---
title: "DEFENCE ECONOMICS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/62a82abb-cd0a-5eb5-8d01-deec56a6fd22
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/62a82abb-cd0a-5eb5-8d01-deec56a6fd22
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04278879
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DEFENCE ECONOMICS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04278879`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/62a82abb-cd0a-5eb5-8d01-deec56a6fd22  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/62a82abb-cd0a-5eb5-8d01-deec56a6fd22  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Gerard Charles Gray** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/773037f9-0b1f-5daf-aed5-312def45bd07
- **Mrs Gisela Maria Gray** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d71a7c02-a092-5c96-8243-74486428ae9f
- **Mr Gerard Charles Gray** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb28bf1a-4c1c-45ee-bd95-51321c72c948
- **Mrs Gisela Maria Gray** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/18b53475-1009-4f19-80f5-41c854b45a67

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

A **4-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:** `04278879`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2001-08-30
- **Registered office:** 4 Imperial Square, Cheltenham, GL50 1QB, England
- **SIC:** 62020, 70229

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---:|
| Net assets | £52,704 |
| Cash | £52 |
| Shareholder funds | £100 |
| Fixed assets | £8,130 |
| Current assets | £51,589 |
| Employees | 2 |

_Latest filed period. Full 2-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- GRAY, Gisela Maria — secretary · British · appointed 2004-08-02
- GRAY, Gerard Charles — director · British · appointed 2001-08-31
- GRAY, Gerard Charles — secretary · British · appointed 2001-08-31 · resigned 2001-08-31
- H S (NOMINEES) LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2001-08-30 · resigned 2004-08-02
- HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2001-08-30 · resigned 2001-09-03
- HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2001-08-30 · resigned 2001-09-03

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Gerard Charles Gray — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2016-08-30
- Mrs Gisela Maria Gray — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2016-08-30

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04278879
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04278879
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04278879/filing-history

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DEFENCE ECONOMICS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/62a82abb-cd0a-5eb5-8d01-deec56a6fd22 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/62a82abb-cd0a-5eb5-8d01-deec56a6fd22._

_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"._