--- title: "GOVIA LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/83c687bd-dd30-5957-add9-327ee23d7b23 json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/83c687bd-dd30-5957-add9-327ee23d7b23 identifier: oo:GB-COH-03278419 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # GOVIA LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03278419` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/83c687bd-dd30-5957-add9-327ee23d7b23 **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/83c687bd-dd30-5957-add9-327ee23d7b23 ## Cross-source identity The same real-world entity, resolved across sources: - **Govia Limited** — source · `gb-coh:3278419` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/30f27f2f-7d16-4d4b-992e-b8471ac3c956 ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **GO-AHEAD HOLDING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/38169ab3-464d-57e3-889f-5dbeb2b89f6c - **KEOLIS (UK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/47e00592-d746-5b62-88f9-9c71dfdafb91 - **KEOLIS (UK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/47e00592-d746-5b62-88f9-9c71dfdafb91 - **Go-Ahead Holding Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b4117516-81f5-4d7d-8fe6-b7a8b8691a54 ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **NEW SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/84947fb9-666b-5926-8b64-44b340eac5f8 - **GOVIA THAMESLINK RAILWAY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a3da3b9-8510-5df1-ba16-68d56490be8e - **SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e57b5b13-5a6b-5c8d-b651-4820b99ac747 - **LONDON & SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc629544-2e7f-51f3-9989-c93b6853ad7f - **LONDON & BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a2fde1c7-2503-5134-b9e0-686ff5dea031 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **15-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:** `03278419` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1996-11-14 - **Registered office:** Second Floor 55 Degrees North, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6BL, United Kingdom - **SIC:** 70100 ### Officers - SWAN, Richard — secretary · appointed 2023-05-22 - GORDON, Alistair John Francis — director · British · appointed 2009-12-04 - VAN DEN BERG, Aaron — director · German · appointed 2025-01-13 - VERWER, Hendrikus Petrus Maria — director · Dutch · appointed 2022-06-07 - BUTCHER, Ian Philip — secretary · British · appointed 1997-01-09 · resigned 2006-06-30 - FERGUSON, Carolyn — secretary · British · appointed 2006-07-01 · resigned 2023-05-22 - DICKINSON DEES — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1996-11-14 · resigned 1997-01-09 - ANGEL PARRAS, Miguel — director · Spanish · appointed 2024-03-01 · resigned 2025-07-16 - BALLINGER, Martin Stanley Andrew — director · British · appointed 1997-01-09 · resigned 2004-12-31 - BARBAROUX, Olivier Michel Georges — director · French · appointed 1997-02-24 · resigned 1999-01-11 - BOYD, Gordon Alexander — director · British · appointed 2021-09-28 · resigned 2022-03-28 - BRIAN, Elodie Marie Francoise — director · French · appointed 2019-06-05 · resigned 2021-09-27 - BROSETA, Laurence — director · French · appointed 2023-10-06 · resigned 2026-07-01 - BROWN, David Allen — director · British · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2021-11-05 - BUTCHER, Ian Philip — director · British · appointed 1997-01-09 · resigned 2007-07-01 - BUTCHER, Simon Patrick — director · British · appointed 2016-03-14 · resigned 2018-11-30 - CARE, Timothy James — nominee director · British · appointed 1996-11-14 · resigned 1997-01-09 - CORNIL, Michel — director · French · appointed 1997-02-24 · resigned 2000-10-23 - DEAN, Martin Richard — director · British · appointed 2020-11-20 · resigned 2022-06-07 - DEGHAYE, Jean-Pierre — director · French · appointed 2000-11-13 · resigned 2007-10-05 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Go-Ahead Holding Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b4117516-81f5-4d7d-8fe6-b7a8b8691a54) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06 - [Keolis (Uk) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/47e00592-d746-5b62-88f9-9c71dfdafb91) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · Wales — since 2016-04-06 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03278419 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03278419 ## 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 **GOVIA LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/83c687bd-dd30-5957-add9-327ee23d7b23 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GOVIA LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/83c687bd-dd30-5957-add9-327ee23d7b23 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/83c687bd-dd30-5957-add9-327ee23d7b23._ _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"._