---
title: "THE HIGHLAND CHARITABLE TRUST — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5bd9ff94-220b-5029-b255-2c9687e4aa75
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5bd9ff94-220b-5029-b255-2c9687e4aa75
identifier: oo:GB-COH-06316539
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE HIGHLAND CHARITABLE TRUST

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-06316539`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5bd9ff94-220b-5029-b255-2c9687e4aa75  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5bd9ff94-220b-5029-b255-2c9687e4aa75  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Simon Ledbrooke** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a1e05bbc-fda4-582f-8f4f-3efbae8a90ad
- **Duncan Antony Hilder Baxter** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/08b1f6f3-34f2-58cc-b2de-04b1d30f859e
- **Duncan Antony Hilder Baxter** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f3427c13-6b01-458c-a152-197956a5c838
- **Mr Simon Ledbrooke** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eef5dd81-c845-473f-b564-fcdecf601b0e
- **Mr Ian John Sydenham** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fc2a12b9-b8c7-48e8-bd7b-6d2584da98ed
- **Dwf (Trustee) Limited** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8870f872-62ff-4dd9-bd48-63bdec496af2

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

A **26-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:** `06316539`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc limited exemption
- **Incorporated:** 2007-07-18
- **Registered office:** C/O Dwf Company Secretarial Services Limited 1 Scott Place, 2 Hardman Street, Manchester, M3 3AA
- **SIC:** 96090

### Officers

- SYDENHAM, Ian John — director · British · appointed 2025-08-13
- [DWF (TRUSTEE) LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8870f872-62ff-4dd9-bd48-63bdec496af2) — corporate director · appointed 2025-08-13
- COBBETTS (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2007-07-18 · resigned 2014-07-15
- [OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1c359d14-ce8b-42da-aba0-13fad1c329e5) — corporate secretary · appointed 2013-08-01 · resigned 2025-01-22
- BAXTER, Duncan Antony Hilder — director · British · appointed 2007-07-18 · resigned 2025-08-13
- CROSS, James Havelock — director · British · appointed 2007-07-18 · resigned 2008-08-01
- LEDBROOKE, Simon — director · British · appointed 2007-07-18 · resigned 2025-08-13

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Dwf (Trustee) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8870f872-62ff-4dd9-bd48-63bdec496af2) — 25–50% votes · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2025-08-13
- Mr Ian John Sydenham — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — since 2025-08-13
- Mr Simon Ledbrooke — 25–50% votes · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2025-08-13
- Duncan Antony Hilder Baxter — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2025-08-13

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06316539
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06316539

## 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 **THE HIGHLAND CHARITABLE TRUST** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5bd9ff94-220b-5029-b255-2c9687e4aa75 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE HIGHLAND CHARITABLE TRUST**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5bd9ff94-220b-5029-b255-2c9687e4aa75 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5bd9ff94-220b-5029-b255-2c9687e4aa75._

_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"._