---
title: "HOTHOUSE BRANDS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7e46915e-0cfb-52f5-b7cc-b3c662001c4e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7e46915e-0cfb-52f5-b7cc-b3c662001c4e
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC432592
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HOTHOUSE BRANDS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC432592`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7e46915e-0cfb-52f5-b7cc-b3c662001c4e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7e46915e-0cfb-52f5-b7cc-b3c662001c4e  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Michael Dunsmore** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d5a0e93d-abb2-51c1-9329-2c00c11fab5c
- **Mr Benjamin John Paget Thomson** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed22cace-4a05-514a-a1b0-c7811da0bbe2
- **INVERLEITH LLP** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3dca1e0d-1ec8-5e1b-9c58-199d9c1caf39
- **Mr John Michael Dunsmore** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e6122de3-8e58-4ba0-8341-1fc9d8e0fa51
- **Mr Benjamin John Paget Thomson** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2978f586-b346-4a13-99b2-6c84c7ce61bb

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **HIL (NOMINEES) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/73388892-c969-42fe-b9b2-a28542184c9f
- **INVERLEITH TRADING COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e5dd62ba-cf5d-5f79-a5a5-057013b29344

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

A **11-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:** `SC432592`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2012-09-14
- **Registered office:** 7 C/O Ncm Fund Services, 4th Floor, 7 Castle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3AH, Scotland
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- SKIPWORTH, Paul Henry — director · British · appointed 2018-05-01
- [MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/50482fe1-ffff-5bea-8492-4fe377b9590e) — corporate secretary · appointed 2012-09-14 · resigned 2013-09-23
- BELL, Adrian Edward Robert — director · British · appointed 2012-09-14 · resigned 2012-11-12
- DUNSMORE, John Michael — director · British · appointed 2012-11-12 · resigned 2018-04-30
- THOMSON, Benjamin John Paget — director · British · appointed 2016-02-26 · resigned 2025-06-16
- [MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7def5504-4483-53da-b8c3-9788469ab5be) — corporate director · appointed 2012-09-14 · resigned 2012-11-12

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Inverleith Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3dca1e0d-1ec8-5e1b-9c58-199d9c1caf39) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Scotland — since 2016-12-05
- Mr John Michael Dunsmore — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2016-12-05
- Mr Benjamin John Paget Thomson — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Scotland — ceased 2016-12-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC432592
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC432592

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HOTHOUSE BRANDS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7e46915e-0cfb-52f5-b7cc-b3c662001c4e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7e46915e-0cfb-52f5-b7cc-b3c662001c4e._

_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"._