---
title: "GWLEGAL LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56812745-e861-5fbf-aa41-2248ba9e1091
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/56812745-e861-5fbf-aa41-2248ba9e1091
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05050564
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GWLEGAL LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05050564`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56812745-e861-5fbf-aa41-2248ba9e1091  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/56812745-e861-5fbf-aa41-2248ba9e1091  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Edward Richard Goldsmith** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef3c845d-a8fb-5159-b4df-d335a8e81869
- **Mr Christopher Gordon Williams** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34a3695d-baca-5d50-8799-9db8fa37be31
- **Mr Simon Laurence Cottrell** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afe516cd-0db4-55ed-9596-cd35817355c3
- **Mr Edward Richard Goldsmith** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/289dd820-6f3c-491a-a17b-2afd84f7544e
- **Mr Christopher Gordon Williams** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/29e5b52c-ef4f-4416-b69e-724d967c3433
- **Mr Simon Laurence Cottrell** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1908a747-2288-41f7-8621-25cf37d9d956

### 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:** `05050564`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2004-02-20
- **Registered office:** 20 Chapel Street, Liverpool, L3 9GW, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- COTTRELL, Simon Laurence — director · British · appointed 2004-03-29
- WILLIAMS, Christopher Gordon — director · British · appointed 2004-02-20
- GOLDSMITH, Edward Richard — secretary · British · appointed 2004-02-20 · resigned 2019-02-14
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2004-02-20 · resigned 2004-02-20
- GOLDSMITH, Edward Richard — director · British · appointed 2004-03-29 · resigned 2019-02-14
- WHITTLE, Adele Louise — director · British · appointed 2018-09-28 · resigned 2020-09-16

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Christopher Gordon Williams — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Simon Laurence Cottrell — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Edward Richard Goldsmith — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2019-02-14

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05050564

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GWLEGAL LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56812745-e861-5fbf-aa41-2248ba9e1091 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/56812745-e861-5fbf-aa41-2248ba9e1091._

_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"._