---
title: "GRANT THORNTON TRUST COMPANY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7dbf8d7f-ce67-5964-90dd-c34ec3666729
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7dbf8d7f-ce67-5964-90dd-c34ec3666729
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05480143
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GRANT THORNTON TRUST COMPANY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05480143`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7dbf8d7f-ce67-5964-90dd-c34ec3666729  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7dbf8d7f-ce67-5964-90dd-c34ec3666729  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **GRANT THORNTON TRUST COMPANY LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800UYHKFST9N2Z183` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e4620099-de97-5e5c-9f97-e427261f6f3d

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GRANT THORNTON ACQUISITIONS NO.2 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dd545133-f9fe-566c-9e9e-77de4b984c52
- **GRANT THORNTON UK LLP** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cea774ef-be73-59d8-b5d5-2830a40edcf3
- **GRANT THORNTON ACQUISITIONS NO.2 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dd545133-f9fe-566c-9e9e-77de4b984c52

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

A **29-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:** `05480143`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2005-06-14
- **Registered office:** 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7EA, England
- **SIC:** 74909

### Officers

- COOK, Aisling Laura — director · Irish · appointed 2024-11-17
- SAYERS, Philip Anthony — director · British · appointed 2024-11-18
- WOODWARD, Richard Brian — director · British · appointed 2024-11-18
- MEW, John David — secretary · British · appointed 2005-06-14 · resigned 2005-07-20
- [CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c46db9c0-f5ea-58ae-8c68-e532733cf663) — corporate secretary · appointed 2005-07-20 · resigned 2014-06-14
- GRANT THORNTON LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2014-06-14 · resigned 2019-02-26
- BARNES, Scott — director · British · appointed 2006-04-26 · resigned 2015-06-30
- BEAR, Darren Michael — director · British · appointed 2024-02-01 · resigned 2024-11-17
- CARTWRIGHT, Lawrence John — director · British · appointed 2005-06-29 · resigned 2005-12-31
- CLEARY, Michael John — director · British · appointed 2005-06-29 · resigned 2008-12-31
- COCKMAN, Andrew Michael — director · British · appointed 2015-07-01 · resigned 2020-07-22
- DUNCKLEY, David John — director · British · appointed 2018-12-01 · resigned 2024-02-01
- EDMONDS, Stephen Robert — director · British · appointed 2006-04-26 · resigned 2009-06-30
- ETHERINGTON, Paul Michael David — director · British · appointed 2012-04-01 · resigned 2016-07-01
- GALE, Kevin Alexander — director · British · appointed 2017-12-22 · resigned 2024-11-25
- GOMERSALL, Malcolm Antony — director · British · appointed 2020-06-05 · resigned 2024-11-17
- HANNAH, Robert — director · British · appointed 2016-07-01 · resigned 2018-07-01
- JOHNSON, Ian Richards — director · British · appointed 2006-01-01 · resigned 2017-06-30
- JONES, Simon Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2015-03-31 · resigned 2018-12-17
- MEW, John David — director · British · appointed 2005-06-14 · resigned 2012-06-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Grant Thornton Acquisitions No.2 Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dd545133-f9fe-566c-9e9e-77de4b984c52) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2019-02-26
- [Grant Thornton Uk Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cea774ef-be73-59d8-b5d5-2830a40edcf3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2019-02-26

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05480143
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05480143

## 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 **GRANT THORNTON TRUST COMPANY LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7dbf8d7f-ce67-5964-90dd-c34ec3666729 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GRANT THORNTON TRUST COMPANY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7dbf8d7f-ce67-5964-90dd-c34ec3666729 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7dbf8d7f-ce67-5964-90dd-c34ec3666729._

_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"._