---
title: "H. WOODWARD & SON LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/615562af-2b2e-5cde-8f5b-2c83d2ea1e5d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/615562af-2b2e-5cde-8f5b-2c83d2ea1e5d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00296940
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# H. WOODWARD & SON LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00296940`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/615562af-2b2e-5cde-8f5b-2c83d2ea1e5d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/615562af-2b2e-5cde-8f5b-2c83d2ea1e5d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Hemscott Americas Inc** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6b2dbba8-122d-4102-bb33-aca7263571e8
- **HEMSCOTT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/98c11ddd-25ec-5ef2-8ded-3b59942947ba
- **IPREO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9f10dfc1-ad05-571c-b836-879421286342

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

A **66-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:** `00296940`
- **Status:** liquidation
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1935-02-06
- **Registered office:** C/O Grant Thornton Uk Advisory & Tax Llp 11th Floor Landmark St Peter's Square, 1 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 4PB
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- HITHERSAY, Elizabeth — secretary · appointed 2023-09-26
- WEELSON, Ryan — director · British · appointed 2023-08-17
- BRUCE, Jennifer Louise — secretary · appointed 2019-07-16 · resigned 2023-09-26
- FLOOD, Frederick Cyril — secretary · British · resigned 2000-09-01
- HUSSEIN, Yasmin — secretary · British · appointed 2008-06-16 · resigned 2019-07-16
- O'BYRNE, Kevin — secretary · Irish · appointed 2000-09-01 · resigned 2002-07-22
- RATCLIFFE, Michael Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 2007-06-01 · resigned 2008-06-16
- SARKER, Nicolas Afsar — secretary · British · appointed 2002-07-22 · resigned 2007-06-01
- BRETHERTON, Michael Anthony — director · British · resigned 2000-08-15
- DOCKRAY, Brian — director · American · appointed 2016-03-31 · resigned 2018-08-02
- GRIFFIN, Emma Kate — director · British · appointed 2000-08-15 · resigned 2001-11-16
- HUSSEIN, Yasmin — director · British · appointed 2008-06-16 · resigned 2018-08-02
- KLEEMAN, David George — director · British · resigned 1993-07-19
- LIST, Neil Phillip — director · British · resigned 1999-02-19
- LUCAS, Paul Anthony — director · British · appointed 2007-01-29 · resigned 2016-03-31
- MCLOUGHLIN, Christopher Guy — director · British · appointed 2018-08-02 · resigned 2022-03-15
- NEWTON, Natalie Anne — director · British · appointed 2002-07-22 · resigned 2004-01-16
- O'BYRNE, Kevin — director · Irish · appointed 2000-08-15 · resigned 2002-07-22
- OWEN, Kathryn Ann — director · British · appointed 2018-08-02 · resigned 2023-08-17
- PATON, Daryl Marc — director · British · appointed 2005-01-12 · resigned 2007-01-29

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Ipreo Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9f10dfc1-ad05-571c-b836-879421286342) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2020-11-17
- [Hemscott Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/98c11ddd-25ec-5ef2-8ded-3b59942947ba) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2020-11-17
- Hemscott Americas Inc — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United States — ceased 2018-08-02

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00296940
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00296940

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **H. WOODWARD & SON LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/615562af-2b2e-5cde-8f5b-2c83d2ea1e5d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/615562af-2b2e-5cde-8f5b-2c83d2ea1e5d._

_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"._