---
title: "EGAIN COMMUNICATIONS LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/676131d6-5e8f-506d-a7e6-9e275aefbed4
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/676131d6-5e8f-506d-a7e6-9e275aefbed4
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02537388
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# EGAIN COMMUNICATIONS LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02537388`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/676131d6-5e8f-506d-a7e6-9e275aefbed4  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/676131d6-5e8f-506d-a7e6-9e275aefbed4  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **EGAIN COMMUNICATIONS LTD** — GLEIF · `lei:254900E9F1TGXIDVWR80` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e170a802-d311-5781-bb0e-ea29239c11f2

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Egain Corporation** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a14eace3-2eb8-4a22-b94f-12083cdd2221

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

A **3-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:** `02537388`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1990-09-05
- **Registered office:** St Catherines House, Oxford Square, Oxford Street, Newbury, RG14 1JQ, England
- **SIC:** 62012

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---:|
| Turnover | £15,198,152 |
| Profit / (loss) | £274,569 |
| Net assets | £17,252,155 |
| Cash | £25,929,155 |
| Shareholder funds | £8,991,657 |
| Fixed assets | £45,977 |
| Current assets | £33,317,822 |
| Employees | 72 |

_Latest filed period. Full 3-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- WELLS, Colin Nigel — secretary · British · appointed 2014-05-14
- SMIT, Eric Norman — director · American · appointed 2005-05-10
- LAWSON, Stephen Roy — secretary · British · appointed 2008-01-01 · resigned 2014-05-14
- THOMAS, Walter Joe, Dr — secretary · British · appointed 2001-09-10 · resigned 2003-08-01
- HILLGATE SECRETARIAL LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2003-10-16 · resigned 2008-01-01
- LAWGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · resigned 2000-10-02
- TJG SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2000-10-02 · resigned 2003-10-16
- BINNS, John — director · British · resigned 1998-02-02
- COXHEAD, Stephen Michael — director · British · appointed 2001-01-10 · resigned 2005-05-10
- DOUST, Nigel Stuart — director · British · appointed 1999-09-07 · resigned 2001-08-03
- DUNCAN, Alan George — director · British · resigned 1994-07-29
- GRIFFIN, William Duane — director · American · appointed 1998-04-06 · resigned 1998-08-27
- JACOBSON, Alexander Donald — director · American · resigned 1995-09-25
- JEPSON, Charles — director · American · appointed 1998-04-06 · resigned 2001-01-10
- JOHNSON, David Michael — director · British · appointed 1996-09-27 · resigned 1996-11-01
- MCKEE, Christopther Martin — director · British · appointed 1996-09-27 · resigned 1997-05-07
- PADFIELD, Philip — director · British · appointed 1998-04-06 · resigned 1999-08-31
- PETTET, Richard William — director · British · appointed 1999-01-18 · resigned 1999-12-31
- PRICE, Peter Richard — director · British · resigned 1996-05-16
- PUROHIT, Sunil Kumud — director · British · appointed 1997-05-13 · resigned 1998-11-06

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Egain Corporation](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a14eace3-2eb8-4a22-b94f-12083cdd2221) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United States — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02537388
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02537388
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02537388/filing-history

## 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 **EGAIN COMMUNICATIONS LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/676131d6-5e8f-506d-a7e6-9e275aefbed4 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **EGAIN COMMUNICATIONS LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/676131d6-5e8f-506d-a7e6-9e275aefbed4 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/676131d6-5e8f-506d-a7e6-9e275aefbed4._

_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"._