---
title: "DATUM TOPCO LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ebae87f-d9e1-5744-8c21-2c360d5390e7
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4ebae87f-d9e1-5744-8c21-2c360d5390e7
identifier: oo:GB-COH-10332374
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DATUM TOPCO LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-10332374`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ebae87f-d9e1-5744-8c21-2c360d5390e7  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4ebae87f-d9e1-5744-8c21-2c360d5390e7  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **DATUM BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf8ffa82-e771-50f4-ac8d-826877c46494
- **DATUM BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf8ffa82-e771-50f4-ac8d-826877c46494
- **DARWIN GENERAL PARTNER 1 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6db4a020-e967-5fef-a542-407f0fbb6b61
- **DARWIN PRIVATE EQUITY LLP** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ccd63d0e-39e8-5442-abda-3bf4aab55df8

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

A **32-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:** `10332374`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2016-08-16
- **Registered office:** Datum Datacentres Ltd, Cody Technology Park, Old Ively Road, Farnborough, GU14 0LX, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 64209

### Officers

- HOWARD, Paul Derek, Dr — secretary · appointed 2021-11-01
- BERTINI, Edoardo Maria — director · Italian · appointed 2024-10-15
- CONTAT DESFONTAINES, Thibault — director · British · appointed 2022-12-01
- LIDDELL, Stephen Charles — director · British · appointed 2022-04-01
- MORRIS, Paul — director · British · appointed 2016-09-09
- PHILLIPS, Dominic — director · British · appointed 2017-03-31
- RICHARDS, Mark Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2016-09-09
- HOWARD, Paul Derek, Dr — secretary · appointed 2017-03-31 · resigned 2021-09-13
- DOWNING, Simon Richard — director · British · appointed 2016-09-09 · resigned 2021-09-13
- ELLIOTT, Derek James — director · British · appointed 2016-08-16 · resigned 2018-04-23
- FOWLE, Mark John — director · British · appointed 2016-09-09 · resigned 2022-04-01
- JONES, Jonathan Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2016-09-09 · resigned 2021-09-13
- LIU, Kailong Alexander — director · German · appointed 2021-09-13 · resigned 2022-12-01
- MAYNARD, Alan David — director · Irish · appointed 2016-08-16 · resigned 2020-01-30
- MORRIS, Andrew Montague — director · British,South African · appointed 2022-12-01 · resigned 2024-10-15
- STREET, Kevin Patrick — director · British · appointed 2018-04-23 · resigned 2021-09-13

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Datum Bidco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf8ffa82-e771-50f4-ac8d-826877c46494) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2021-09-13
- [Darwin General Partner 1 Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6db4a020-e967-5fef-a542-407f0fbb6b61) — significant influence or control as firm · corporate PSC · Scotland — ceased 2021-09-13
- [Darwin Private Equity Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ccd63d0e-39e8-5442-abda-3bf4aab55df8) — 75–100% votes · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2021-09-13

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10332374
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10332374

## 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 **DATUM TOPCO LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ebae87f-d9e1-5744-8c21-2c360d5390e7 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DATUM TOPCO LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ebae87f-d9e1-5744-8c21-2c360d5390e7 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4ebae87f-d9e1-5744-8c21-2c360d5390e7._

_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"._