---
title: "IDEA FOUNDATION — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6cc8a3fb-9e09-532a-be01-3d2e0a5d0de5
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6cc8a3fb-9e09-532a-be01-3d2e0a5d0de5
identifier: oo:GB-COH-12588358
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# IDEA FOUNDATION

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-12588358`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6cc8a3fb-9e09-532a-be01-3d2e0a5d0de5  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6cc8a3fb-9e09-532a-be01-3d2e0a5d0de5  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Prof Robert Anthony Cryan** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef12d47a-8656-54ff-84ef-a1a501f1f8bf
- **Mr Richard William James Parry** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/17ffd89d-2b78-577b-b427-b46eb52bce8a
- **Mr Arjuna Gihan Fernando** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/773ccefe-ab3f-5ca0-85ac-77338a0e0a67
- **Mr Richard William James Parry** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8f9f7d30-a7b7-4da0-a295-5c64a0861d5f
- **Mr Arjuna Gihan Fernando** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7cb7e524-4fdf-4e03-932e-526e7fc31e66
- **Prof Robert Anthony Cryan** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/18c64de4-a865-4600-b801-202e0daf6b75

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **The Prince Andrew Charitable Trust** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8da3069a-e8be-50eb-9ae3-5fcb2c4d7faf
- **The Prince Andrew Charitable Trust** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8da3069a-e8be-50eb-9ae3-5fcb2c4d7faf

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

A **6-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:** `12588358`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc limited exemption
- **Incorporated:** 2020-05-06
- **Registered office:** Farrer & Co, 66 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LH, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 85310, 85590

### Officers

- ALLEN, Toni Claire — director · British · appointed 2026-01-05
- CRYAN, Robert Anthony, Prof — director · British · appointed 2020-05-06
- NEEDHAM, Paul Michael, Professor — director · British · appointed 2026-01-05
- PARRY, Richard William James — director · British · appointed 2020-05-06
- PATEL, Puja — director · British · appointed 2026-02-02
- FERNANDO, Arjuna Gihan — director · British · appointed 2020-05-06 · resigned 2025-09-15

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Prof Robert Anthony Cryan — 50–75% votes · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2020-05-06
- Mr Richard William James Parry — 25–50% votes · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2020-05-06
- Mr Arjuna Gihan Fernando — 25–50% votes · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2025-09-15

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12588358
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12588358

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **IDEA FOUNDATION**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6cc8a3fb-9e09-532a-be01-3d2e0a5d0de5 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6cc8a3fb-9e09-532a-be01-3d2e0a5d0de5._

_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"._