---
title: "OPERATION ENCOUNTER LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6fc4ec0e-1135-5e85-90ca-e0b9a1f122d5
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6fc4ec0e-1135-5e85-90ca-e0b9a1f122d5
identifier: oo:GB-COH-10382062
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# OPERATION ENCOUNTER LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-10382062`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6fc4ec0e-1135-5e85-90ca-e0b9a1f122d5  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6fc4ec0e-1135-5e85-90ca-e0b9a1f122d5  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Richard Alexander Waddell** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b7bb3b3a-8990-5d3a-bf78-56466e1812c6
- **Mr Matthew John Couling** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a43303d4-2f69-5767-8ac9-b2a8d294028b
- **Mr Richard Alexander Waddell** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e39b546-c4a7-41a8-af13-36c9c9594f17
- **Mr Matthew John Couling** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a8aaa2ea-b398-4d5c-9940-71212d65bf9f

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

A **4-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:** `10382062`
- **Status:** liquidation
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2016-09-17
- **Registered office:** Langley House, Park Road, London, N2 8EY
- **SIC:** 93290

### Officers

- COULING, Matthew John — director · British · appointed 2016-09-17
- WADDELL, Richard Alexander — director · British · appointed 2016-09-17 · resigned 2024-01-10

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Matthew John Couling — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-09-17
- Mr Richard Alexander Waddell — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-12-31

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10382062
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10382062

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **OPERATION ENCOUNTER LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6fc4ec0e-1135-5e85-90ca-e0b9a1f122d5 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6fc4ec0e-1135-5e85-90ca-e0b9a1f122d5._

_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"._