---
title: "THIS IS THE BIG DEAL LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/522ed2f3-597f-53fc-9993-e3b1778a15c4
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/522ed2f3-597f-53fc-9993-e3b1778a15c4
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08867458
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THIS IS THE BIG DEAL LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08867458`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/522ed2f3-597f-53fc-9993-e3b1778a15c4  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/522ed2f3-597f-53fc-9993-e3b1778a15c4  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GOCOMPARE.COM FINANCE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3550b7da-b3ce-54f1-b7a3-8d39319b57f4
- **Mr Henry George De Zoete** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3033a5f0-dba0-4046-8541-136301151c41
- **Mr William Hodson** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0a688389-e27e-4cd3-8b4e-ae5415bc89d0
- **GOCOMPARE.COM FINANCE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3550b7da-b3ce-54f1-b7a3-8d39319b57f4
- **This Is The Big Deal Inc** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45942e81-7f4c-4c17-887e-9df5b2fd0a4c

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

A **13-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:** `08867458`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2014-01-29
- **Registered office:** Suite 2a Hodge House, 114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff, CF10 1DY, Wales
- **SIC:** 96090

### Officers

- BATESON, David John — secretary · appointed 2023-03-31
- BATESON, David John — director · British · appointed 2023-03-31
- TOMPKINS, Robert William — director · British · appointed 2022-12-18
- EDWARDS, Nicholas John — secretary · appointed 2019-07-09 · resigned 2021-02-17
- STEELE, Anne — secretary · appointed 2021-02-17 · resigned 2023-03-31
- [OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1c359d14-ce8b-42da-aba0-13fad1c329e5) — corporate secretary · appointed 2014-01-29 · resigned 2017-01-28
- [OHS SECRETARIES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7998ea72-7c26-5bf9-8319-cc4827a7a760) — corporate secretary · appointed 2018-01-04 · resigned 2019-07-09
- ADDISON, Rachel Bernadette — director · British · appointed 2021-02-17 · resigned 2021-10-31
- BURNS, Alan Robert — director · British · appointed 2020-10-14 · resigned 2021-04-29
- BYNG-THORNE, Zillah Ellen — director · British · appointed 2021-02-17 · resigned 2023-03-31
- CRUMMACK, Matthew — director · British · appointed 2019-07-09 · resigned 2021-02-17
- DE ZOETE, Henry George — director · British · appointed 2014-01-29 · resigned 2019-07-09
- FOSTER, Oliver James — director · British · appointed 2023-05-30 · resigned 2024-03-01
- GRIFFIN, Lee Darren — director · British · appointed 2021-02-01 · resigned 2021-02-17
- HODSON, William — director · British · appointed 2014-01-29 · resigned 2019-07-09
- LADKIN-BRAND, Penelope Anne — director · British · appointed 2021-11-01 · resigned 2024-03-01
- STENT, Carla Rosaline — director · British · appointed 2014-02-20 · resigned 2019-07-09
- THOMAS, Andrew John — director · British · appointed 2024-03-01 · resigned 2024-11-21
- WRIGHTON, Nicholas Richard — director · British · appointed 2019-07-09 · resigned 2020-10-14

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [This Is The Big Deal Inc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45942e81-7f4c-4c17-887e-9df5b2fd0a4c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United States — since 2021-06-30
- [Gocompare.Com Finance Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3550b7da-b3ce-54f1-b7a3-8d39319b57f4) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Wales — ceased 2021-06-30
- Mr Henry George De Zoete — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · Wales — ceased 2019-07-09
- Mr William Hodson — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Wales — ceased 2019-07-09

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08867458
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08867458

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THIS IS THE BIG DEAL LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/522ed2f3-597f-53fc-9993-e3b1778a15c4 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/522ed2f3-597f-53fc-9993-e3b1778a15c4._

_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"._