---
title: "GROVEHURST ENERGY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fafa445-8729-52ed-971c-406d90695fec
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5fafa445-8729-52ed-971c-406d90695fec
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02197516
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GROVEHURST ENERGY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02197516`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fafa445-8729-52ed-971c-406d90695fec  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5fafa445-8729-52ed-971c-406d90695fec  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Ds Smith Paper Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27732a76-6472-47ed-9ffc-dd925781ff1f

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

A **12-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:** `02197516`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1987-11-23
- **Registered office:** Level 3 1 Paddington Square, London, W2 1DL, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- MEADS, Louise Rachel — secretary · appointed 2026-07-01
- EAMES, Kerry — director · British · appointed 2026-02-13
- REEVE, Mark Peter — director · British · appointed 2026-02-13
- LLOYD, James William — secretary · appointed 2026-02-13 · resigned 2026-07-01
- SCUDDER, David — secretary · British · resigned 2008-02-29
- STEELE, Anne — secretary · British · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2018-10-31
- STONE, Zillah Wendy — secretary · appointed 2018-10-31 · resigned 2025-03-21
- APPLEBY, Graham Robert — director · British · appointed 2002-12-05 · resigned 2005-06-01
- ARNOLD, Mervyn James — director · British · appointed 2001-04-06 · resigned 2008-09-30
- AUGUST, Montgomery Sydney — director · British · resigned 1999-01-01
- BARTLETT, Peter Albert — director · British · appointed 1996-09-23 · resigned 1997-02-10
- BEST, Peter — director · British · resigned 1991-10-22
- CATTERMOLE, Carolyn Tracy — director · British · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2011-06-30
- COATES, Donald William — director · British · appointed 2001-05-17 · resigned 2002-09-13
- COLLINS, Michael George — director · British · appointed 2006-03-10 · resigned 2008-09-30
- DRYDEN, Stephen William — director · British · appointed 2008-09-30 · resigned 2013-06-28
- ECLAIR-HEATH, Geoffrey — director · British · appointed 1995-08-22 · resigned 1996-01-15
- EMMETT, Howard Robert — director · South African · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2008-02-29
- FULLAGAR, Garry John — director · British · appointed 2007-06-29 · resigned 2008-02-29
- HARTMAN, Michael Henry — director · British · appointed 2013-01-09 · resigned 2013-04-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Ds Smith Paper Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27732a76-6472-47ed-9ffc-dd925781ff1f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02197516
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02197516

---

_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GROVEHURST ENERGY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fafa445-8729-52ed-971c-406d90695fec · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5fafa445-8729-52ed-971c-406d90695fec._

_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"._