---
title: "RURELEC PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/739d0dea-d03c-496e-b3ee-ccb3513f2457
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/739d0dea-d03c-496e-b3ee-ccb3513f2457
identifier: gb-coh:04812855
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# RURELEC PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `gb-coh:04812855`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/739d0dea-d03c-496e-b3ee-ccb3513f2457  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/739d0dea-d03c-496e-b3ee-ccb3513f2457  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Rurelec Plc** — source · `gb-coh:4812855` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5f85f58d-1e83-4834-bb71-c4ecb5c001cf
- **RURELEC PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:2138007APL2ZK36ARO60` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ecbd0989-2fe2-520b-a5a9-ea0614ebc608

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **STERLING TRUST LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/85e54083-8230-50fa-b88f-5d6db102e143
- **Mr John Story** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/38f0d200-3cba-4c5e-af36-c8867941459f

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **RURELEC PROJECT FINANCE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d6607e2-fbac-47c8-9d9c-b14b5959f3e9
- **COCHRANE POWER LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a0f6de46-d67b-56db-98f6-c054ede0dad6

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

A **2-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:** `04812855`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 2003-06-26
- **Registered office:** 5 St. John's Lane, London, EC1M 4BH, England
- **SIC:** 64209

### Officers

- BRAVO QUITERIO, Maria Jose — secretary · appointed 2017-07-01
- COVENEY, Andrew Hilbre — director · British · appointed 2016-11-16
- SHACKLETON, Paul Roger Anthony — director · British · appointed 2021-07-26
- LAKER, Susan Angela — secretary · British · appointed 2003-07-03 · resigned 2017-07-01
- HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2003-06-26 · resigned 2003-06-26
- BLANCO QUINTANILLA, Carlos Pedro Marcelo — director · Bolivian · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2015-10-31
- CHRISTOPHER, Duncan Robin Carmichael, Sir — director · British · appointed 2005-09-14 · resigned 2011-02-23
- COBEN, Lawrence Stephen — director · United States · appointed 2011-05-10 · resigned 2014-07-11
- EARL, Peter Richard Stephen — director · British · appointed 2003-07-03 · resigned 2015-06-19
- EMSON, Colin Jack — director · British · appointed 2013-10-16 · resigned 2015-10-13
- EYRE, John Michael — director · British · appointed 2003-10-01 · resigned 2011-04-05
- FISHER, Frederick George — director · American · appointed 2007-03-05 · resigned 2009-05-22
- GALANTE ESCOBAR, Pablo Esteban — director · British · appointed 2015-04-09 · resigned 2015-07-14
- KEEGAN, Mark Fitzpatrick — director · British · appointed 2015-07-19 · resigned 2015-12-14
- MATTOS, Francis — director · British · appointed 2004-06-17 · resigned 2007-06-22
- MORRIS, Andrew James Sinclair — director · British · appointed 2009-07-07 · resigned 2015-07-14
- MORRIS, Simon Charles — director · British · appointed 2015-07-19 · resigned 2021-08-17
- MURPHY, Ivan James Bowen — director · Irish · appointed 2024-09-03 · resigned 2025-05-08
- ROWBOTHAM, Brian — director · British · appointed 2013-10-16 · resigned 2021-04-13
- SHAW, Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2003-10-01 · resigned 2015-07-14

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr John Edward Story — right to appoint and remove directors · individual PSC · England — since 2024-03-11
- [Sterling Trust Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/85e54083-8230-50fa-b88f-5d6db102e143) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2024-03-13

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04812855

## 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 **RURELEC PLC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/739d0dea-d03c-496e-b3ee-ccb3513f2457 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **RURELEC PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/739d0dea-d03c-496e-b3ee-ccb3513f2457 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/739d0dea-d03c-496e-b3ee-ccb3513f2457._

_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"._