---
title: "PAPERBEFORE LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/64f1b0bc-e9e7-5737-a7ec-5bba5463c171
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/64f1b0bc-e9e7-5737-a7ec-5bba5463c171
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03239986
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PAPERBEFORE LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03239986`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/64f1b0bc-e9e7-5737-a7ec-5bba5463c171  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/64f1b0bc-e9e7-5737-a7ec-5bba5463c171  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **HOUSERATE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6dd4a81-a63f-5d42-890b-4c51965daa1b
- **HANSON OVERSEAS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3e4a4e23-a06b-50e3-b35d-d33f9d77de71
- **Hanson Overseas Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a25fb465-6392-4c28-aba0-1b8d15030c16
- **Houserate Limited** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a884b099-e6ed-490a-9ae9-a3af0d4a3d55

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **HANSON AMERICA HOLDINGS (3) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/65723392-dbb1-5071-9155-70e77f24c13d

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

A **15-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:** `03239986`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-08-20
- **Registered office:** Second Floor, Arena Court, Crown Lane, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 8QZ, England
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- ROGERS, Wendy Fiona — secretary · appointed 2016-03-10
- BENNING-PRINCE, Nicholas Arthur Dawe, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2013-10-15
- DOWLEY, Robert Charles — director · British · appointed 2013-12-09
- GRETTON, Edward Alexander — director · British · appointed 2008-06-02
- QUILEZ SOMOLINOS, Alfredo — director · Spanish · appointed 2021-09-06
- DRANSFIELD, Graham — secretary · British · appointed 2007-12-10 · resigned 2008-06-30
- TUNNACLIFFE, Paul Derek — secretary · British · appointed 1996-10-01 · resigned 2007-12-10
- TYSON, Roger Thomas Virley — secretary · British · appointed 2008-07-31 · resigned 2016-03-10
- TYSON, Roger Thomas Virley — secretary · British · appointed 1996-08-23 · resigned 1996-09-30
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1996-08-20 · resigned 1996-08-23
- BOLTER, Andrew Christopher — director · British · appointed 2003-05-28 · resigned 2005-12-01
- CLARKE, David Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2011-06-01 · resigned 2016-12-01
- COULSON, Ruth — director · Australian · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2008-06-20
- DRANSFIELD, Graham — director · British · appointed 1996-08-23 · resigned 2008-06-30
- EGAN, David John — director · British · appointed 2007-06-01 · resigned 2008-06-16
- GIMMLER, Richard Robert — director · British · appointed 2008-06-13 · resigned 2009-12-30
- GUYATT, Benjamin John — director · British · appointed 2008-06-13 · resigned 2011-06-01
- HURRELL, Samantha Jane — director · British · appointed 1996-08-23 · resigned 1999-10-22
- LECLERCQ, Christian — director · Belgian · appointed 2008-06-02 · resigned 2010-03-31
- LUDLAM, Kenneth John — director · British · appointed 1997-07-15 · resigned 2003-05-28

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Hanson Overseas Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a25fb465-6392-4c28-aba0-1b8d15030c16) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- [Houserate Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a884b099-e6ed-490a-9ae9-a3af0d4a3d55) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03239986
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03239986

## 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 **PAPERBEFORE LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/64f1b0bc-e9e7-5737-a7ec-5bba5463c171 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PAPERBEFORE LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/64f1b0bc-e9e7-5737-a7ec-5bba5463c171 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/64f1b0bc-e9e7-5737-a7ec-5bba5463c171._

_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"._