---
title: "F.C. BROWN (STEEL EQUIPMENT) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7364af12-ca0a-5b07-87ca-356eb377cbc9
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7364af12-ca0a-5b07-87ca-356eb377cbc9
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00693397
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# F.C. BROWN (STEEL EQUIPMENT) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00693397`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7364af12-ca0a-5b07-87ca-356eb377cbc9  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7364af12-ca0a-5b07-87ca-356eb377cbc9  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **F.C. BROWN (STEEL EQUIPMENT) LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800J1GZ9DZNQKEE26` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b7e0c27-f5fd-5e3b-ad59-36ab854fce0b
- **F C Brown (Steel Equipment) Limited** — source · `gb-coh:693397` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5e9c3252-3143-4d77-800b-b71014bf070c

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Anthony Charles Brown** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9c856477-af94-5310-a36e-936654bd0cc8
- **Mr Richard David Costin** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8be0e27e-55ff-4469-8549-89951adc370f
- **BISLEY OFFICE EQUIPMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eb0ae522-2f07-4123-bc36-94aa9c2331ce
- **Mr Anthony Charles Brown** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0ac647b2-703e-45c2-9bb4-e9157fcde7df

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

A **7-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:** `00693397`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1961-05-23
- **Registered office:** Caswell Way, Reevesland Industrial Estate, Newport, South Wales, NP19 4PW, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 31010, 31090

### Officers

- HOWELLS, Nigel — director · British · appointed 2024-07-03
- MATTHEWS, Graeme Robert — director · British · appointed 2026-07-27
- MILLER, Christopher — director · British · appointed 2026-07-27
- OSTROLENK, Paul — director · British · appointed 2026-03-24
- PIERLEONI, Marco — director · British · appointed 2023-03-01
- REDMOND, John Robert — director · British · appointed 2026-03-24
- REEVES, Lee Thomas — director · British · appointed 2025-11-20
- ASHDOWN, Philip Roy — secretary · British · resigned 2024-10-31
- APPLEBY, David — director · British · appointed 2019-02-08 · resigned 2020-10-23
- ATKIN, John Dudley — director · British · appointed 2007-08-01 · resigned 2020-03-11
- BAYLISS, Robin — director · British · appointed 2018-10-01 · resigned 2024-07-30
- BLACKWELL, Henry Richard — director · British · resigned 2019-12-31
- BOTTERILL, David William — director · British · appointed 2018-10-01 · resigned 2023-03-01
- BROWN, Anthony Charles — director · British · resigned 2023-04-04
- CHAPLAIN, Neil Stuart — director · British · appointed 2005-09-01 · resigned 2006-11-30
- COSTIN, Richard David — director · British · appointed 2020-01-01 · resigned 2026-05-08
- CRUTCHER, Paul Alan — director · British · appointed 2013-04-01 · resigned 2023-08-21
- GILES, Richard Ivor — director · British · resigned 1996-09-30
- HEARNSHAW, Ralph Ernest James — director · British · appointed 1998-07-13 · resigned 2018-06-18
- IRWIN, John David — director · British · appointed 2006-05-30 · resigned 2015-09-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Bisley Office Equipment Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eb0ae522-2f07-4123-bc36-94aa9c2331ce) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Wales — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Richard David Costin — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2026-05-08
- Mr Anthony Charles Brown — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-04-04

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00693397
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00693397

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **F.C. BROWN (STEEL EQUIPMENT) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7364af12-ca0a-5b07-87ca-356eb377cbc9 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7364af12-ca0a-5b07-87ca-356eb377cbc9._

_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"._