---
title: "BAE SYSTEMS (DEFENCE SYSTEMS) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/54343177-540f-5dd2-98ea-8b31277bfa67
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/54343177-540f-5dd2-98ea-8b31277bfa67
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00236538
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BAE SYSTEMS (DEFENCE SYSTEMS) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00236538`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/54343177-540f-5dd2-98ea-8b31277bfa67  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/54343177-540f-5dd2-98ea-8b31277bfa67  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BAE SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/16182702-0020-5aae-bbaa-7b4d14cd35e1
- **Bae Systems (Holdings) Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cd0dee6-1615-4401-bd84-dd9d66f4c8ab

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

A **4-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:** `00236538`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1929-01-19
- **Registered office:** Victory Point, Lyon Way, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 7EX, England
- **SIC:** 84220

### Officers

- [BAE SYSTEMS CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e4dbca7-894a-4fb0-bed3-6d25346323b8) — corporate secretary · appointed 2025-09-17
- JOHNSON, Matthew — director · British · appointed 2025-06-03
- SNAITH, Annabel Catherine Eleanor — director · British · appointed 2026-04-24
- CLARKE, Anthony — secretary · appointed 2024-06-01 · resigned 2025-09-17
- COSTELLO, Geoffrey — secretary · British · resigned 1995-04-27
- DOWLER, Simon Peter — secretary · British · appointed 1998-07-20 · resigned 1998-10-12
- HOWARD, Ian Philip — secretary · British · appointed 1995-04-27 · resigned 1997-02-28
- JONES, Catherine Amanda — secretary · British · appointed 1999-04-14 · resigned 2005-01-05
- PARKES, David Stanley — secretary · British · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2024-05-31
- PARKES, David Stanley — secretary · British · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 1999-04-14
- PARKES, David Stanley — secretary · British · appointed 1998-04-15 · resigned 1998-07-20
- WENZERUL, Edward David — secretary · British · appointed 1997-02-28 · resigned 1998-04-15
- BARRETT, Paul Michael — director · British · appointed 2002-03-04 · resigned 2005-07-04
- BILLINGHAM, Nigel Anthony — director · British · resigned 2000-05-01
- BLUNDELL, Phillip Scott — director · British · appointed 2002-02-22 · resigned 2004-10-31
- BLUNDELL, Phillip Scott — director · British · appointed 2000-01-05 · resigned 2001-10-17
- BURKE, Paul Christopher — director · British · appointed 2015-06-26 · resigned 2017-08-25
- CHANDLER, Colin Michael, Sir — director · British · resigned 1995-09-30
- CHECKLEY, Richard — director · British · appointed 2018-03-29 · resigned 2026-04-24
- CHRISTIE, Michael — director · British · appointed 2014-08-26 · resigned 2015-06-26

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Bae Systems (Holdings) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cd0dee6-1615-4401-bd84-dd9d66f4c8ab) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-05-18

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00236538
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00236538

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BAE SYSTEMS (DEFENCE SYSTEMS) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/54343177-540f-5dd2-98ea-8b31277bfa67 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/54343177-540f-5dd2-98ea-8b31277bfa67._

_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"._