---
title: "HOPS AND BARLEY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/48be9d64-38f7-5cbb-abc4-6568ec753f82
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/48be9d64-38f7-5cbb-abc4-6568ec753f82
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02633943
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HOPS AND BARLEY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02633943`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/48be9d64-38f7-5cbb-abc4-6568ec753f82  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/48be9d64-38f7-5cbb-abc4-6568ec753f82  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Hops And Barley Limited** — source · `gb-coh:2633943` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c50406e-017c-41cc-83b3-4b1bd834ffc8

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Kenneth Ravenscroft** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f6a69682-ec60-5202-b7cd-cc366d9c095b
- **Mr John Kenneth Ravenscroft** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2e8b4909-78a8-4709-8c2a-938881ee0fb5

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **W. HALL & SON (HOLYWELL) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ce2d226e-bd55-55d2-b89a-aebebed3d06f
- **WHISTON SOCIAL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ca6b8bb8-6f9c-5626-a60f-e4b23ad96dd0

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

A **2-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:** `02633943`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1991-07-31
- **Registered office:** Castor Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L6 5AT, England
- **SIC:** 46342

### Officers

- DORAN, Caroline — secretary · British · appointed 2005-09-06
- DORAN, Caroline — director · British · appointed 2005-09-06
- RAVENSCROFT, John Kenneth — director · British · appointed 1991-08-21
- FIELD, John James — secretary · British · appointed 1991-08-21 · resigned 1999-02-12
- MURRAY, Sylvia — secretary · British · appointed 1999-04-19 · resigned 2005-09-06
- PRICE, John Joseph — secretary · British · appointed 1999-02-12 · resigned 1999-04-19
- CITY INITIATIVE LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1991-07-31 · resigned 1991-08-21
- FIELD, John James — director · British · appointed 1991-08-21 · resigned 1999-02-12
- C I NOMINEES LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1991-07-31 · resigned 1991-08-21

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr John Kenneth Ravenscroft — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02633943
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02633943

## 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 **HOPS AND BARLEY LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/48be9d64-38f7-5cbb-abc4-6568ec753f82 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HOPS AND BARLEY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/48be9d64-38f7-5cbb-abc4-6568ec753f82 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/48be9d64-38f7-5cbb-abc4-6568ec753f82._

_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"._