---
title: "INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC(THE) — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56eadf33-9047-5445-bdee-c124419e9acc
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/56eadf33-9047-5445-bdee-c124419e9acc
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00004205
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC(THE)

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00004205`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56eadf33-9047-5445-bdee-c124419e9acc  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/56eadf33-9047-5445-bdee-c124419e9acc  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC(THE)** — GLEIF · `lei:2138004PBWN5WM2XST62` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a763c4cb-2c5f-5ab0-8082-d32032b05593

## Ownership & control

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **NEW CENTURION TRUST LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9df80bed-bfa4-563a-ae5f-e9540b0e5631
- **ABPORT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b5e9d172-5d0c-5604-b90e-4f585aa76323
- **NEW CENTURION TRUST LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9df80bed-bfa4-563a-ae5f-e9540b0e5631
- **ABPORT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b5e9d172-5d0c-5604-b90e-4f585aa76323

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `00004205`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 1868-11-14
- **Registered office:** The Office Suite, Den House, Den Promenade, Teignmouth, TQ14 8SY, England
- **SIC:** 64301

### Officers

- [ISCA ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LTD](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fbb08786-2b63-5422-8468-07cbf6b0230a) — corporate secretary · appointed 2021-01-31
- DIGHE, Ian Robert — director · British · appointed 2018-07-06
- METCALFE, Timothy Mark — director · British · appointed 2018-07-06
- PERRIN, Martin Henry Withers — director · British · appointed 2013-06-27
- HARRISON, James Philip Quibell — secretary · British · appointed 2002-07-24 · resigned 2013-11-22
- NEAL, Robert John Marcus — secretary · British · appointed 1996-10-30 · resigned 2002-07-24
- OSBORN, Neil Ernest — secretary · British · appointed 1994-11-01 · resigned 1996-10-30
- WALL, Freda — secretary · British · resigned 1994-10-31
- [LINK COMPANY MATTERS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5035acaf-e6af-564f-a34a-c02cc0562138) — corporate secretary · appointed 2013-11-22 · resigned 2018-04-01
- [MAITLAND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a92640f1-fbbc-42d9-aeb0-9a2e17ce39f1) — corporate secretary · appointed 2018-04-01 · resigned 2021-01-31
- ALLEN, Peter Stanley — director · British · appointed 1996-08-19 · resigned 2018-07-06
- CLEVERLY, Thomas William James — director · British · appointed 2020-11-04 · resigned 2022-10-28
- COCKBURN, Stephen John — director · British · resigned 2018-07-06
- HORNER, David Alistair — director · British · appointed 2023-07-26 · resigned 2026-07-28
- LOVEGROVE, Philip Albert — director · British · appointed 2006-11-09 · resigned 2013-10-03
- MARSH, Charles Willis Garrett — director · British · appointed 2004-06-10 · resigned 2007-11-21
- SIMMS, Paul Francis — director · British · resigned 2004-10-06
- THOMSON, Frederick Douglas David, Sir — director · British · appointed 2005-04-19 · resigned 2018-07-06
- WALL, Freda — director · British · resigned 1993-08-12
- WEBB, George Lawrence, Major — director · British · resigned 1994-08-24

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00004205
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00004205

## 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 **INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC(THE)** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56eadf33-9047-5445-bdee-c124419e9acc · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC(THE)**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56eadf33-9047-5445-bdee-c124419e9acc · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/56eadf33-9047-5445-bdee-c124419e9acc._

_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"._