--- title: "THE RACK GROUP LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4cbdf495-741d-552d-8446-a67905bc8bc5 json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4cbdf495-741d-552d-8446-a67905bc8bc5 identifier: oo:GB-COH-01617900 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # THE RACK GROUP LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01617900` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4cbdf495-741d-552d-8446-a67905bc8bc5 **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4cbdf495-741d-552d-8446-a67905bc8bc5 ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **INDUSTRIAL WORKSPACE SPECIALISTS (IWS GROUP) LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cfc39fdf-0300-5baa-aa00-4d11633c3b67 - **RACK MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b6f672f-fabe-5c1b-80ff-e1d1b6a008b8 - **Mr Philip Maxwell-Smith** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c444189d-897f-5584-9e07-a6c19a6ff071 - **Mr Philip Maxwell-Smith** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aff96df7-469c-4d6f-aab9-633641c8c66b - **INDUSTRIAL WORKSPACE SPECIALISTS (IWS GROUP) LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cfc39fdf-0300-5baa-aa00-4d11633c3b67 - **RACK MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b6f672f-fabe-5c1b-80ff-e1d1b6a008b8 ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **PRO-STORE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c98de1ab-330e-50ca-a464-fe8555c5c22f - **RACK TRAINING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/02cb016b-d869-57ee-a401-506955ea18c7 - **RACK ARMOUR LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a11df3b9-88e9-5854-ad90-c6529e4528ec - **RACK ARMOUR LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a11df3b9-88e9-5854-ad90-c6529e4528ec - **PRO-STORE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c98de1ab-330e-50ca-a464-fe8555c5c22f - **RACK TRAINING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/02cb016b-d869-57ee-a401-506955ea18c7 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **39-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:** `01617900` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1982-03-01 - **Registered office:** Unit 3 Shawfield Road, Carlton Industrial Estate,, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 3HS - **SIC:** 43290 ### Officers - COOKE, Martin Anthony — director · Irish · appointed 2025-05-01 - HARDEN, Richard Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2024-04-01 - STEPHENSON, Neil — director · British · appointed 2022-08-11 - CHARLTON, Jennifer — secretary · British · appointed 1992-04-04 · resigned 2021-03-02 - SUGDEN, Dawn Victoria — secretary · British · resigned 1992-04-03 - BATTY, Leonard — director · British · resigned 1997-08-29 - BLACKSHAW, Neil — director · British · appointed 2019-03-01 · resigned 2021-03-02 - BROWN, Christopher Ian — director · British · resigned 1993-03-26 - CHARLTON, Jennifer — director · British · appointed 1997-09-01 · resigned 2021-03-02 - LACEY, Tim Edward — director · British · appointed 2021-03-02 · resigned 2023-02-09 - LEE, Richard — director · British · appointed 2019-03-01 · resigned 2021-03-02 - LEE, Simon — director · British · appointed 1997-09-01 · resigned 2021-03-02 - MAXWELL SMITH, Scott Mark — director · British · appointed 2002-01-02 · resigned 2021-03-02 - MAXWELL-SMITH, Philip — director · British · resigned 2021-03-02 - OVINGTON, Stuart Spencer — director · British · appointed 2023-01-01 · resigned 2024-04-01 - SPENCER, Amy — director · British · appointed 2019-03-01 · resigned 2021-03-02 - SUGDEN, Dawn Victoria — director · British · appointed 2006-06-20 · resigned 2021-03-02 - SUGDEN, Dawn Victoria — director · British · resigned 1992-04-03 - VAN DEN BERGE, Jeroen — director · Dutch · appointed 2021-03-02 · resigned 2023-02-09 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Industrial Workspace Specialists (Iws Group) Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cfc39fdf-0300-5baa-aa00-4d11633c3b67) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England & Wales — since 2021-03-31 - [Rack Management Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b6f672f-fabe-5c1b-80ff-e1d1b6a008b8) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2021-03-31 - Mr Philip Maxwell-Smith — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2021-03-02 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01617900 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01617900 ## 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 **THE RACK GROUP LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4cbdf495-741d-552d-8446-a67905bc8bc5 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE RACK GROUP LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4cbdf495-741d-552d-8446-a67905bc8bc5 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4cbdf495-741d-552d-8446-a67905bc8bc5._ _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"._