---
title: "FIRST TECHNICAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4bafe297-38d6-55f5-8a3c-6dbb5bcbc992
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4bafe297-38d6-55f5-8a3c-6dbb5bcbc992
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03461815
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# FIRST TECHNICAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03461815`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4bafe297-38d6-55f5-8a3c-6dbb5bcbc992  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4bafe297-38d6-55f5-8a3c-6dbb5bcbc992  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Anthony Urpi** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/be69f970-8ba8-49c9-8f56-15f779c99fff
- **Mr Stephen Farthing** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/43e0911f-7153-4b7c-9e38-0a7ef708afad
- **Mr Andrew Cartledge** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c7151e5c-6096-4e2a-b7af-57b7032e3f10

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **LEMA HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a8b89cac-04a6-56b8-8981-5bc8394a2197
- **OPERAM MANAGED SOLUTIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b0955235-357e-5825-afa5-79acc0b135a4
- **LEMA HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a8b89cac-04a6-56b8-8981-5bc8394a2197

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

A **3-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:** `03461815`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1997-11-06
- **Registered office:** Parry House Birchwood Boulevard, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 7QU
- **SIC:** 78200

### Officers

- FARTHING, Stephen — secretary · British · appointed 1999-03-01
- CARTLEDGE, Andrew — director · British · appointed 1999-03-01
- FARTHING, Stephen — director · British · appointed 1997-11-06
- ISHERWOOD, Mark Thomas — director · British · appointed 2026-05-18
- URPI, John Anthony — director · British · appointed 2009-10-01
- FARTHING, Lynda Margaret — secretary · British · appointed 1997-11-06 · resigned 1999-03-01
- TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1997-11-06 · resigned 1997-11-06
- BROOMHEAD, Evelyn — director · British · appointed 2003-01-01 · resigned 2008-12-31
- ROBERTSON, David Stuart — director · British · appointed 2022-11-14 · resigned 2026-05-15
- COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1997-11-06 · resigned 1997-11-06

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr John Anthony Urpi — significant influence or control · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Stephen Farthing — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Andrew Cartledge — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03461815
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03461815

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **FIRST TECHNICAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4bafe297-38d6-55f5-8a3c-6dbb5bcbc992 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4bafe297-38d6-55f5-8a3c-6dbb5bcbc992._

_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"._