---
title: "ARETE WEALTH MANAGEMENT LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8237fdac-ebff-5954-9b80-db65480e1836
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8237fdac-ebff-5954-9b80-db65480e1836
identifier: oo:GB-COH-12611797
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ARETE WEALTH MANAGEMENT LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-12611797`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8237fdac-ebff-5954-9b80-db65480e1836  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8237fdac-ebff-5954-9b80-db65480e1836  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Martin Smith** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/42765575-e540-59d2-97eb-443d76085a98
- **Michael James Fletcher** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ae52ed46-b9b5-51d6-bd7f-49c55d045e95
- **Michael James Fletcher** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba0824b9-5fbe-42f6-8ffa-9080dcbc31e9
- **Mr Martin Smith** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bb01fbf6-8320-45ae-af04-003ca2c994c0

### 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:** `12611797`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2020-05-19
- **Registered office:** 14 Castle Street Arete Offices, 1st Floor, Liverpool, L2 0NE, England
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- FLETCHER, Michael James — director · British · appointed 2020-09-01
- LORD, Simon Martin — director · British · appointed 2020-09-01
- SMITH, Martin — director · British · appointed 2020-05-19 · resigned 2020-09-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Michael James Fletcher — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2023-07-12
- Mr Martin Smith — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-07-12

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12611797
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12611797

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ARETE WEALTH MANAGEMENT LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8237fdac-ebff-5954-9b80-db65480e1836 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8237fdac-ebff-5954-9b80-db65480e1836._

_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"._