
- PARRA, Laurent Denis — director · French · appointed 2026-03-30
- ARNTON, John James — secretary · British · appointed 1998-12-10 · resigned 2000-10-20
- BEGG-SAFFAR, Mary — secretary · British · appointed 2007-09-01 · resigned 2011-07-22
- BESANCON, Marie Anne — secretary · French · appointed 2004-09-01 · resigned 2007-09-01
- CHATTERWAY, Dennis Alan — nominee secretary · British · appointed 1991-04-10 · resigned 1991-04-28
- DERWORIZ, Deidre — secretary · appointed 2022-08-22 · resigned 2024-09-07
- EIDE, Henning — secretary · appointed 2017-10-01 · resigned 2018-05-21
- FRASER, Anne-Marie — secretary · appointed 2021-12-13 · resigned 2022-04-04
- FRASER, Malcolm Keith — secretary · British · appointed 1998-04-23 · resigned 1998-12-10
- GARCIA, Serge Christian Jose — secretary · appointed 2011-07-22 · resigned 2014-07-31
- GOW, Angus Stephen — secretary · British · appointed 2000-10-20 · resigned 2001-08-13
- HUDDLE, Stephen Charles — secretary · British · appointed 1991-04-28 · resigned 1992-05-15
- JAMESON, Keith — secretary · British · appointed 1992-05-15 · resigned 1998-04-23
- PORTER, Lewis — secretary · appointed 2019-03-18 · resigned 2022-08-22
- POWELL, Andrew David — secretary · appointed 2014-07-31 · resigned 2017-10-01
- VASS, Sarah — secretary · appointed 2024-09-07 · resigned 2026-03-30
- WALTON, John Mcpherson Stewart — secretary · British · appointed 2001-08-13 · resigned 2004-09-01
- WILSON, Bryan — secretary · appointed 2018-07-02 · resigned 2019-03-18

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Elf Petroleum Uk Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9de60135-2e5e-5542-bcbf-037666a17d67) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2026-02-11
- [Totalenergies Upstream Uk Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31b335d1-65d1-5d8c-b010-26f0642e4941) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2026-02-11

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02600097
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02600097

## 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 **ELF HYDROCARBONS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/438fe160-cfad-5f2d-9e56-2a93924b972b · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ELF HYDROCARBONS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/438fe160-cfad-5f2d-9e56-2a93924b972b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/438fe160-cfad-5f2d-9e56-2a93924b972b._

_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"._