---
title: "EUROPEAN ESTATES PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b504274-fad2-5ebf-a571-e4d13b4fb748
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7b504274-fad2-5ebf-a571-e4d13b4fb748
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00447199
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# EUROPEAN ESTATES PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00447199`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b504274-fad2-5ebf-a571-e4d13b4fb748  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7b504274-fad2-5ebf-a571-e4d13b4fb748  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **European Estates Plc** — source · `gb-coh:447199` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c531489-ff4c-43ed-b0e0-4007f5bc85e2

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Hamilton Gaul** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8f25dbac-8159-531b-86fb-78d8dd3ee21a
- **Mr Hamilton Gaul** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/01ad4f13-db23-4469-8067-46d5f60c2b7c

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **EUROPEAN ESTATES (SUSSEX) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee03d8a3-b227-5880-b070-41cb1af4ea56
- **BLENHEIM BOOKS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/61312742-9001-5b16-9e32-fac5e6df5d08
- **LONDON & HOME COUNTIES SHOP HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dba5b4d1-2703-51e8-a33c-d2c7d686d4c1

### 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:** `00447199`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 1947-12-30
- **Registered office:** The Stables, Church Walk, Daventry, Northants, NN11 4BL, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 68100

### Officers

- GAUL, Hamilton John Alexander — director · British · appointed 2012-04-07
- MOUNT, Michael Joseph — director · British · appointed 2016-10-07
- CHALMERS, John Gerald William — secretary · British · appointed 2006-01-04 · resigned 2012-02-13
- PAMAR, Jatinder Singh — secretary · British · appointed 2012-03-29 · resigned 2025-11-19
- DRACLIFFE COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1993-11-24 · resigned 2006-01-04
- CASE, Adam — director · British · appointed 1998-12-14 · resigned 2000-05-05
- CHALMERS, John Gerald William — director · British · appointed 2000-05-05 · resigned 2012-02-13
- DAVIS, Brian — director · British · appointed 1998-12-14 · resigned 2000-05-05
- GAUL, Alexis Harriet — director · British · appointed 1993-11-24 · resigned 1998-12-14
- GAUL, Simon Jeremy — director · British · appointed 2016-05-01 · resigned 2018-11-15
- GAUL, Simon Jeremy — director · British · appointed 1993-11-24 · resigned 1994-03-21
- GRANT, Ian Donald — director · Scottish · appointed 2009-10-17 · resigned 2016-05-01
- MARSHALL, Helen Margaret — director · British · appointed 2000-05-05 · resigned 2001-10-31
- SIMOND, Timothy David Kyrle — director · British · appointed 1994-03-21 · resigned 1998-12-14
- VINE, Harry Walford — director · British · appointed 2001-10-24 · resigned 2009-10-17

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Hamilton Gaul — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-10-20

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00447199
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00447199

## 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 **EUROPEAN ESTATES PLC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b504274-fad2-5ebf-a571-e4d13b4fb748 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **EUROPEAN ESTATES PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b504274-fad2-5ebf-a571-e4d13b4fb748 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7b504274-fad2-5ebf-a571-e4d13b4fb748._

_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"._