---
title: "YPH GROUP LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6dc0225c-071f-5bce-a06d-af2e971a6713
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6dc0225c-071f-5bce-a06d-af2e971a6713
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08198170
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# YPH GROUP LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08198170`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6dc0225c-071f-5bce-a06d-af2e971a6713  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6dc0225c-071f-5bce-a06d-af2e971a6713  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Ritchie Alan Thornton** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6e6bbe6a-c356-5fe9-8c22-4046063869b3
- **Mr Frederick Alan Thornton** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d4ed101b-3f85-5c13-8b29-a10fc432b705
- **Mrs Mary Agnes Thornton** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6963bbaa-6dbf-54b5-9864-8212fbcb816e
- **Mrs Mary Agnes Thornton** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/485c6577-7448-4cdc-9767-efef6251ad69
- **Mr Frederick Alan Thornton** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4bc449d4-d4f0-44c4-a478-e51cef58825d
- **Mr Ritchie Alan Thornton** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/23660387-2384-4a6f-90af-3899d0760e55

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **THE PICKERINGS COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3f6c8b0f-6c09-5b89-8cf4-fd1e4f43b169
- **BODE POSITIONERS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f2fd6e15-44a7-538c-9795-87a7c73db424
- **YPH LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/789ec9b3-fb0d-55df-8747-d97eaa6c727a
- **THE PICKERINGS COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3f6c8b0f-6c09-5b89-8cf4-fd1e4f43b169
- **YPH LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/789ec9b3-fb0d-55df-8747-d97eaa6c727a
- **BODE POSITIONERS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f2fd6e15-44a7-538c-9795-87a7c73db424

### 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:** `08198170`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2012-08-31
- **Registered office:** Unit 1 Stubbins Lane, Claughton-On-Brock, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 0QH
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- SMITH, Samantha Jayne — director · British · appointed 2012-08-31
- THORNTON, Frederick Alan — director · British · appointed 2012-08-31
- THORNTON, Mary Agnes — director · British · appointed 2012-08-31
- THORNTON, Ritchie Alan — director · British · appointed 2012-08-31
- THORNTON, Sarah Marie — secretary · British · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2021-06-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Ritchie Alan Thornton — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2021-06-30
- Mrs Mary Agnes Thornton — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Frederick Alan Thornton — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2021-06-30

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08198170
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08198170

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **YPH GROUP LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6dc0225c-071f-5bce-a06d-af2e971a6713 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6dc0225c-071f-5bce-a06d-af2e971a6713._

_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"._