---
title: "GIST LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44001ff0-abb0-5abe-82b4-6aea88ec00cf
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/44001ff0-abb0-5abe-82b4-6aea88ec00cf
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00502669
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GIST LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00502669`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44001ff0-abb0-5abe-82b4-6aea88ec00cf  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/44001ff0-abb0-5abe-82b4-6aea88ec00cf  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **GIST LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:52990096Q5RKGLC16186` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e6cc4bc8-115f-5469-88a2-6eafa50887c1

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **MARKS AND SPENCER (A2B) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/41b6a353-f059-5419-a2d5-5f20654c8a09
- **STORESHIELD LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1940312c-96a0-5f50-aaf8-f57c6329479c
- **MARKS AND SPENCER (A2B) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/41b6a353-f059-5419-a2d5-5f20654c8a09
- **STORESHIELD LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1940312c-96a0-5f50-aaf8-f57c6329479c

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

A **27-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:** `00502669`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1951-12-22
- **Registered office:** Waterside House, 35 North Wharf Road, London, W2 1NW, England
- **SIC:** 49410

### Officers

- FOLLAND, Nick James — secretary · appointed 2022-09-30
- BENNETT, Kevin John — director · British · appointed 2025-09-24
- CHRISTENSEN, Lawrence Richard — director · British · appointed 2022-09-30
- FREUDMANN, Alexander Michael — director · British · appointed 2023-05-02
- RUSSELL, Keith — director · British · appointed 2020-10-01
- BAKER, Ian Kenneth Hood — secretary · British · appointed 1994-12-02 · resigned 1995-07-03
- BRACKFIELD, Andrew Christopher — secretary · British · appointed 2007-07-20 · resigned 2007-12-21
- HUNT, Carol Anne — secretary · British · appointed 1999-02-12 · resigned 2006-10-02
- KELLY, Susan Kathleen — secretary · British · appointed 2007-12-21 · resigned 2022-09-30
- LARKINS, Sarah Louise — secretary · British · appointed 2006-10-03 · resigned 2007-07-20
- PAVEY, David Gordon — secretary · British · resigned 1994-12-02
- SMALL, Jeremy Peter — secretary · British · appointed 1995-07-03 · resigned 1999-02-12
- BOUSFIELD, Michael Richard — director · British · appointed 2009-03-18 · resigned 2014-11-30
- BOWLES, Simon Alan — director · British · appointed 1997-11-13 · resigned 1999-07-28
- BRACKFIELD, Andrew Christopher — director · British · appointed 2009-03-18 · resigned 2018-12-31
- BRINSDEN, Peter Graham — director · British · resigned 1999-07-28
- CHAMBERS, Michael Ian — director · British · appointed 2009-03-18 · resigned 2023-09-30
- DAVIS, Paul Anthony — director · British · resigned 1997-08-29
- DOWLING JONES, Sean — director · British · appointed 2025-03-31 · resigned 2025-10-01
- FLYNN, Michael Kevin — director · American · appointed 1999-07-28 · resigned 2019-08-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Marks And Spencer (A2b) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/41b6a353-f059-5419-a2d5-5f20654c8a09) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2022-09-30
- [Storeshield Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1940312c-96a0-5f50-aaf8-f57c6329479c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2022-09-30

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00502669
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00502669

## 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 **GIST LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44001ff0-abb0-5abe-82b4-6aea88ec00cf · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GIST LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44001ff0-abb0-5abe-82b4-6aea88ec00cf · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/44001ff0-abb0-5abe-82b4-6aea88ec00cf._

_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"._