--- title: "VILLIERS ACQUISITION LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/49fa7745-55b9-5666-80f4-efcaa1a69b8c json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/49fa7745-55b9-5666-80f4-efcaa1a69b8c identifier: oo:GB-COH-07448025 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # VILLIERS ACQUISITION LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-07448025` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/49fa7745-55b9-5666-80f4-efcaa1a69b8c **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/49fa7745-55b9-5666-80f4-efcaa1a69b8c ## Cross-source identity The same real-world entity, resolved across sources: - **VILLIERS ACQUISITION LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:2138006W7FHMZ2YE3Q41` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/99c19d5e-ab43-5185-ab56-98893c852cd7 ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **VILLIERS MIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/88bc9b29-e83e-52c7-ac77-65074b22ff78 - **PRET A MANGER (EUROPE) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/487a7063-67cb-53d3-aaeb-d6806229c810 - **VILLIERS MIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/88bc9b29-e83e-52c7-ac77-65074b22ff78 - **PRET A MANGER (EUROPE) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/487a7063-67cb-53d3-aaeb-d6806229c810 ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **EAT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d7afcc79-864f-5b05-9b8b-f944d42c516c - **EAT 2008 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92007bc2-f5eb-5f2e-8256-21f3f2a7d780 - **EAT 2008 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92007bc2-f5eb-5f2e-8256-21f3f2a7d780 - **EAT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d7afcc79-864f-5b05-9b8b-f944d42c516c ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **38-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:** `07448025` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 2010-11-23 - **Registered office:** 75b Verde, 10 Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DH, United Kingdom - **SIC:** 70100 ### Officers - CHRISTOU, Panayioti Michael Andrew — director · British · appointed 2019-07-02 - PEIXOTO, Gustavo Henrique Lins — director · Brazilian · appointed 2021-11-12 - HAYES, Emma — secretary · appointed 2012-03-08 · resigned 2016-01-15 - SPERRY, Ian Nicholas — secretary · British · appointed 2011-03-29 · resigned 2012-03-08 - TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2010-11-23 · resigned 2011-02-09 - BHAT, Axel Paul-Yves Marie — director · French · appointed 2019-07-02 · resigned 2020-03-13 - BRACKEN, Ruth — director · British · appointed 2010-11-23 · resigned 2011-02-09 - BUSCOMBE, Philip John — director · British · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2011-03-29 - GODWIN, Edward — director · British · appointed 2011-03-29 · resigned 2013-06-04 - GRIMES, Edmund Philip — director · British · appointed 2011-03-29 · resigned 2013-03-05 - HITCHCOCK, Simon John — director · British · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2011-03-29 - HULLEY, Mark — director · British · appointed 2011-08-15 · resigned 2013-06-04 - JOHMSON, Adrian — director · British · appointed 2013-06-04 · resigned 2016-03-09 - MACARTHUR, Faith Angela — director · British · appointed 2011-03-29 · resigned 2013-03-05 - MACARTHUR, Niall — director · British · appointed 2011-03-29 · resigned 2013-06-24 - MACKAY, Thomas Owen — director · British · appointed 2020-11-01 · resigned 2021-11-12 - MEYER, Konrad Fano — director · German · appointed 2020-03-13 · resigned 2020-11-01 - RAINER, Michael James — director · British · appointed 2016-12-23 · resigned 2020-05-31 - SMITH, Stephen Rushworth, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2018-01-16 · resigned 2019-07-02 - SMITH, Stephen Rushworth, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2016-07-18 · resigned 2016-12-23 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Pret A Manger (Europe) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/487a7063-67cb-53d3-aaeb-d6806229c810) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2022-12-18 - [Villiers Midco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/88bc9b29-e83e-52c7-ac77-65074b22ff78) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2022-12-18 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07448025 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07448025 ## 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 **VILLIERS ACQUISITION LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/49fa7745-55b9-5666-80f4-efcaa1a69b8c · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **VILLIERS ACQUISITION LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/49fa7745-55b9-5666-80f4-efcaa1a69b8c · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/49fa7745-55b9-5666-80f4-efcaa1a69b8c._ _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"._