---
title: "THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPARATIVE LEGAL STUDIES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/51e2fa7d-d821-530e-a2db-dffbbec48f07
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/51e2fa7d-d821-530e-a2db-dffbbec48f07
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04559526
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPARATIVE LEGAL STUDIES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04559526`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/51e2fa7d-d821-530e-a2db-dffbbec48f07  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/51e2fa7d-d821-530e-a2db-dffbbec48f07  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Professor William Elliott Butler** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/557ade46-ef2e-59b0-aa0b-275abccc1fd6
- **Professor Michael John Eric Palmer** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e16888d5-0eec-5605-a42e-9543e23487b8
- **Mr Nicholas Henry David Foster** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e11427ac-7319-516a-8f4d-a4cbd50d1e09
- **Professor Michael John Eric Palmer** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b9241e86-60e4-43c4-b9f7-40296f920a61
- **Mr Nicholas Henry David Foster** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc5ab376-356a-4496-9d47-82adefe69c2d
- **Professor William Elliott Butler** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f4980b00-45b7-401c-bbc3-6b76cda8129e

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

A **6-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:** `04559526`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc
- **Incorporated:** 2002-10-10
- **Registered office:** 20 Park Hill Road, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 0SB
- **SIC:** 58141

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---:|
| Shareholder funds | £5,520 |
| Current assets | £6,603 |
| Employees | 3 |

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

### Officers

- FOSTER, Nicholas Henry David — secretary · appointed 2026-01-17
- PALMER, Michael John Eric, Professor — director · British · appointed 2002-10-10
- PALMER, Simon James, Dr — director · British · appointed 2026-01-17
- FOSTER, Nicholas Henry David — secretary · British · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2025-12-16
- BUTLER, William Elliott, Professor — director · American,British · appointed 2017-06-23 · resigned 2025-11-06
- BUTLER, William Elliott, Professor — director · British · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2008-06-19
- FOSTER, Nicholas Henry David — director · British · appointed 2012-07-26 · resigned 2025-12-14
- FOSTER, Nicholas Henry David — director · British · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2007-10-25

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Professor Michael John Eric Palmer — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Nicholas Henry David Foster — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2025-12-22
- Professor William Elliott Butler — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2025-11-15

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04559526
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04559526
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04559526/filing-history

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPARATIVE LEGAL STUDIES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/51e2fa7d-d821-530e-a2db-dffbbec48f07 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/51e2fa7d-d821-530e-a2db-dffbbec48f07._

_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"._