---
title: "PORTESS — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fcfe5cb-d800-53bb-90fd-9335afc397a3
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5fcfe5cb-d800-53bb-90fd-9335afc397a3
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00737498
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PORTESS

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00737498`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fcfe5cb-d800-53bb-90fd-9335afc397a3  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5fcfe5cb-d800-53bb-90fd-9335afc397a3  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Julia Buckley** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/509dde70-fe16-5b53-af68-1177559ef810
- **Sheila Watson** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/194ec790-fc37-568e-92e1-cefd3b1e10e3
- **Sheila Watson** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32a2ba51-5e89-43e2-ad2b-d060215359a9
- **Julia Buckley** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d60feb5-0056-46ab-9958-c827b77783b6
- **PORTESS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ccc97924-e375-406a-86bc-bad25d1898df

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

A **7-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:** `00737498`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private unlimited
- **Incorporated:** 1962-10-10
- **Registered office:** West Walk Bldg,, 110 Regent Rd,, Leicester, LE1 7LT
- **SIC:** 68209

### Officers

- WATSON, Sheila — secretary · British
- BUCKLEY, Anthony Philip — director · British
- BUCKLEY, Jonathan Philip — director · British · appointed 2025-02-18
- BUCKLEY, Julia — director · British
- BUCKLEY, Richard William — director · British · appointed 2025-02-18
- WATSON, Sheila — director · British
- PORTESS, Cecil Raymond — director · British · resigned 2016-11-07
- PORTESS, Joy Myra — director · British · resigned 2025-02-18

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Portess Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ccc97924-e375-406a-86bc-bad25d1898df) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2025-07-21
- Julia Buckley — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2025-07-21
- Sheila Watson — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2025-07-21

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00737498
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00737498

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PORTESS**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fcfe5cb-d800-53bb-90fd-9335afc397a3 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5fcfe5cb-d800-53bb-90fd-9335afc397a3._

_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"._