---
title: "ANDREW KNOWLES & SON LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b8d9b22-4d1d-5ff5-8aea-9e378f5bb031
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4b8d9b22-4d1d-5ff5-8aea-9e378f5bb031
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC211487
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ANDREW KNOWLES & SON LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC211487`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b8d9b22-4d1d-5ff5-8aea-9e378f5bb031  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4b8d9b22-4d1d-5ff5-8aea-9e378f5bb031  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr William Stewart Knowles** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5d75f407-1531-504d-906d-6f35baa764b1
- **Mr Robert Bell Knowles** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ce114d15-2c0e-5670-8ef5-5b051b56dbed
- **Mrs Jane Elizabeth Knowles** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6aef3760-4f7c-5b3c-9268-f1ef6f2a55ec
- **Mr William Stewart Knowles** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/54955bcc-f05d-5fc8-a593-6285026844ae
- **Mrs Ruth Margaret Knowles** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a58a7cf3-8fd9-5df3-bb5c-7c0b323a5158
- **Mrs Jane Elizabeth Knowles** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94f9e149-81a2-4943-b817-9d969b28ccd7
- **Mr Robert Bell Knowles** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6941674f-d97f-489d-8b79-66491126b296
- **Mr William Stewart Knowles** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d900dc14-fe0f-4c19-acbb-677b1b02c310
- **Mrs Ruth Margaret Knowles** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/797c9f69-bcc1-4292-a482-760b3963bba9
- **Mr William Stewart Knowles** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8a0f97d7-b09e-4ab7-95b7-6c2ac1501e62

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

A **10-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:** `SC211487`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2000-09-29
- **Registered office:** 6b Newhailes Business Park, Newhailes Road, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 6RH, Scotland
- **SIC:** 43341

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---:|
| Net assets | £8,275 |
| Shareholder funds | £8,275 |
| Fixed assets | £7,633 |
| Current assets | £33,846 |
| Employees | 3 |

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

### Officers

- KNOWLES, Ruth Margaret — secretary · British · appointed 2007-08-12
- KNOWLES, Ruth Margaret — director · British · appointed 2006-09-01
- KNOWLES, William Stewart — director · British · appointed 2000-09-29
- MORISON BISHOP — corporate secretary · appointed 2000-09-29 · resigned 2002-07-31
- MORISONS SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2002-07-31 · resigned 2007-09-12
- KNOWLES, Robert Bell — director · British · appointed 2000-09-29 · resigned 2006-09-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr William Stewart Knowles — significant influence or control · individual PSC · Scotland — since 2016-09-29
- Mrs Ruth Margaret Knowles — significant influence or control · individual PSC · Scotland — since 2016-09-29
- Mr William Stewart Knowles — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Scotland — ceased 2017-10-01
- Mr Robert Bell Knowles — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Scotland — ceased 2017-10-01
- Mrs Jane Elizabeth Knowles — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Scotland — ceased 2017-10-01

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC211487
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC211487
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC211487/filing-history

## 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 **ANDREW KNOWLES & SON LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b8d9b22-4d1d-5ff5-8aea-9e378f5bb031 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ANDREW KNOWLES & SON LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b8d9b22-4d1d-5ff5-8aea-9e378f5bb031 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4b8d9b22-4d1d-5ff5-8aea-9e378f5bb031._

_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"._