---
title: "AO LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76c9897d-6dc2-57f6-bee3-c8752701a9e8
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/76c9897d-6dc2-57f6-bee3-c8752701a9e8
identifier: oo:GB-COH-06861978
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AO LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-06861978`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76c9897d-6dc2-57f6-bee3-c8752701a9e8  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/76c9897d-6dc2-57f6-bee3-c8752701a9e8  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **AO LTD** — GLEIF · `lei:213800ZKPYNUGBVAOS28` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ea3f511e-52f7-57ab-8537-0c4c9b891e6d

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **AO WORLD PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e711c5d-69de-5e05-9da2-2fbc574b6df3
- **Ao World Plc** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc5ad950-9c8e-464d-b498-3efc80dc921b

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **AO MOBILE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3cc47bca-7d56-5223-adb2-40b4f4197332
- **AO RETAIL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fa85039-2618-59f7-8010-8f9aa4b566da
- **AFFORDABLE MOBILES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b26a05cb-13ea-5275-bace-1f9829b0421c
- **EXPERT LOGISTICS LTD.** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/502bd6e2-49eb-5ab2-97fc-fbffb3cee373
- **MUSICMAGPIE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a7cb64c2-9230-58d3-a24a-e3395b67e9c4
- **AO MOBILE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3cc47bca-7d56-5223-adb2-40b4f4197332
- **EXPERT LOGISTICS LTD.** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/502bd6e2-49eb-5ab2-97fc-fbffb3cee373
- **AO RETAIL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fa85039-2618-59f7-8010-8f9aa4b566da
- **AFFORDABLE MOBILES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b26a05cb-13ea-5275-bace-1f9829b0421c
- **MUSICMAGPIE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a7cb64c2-9230-58d3-a24a-e3395b67e9c4

### 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:** `06861978`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2009-03-28
- **Registered office:** Unit 5a The Parklands, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4SD
- **SIC:** 64209

### Officers

- FINNEMORE, Julie Angela Louise — secretary · appointed 2014-04-15
- HIGGINS, Jonathan Mark Stephen — director · British · appointed 2016-04-04
- ROBERTS, John Charles — director · British · appointed 2013-07-18
- CAUNCE, Stephen James — secretary · appointed 2013-07-18 · resigned 2014-04-15
- CLARK, Virginia Olive — secretary · British · appointed 2009-03-28 · resigned 2013-07-18
- CAUNCE, Stephen James — director · British · appointed 2014-01-17 · resigned 2019-02-15
- CLARK, Sebastian Douglas Leonard — director · British · appointed 2009-03-28 · resigned 2013-07-18
- EMMETT, Daniel Anthony — director · British · appointed 2018-04-19 · resigned 2022-09-16

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Ao World Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc5ad950-9c8e-464d-b498-3efc80dc921b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-06-02

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06861978
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06861978

## 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 **AO LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76c9897d-6dc2-57f6-bee3-c8752701a9e8 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AO LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76c9897d-6dc2-57f6-bee3-c8752701a9e8 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/76c9897d-6dc2-57f6-bee3-c8752701a9e8._

_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"._