--- title: "BIRWELCO LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c2285dc-8bb1-5706-9766-00503845cd2e json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4c2285dc-8bb1-5706-9766-00503845cd2e identifier: oo:GB-COH-05177978 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # BIRWELCO LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05177978` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c2285dc-8bb1-5706-9766-00503845cd2e **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4c2285dc-8bb1-5706-9766-00503845cd2e ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **UNITBIRWELCO LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bda3463f-4ddf-5eb8-b3e9-b9d0b44fff5d - **ARCHOVER LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/be9f1106-e34e-5da7-9609-8043d9ff0870 - **Mr William Frank Ledwood** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/013947eb-a342-55ef-8aaa-aab9bc454939 - **Mr William Frank Ledwood** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ccf71e21-daa9-4c3e-9edd-be14ddabf762 - **UNITBIRWELCO LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bda3463f-4ddf-5eb8-b3e9-b9d0b44fff5d - **ARCHOVER LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/be9f1106-e34e-5da7-9609-8043d9ff0870 - **UNITBIRWELCO LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bda3463f-4ddf-5eb8-b3e9-b9d0b44fff5d ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **26-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:** `05177978` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 2004-07-13 - **Registered office:** Riverside House (Annex) Ground Floor, Normandy Road, Swansea, SA1 2JA, Wales - **SIC:** 71121 ### Officers - SHUKLA, Gaurav — director · Dutch · appointed 2024-02-20 - SINGH, Vijay Chandra Mohan — director · Indian · appointed 2024-02-20 - WILKINSON, Cy Thomas — director · British · appointed 2020-04-06 - WILLIAMS, Andrew John — director · British · appointed 2020-04-06 - GANDY, Paul Raymond — secretary · British · appointed 2004-07-13 · resigned 2010-08-01 - JENKINS, Leighton — secretary · appointed 2011-12-16 · resigned 2017-08-31 - THOMAS, Howard — nominee secretary · British · appointed 2004-07-13 · resigned 2004-07-13 - [HAMPDEN LEGAL PLC](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bd4f8e53-caec-58f5-9a1a-6e2aae92369c) — corporate secretary · appointed 2020-04-03 · resigned 2025-07-14 - ANDERSON, Ian Peter Maxwell — director · British · appointed 2019-04-25 · resigned 2020-04-02 - DENT, Angus — director · English · appointed 2019-04-25 · resigned 2020-12-18 - GUEST, Derrick Turner — director · British · appointed 2004-07-13 · resigned 2010-08-01 - HIRST, John Nigel — director · British · appointed 2004-07-13 · resigned 2010-07-31 - JENKINS, Leighton — director · British · appointed 2011-12-16 · resigned 2017-08-31 - JONES, Wynn Rees — director · British · appointed 2010-08-01 · resigned 2012-12-28 - LEDWOOD, William Frank — director · British · appointed 2010-08-01 · resigned 2019-04-25 - MORGAN, Phillip John — director · British · appointed 2010-08-01 · resigned 2011-12-16 - OLIVER, Malcolm William — director · British · appointed 2011-07-01 · resigned 2018-03-31 - TESTER, William Andrew Joseph — nominee director · British · appointed 2004-07-13 · resigned 2004-07-13 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Unitbirwelco Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bda3463f-4ddf-5eb8-b3e9-b9d0b44fff5d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2019-07-02 - [Unitbirwelco (Group) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bda3463f-4ddf-5eb8-b3e9-b9d0b44fff5d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Wales — ceased 2019-07-02 - [Archover Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/be9f1106-e34e-5da7-9609-8043d9ff0870) — 75–100% votes · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2018-12-21 - Mr William Frank Ledwood — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2018-08-24 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05177978 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05177978 ## 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 **BIRWELCO LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c2285dc-8bb1-5706-9766-00503845cd2e · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BIRWELCO LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c2285dc-8bb1-5706-9766-00503845cd2e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4c2285dc-8bb1-5706-9766-00503845cd2e._ _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"._