--- title: "CONTRACT VEHICLES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f5617df-cf1c-5bcb-86b8-97538d6e82bb json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6f5617df-cf1c-5bcb-86b8-97538d6e82bb identifier: oo:GB-COH-00759126 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # CONTRACT VEHICLES LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00759126` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f5617df-cf1c-5bcb-86b8-97538d6e82bb **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6f5617df-cf1c-5bcb-86b8-97538d6e82bb ## Cross-source identity The same real-world entity, resolved across sources: - **CONTRACT VEHICLES LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:9845000BRBAFEF9EAC19` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d68cb189-f410-5604-9272-bf936c7bbe52 ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **ZEUS BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dff9b9fb-4d84-58ea-83b6-1ebdda15e16c - **Mr John Allan Ross** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/beb6d3e6-dfc3-547b-ac47-c7e245ec6000 - **Mr Douglas Smith** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/60f251f6-477d-5217-b5b0-18f3022dda35 - **Mr Nigel John Barrett** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1bf73190-d01d-5e3c-9d99-86f0e8ea3cfb - **Contract Vehicles Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/309eebac-c65e-4fb7-af63-59498e52baca - **Mr Nigel John Barrett** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b5d695c-ef93-41bf-9b9c-847cf1dfdd37 - **Mr John Allan Ross** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/df16c40f-2b9c-4e77-a12b-c6324d47c3c7 - **Mr Douglas Smith** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dcc05c19-50b2-4c13-940e-e2062537427d - **ZEUS BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dff9b9fb-4d84-58ea-83b6-1ebdda15e16c ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **CONTRACT VEHICLES FLEET SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aee1b77b-3568-5cff-903d-29064d21c4c1 - **CONTRACT VEHICLES PROPERTIES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ccf74f86-0b78-535b-b805-b404810f6fb7 - **CONTRACT VEHICLES PROPERTIES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ccf74f86-0b78-535b-b805-b404810f6fb7 - **CONTRACT VEHICLES RENTALS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92cf6a14-d380-5245-9c8a-79210428d21f - **CONTRACT VEHICLES FLEET SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aee1b77b-3568-5cff-903d-29064d21c4c1 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **44-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:** `00759126` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1963-04-29 - **Registered office:** Number One Great Exhibition Way, Kirkstall Forge, Leeds, LS5 3BF, United Kingdom - **SIC:** 77120 ### Officers - PATEL, Manisha Kantilal — secretary · appointed 2020-04-01 - BURNS, Eric Ross — director · British · appointed 2017-03-31 - SKIPPEN, Sean — director · British · appointed 2020-04-01 - SMITHIES, Noelle Lesley — director · British · appointed 2023-06-01 - TAYLOR, Craig — director · British · appointed 2026-04-30 - ARRATOON, David Gregory — secretary · British · resigned 1992-10-19 - BARRETT, Nigel John — secretary · British · appointed 1999-02-22 · resigned 2017-03-31 - JONES, Sarah Elizabeth — secretary · appointed 2017-03-31 · resigned 2017-06-30 - RAWNSLEY, Patrick James — secretary · appointed 2017-07-17 · resigned 2019-11-25 - WEBB, James Keith — secretary · British · appointed 1992-10-19 · resigned 1999-02-22 - ARRATOON, David Gregory — director · British · resigned 1992-10-19 - BARRETT, Nigel John — director · British · appointed 1999-02-22 · resigned 2017-03-31 - BROWN, Alec Charles — director · British · resigned 2017-03-31 - BUCHAN, Timothy Peter — director · British · appointed 2017-03-31 · resigned 2022-04-01 - BUTLER, Robert Alan — director · British · appointed 2017-03-31 · resigned 2021-07-31 - HOLLAND, Martin Peter — director · British · appointed 2021-08-01 · resigned 2023-03-31 - JENKINS, Martin Alexander — director · British · appointed 2020-04-01 · resigned 2026-04-30 - MORGAN, Brian — director · British · resigned 1992-10-19 - PARKES, Carol — director · British · appointed 2022-04-01 · resigned 2023-06-01 - PHILLIPS, Mark Trevor, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2017-03-31 · resigned 2022-04-01 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Zeus Bidco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dff9b9fb-4d84-58ea-83b6-1ebdda15e16c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2018-01-26 - [Contract Vehicles Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/309eebac-c65e-4fb7-af63-59498e52baca) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2018-01-26 - Mr John Allan Ross — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2017-03-31 - Mr Douglas Smith — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2017-03-31 - Mr Nigel John Barrett — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2017-03-31 ## Provenance - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00759126 - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00759126 ## 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 **CONTRACT VEHICLES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f5617df-cf1c-5bcb-86b8-97538d6e82bb · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **CONTRACT VEHICLES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f5617df-cf1c-5bcb-86b8-97538d6e82bb · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6f5617df-cf1c-5bcb-86b8-97538d6e82bb._ _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"._