---
title: "HOSPITALITY FIRST MANAGEMENT LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/84010295-e634-5982-be04-bbc8b5eaa5b0
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/84010295-e634-5982-be04-bbc8b5eaa5b0
identifier: oo:GB-COH-09953858
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HOSPITALITY FIRST MANAGEMENT LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-09953858`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/84010295-e634-5982-be04-bbc8b5eaa5b0  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/84010295-e634-5982-be04-bbc8b5eaa5b0  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Michael Arthur Benjamin Hurst** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1a64192e-3382-532b-a842-25cbb43a6ecc
- **Mr David Brian Reading** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6ce70b38-0f69-5079-b2a2-fc035bea135e
- **BRIGHTSTAR HOSPITALITY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/53a32145-7856-5f0d-a6a0-e912135fd729
- **Mr David Brian Reading** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6df7a981-d072-4efa-84be-d609c90800e3
- **Mr Michael Arthur Benjamin Hurst** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6c5cd1a2-f917-45a9-b7d1-7e14d164e178
- **BRIGHTSTAR HOSPITALITY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/53a32145-7856-5f0d-a6a0-e912135fd729

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

1. **Mr Michael Arthur Benjamin Hurst** — beneficial owner 50% → *HOSPITALITY FIRST MANAGEMENT LIMITED*
1. **Mr David Brian Reading** — beneficial owner 50% → *HOSPITALITY FIRST MANAGEMENT LIMITED*
1. **BRIGHTSTAR HOSPITALITY LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *HOSPITALITY FIRST MANAGEMENT LIMITED*
1. **Mr David Brian Reading** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *HOSPITALITY FIRST MANAGEMENT LIMITED*
1. **Mr Michael Arthur Benjamin Hurst** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *HOSPITALITY FIRST MANAGEMENT LIMITED*
1. **BRIGHTSTAR HOSPITALITY LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *HOSPITALITY FIRST MANAGEMENT LIMITED*
2. **BRIGHTSTAR GROUP LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *BRIGHTSTAR HOSPITALITY LIMITED*
3. **Mr Michael Arthur Benjamin Hurst** — beneficial owner 50% → *BRIGHTSTAR GROUP LIMITED*
3. **Mr Nilkanth Purshottam Gangadia** — beneficial owner 50% → *BRIGHTSTAR GROUP LIMITED*
3. **Mr Nikhil Gupta** — beneficial owner 50% → *BRIGHTSTAR GROUP LIMITED*
3. **Mr Nilkanth Purshottam Gangadia** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *BRIGHTSTAR GROUP LIMITED*
3. **Mr Michael Arthur Benjamin Hurst** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *BRIGHTSTAR GROUP LIMITED*
3. **Mr Nikhil Gupta** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *BRIGHTSTAR GROUP LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `09953858`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2016-01-15
- **Registered office:** Grosvenor Hotel, 12-14 Warwick Road, Stratford-Upon-Avon, CV37 6YW, England
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- GUPTA, Nikhil — director · British · appointed 2021-12-01
- NICHOLLS, Francis Clive — director · British · appointed 2020-04-09
- BACHMANIS, Clive John — director · British · appointed 2016-01-15 · resigned 2020-04-09
- CARDEN-LOVELL, Roderick Hugh — director · British · appointed 2016-01-15 · resigned 2020-04-09
- DEMPSTER, Peter Eric Angus — director · British · appointed 2016-01-15 · resigned 2020-04-09
- HURST, Michael Arthur Benjamin — director · British · appointed 2020-04-09 · resigned 2025-08-31
- NICHOLLS, Francis Clive — director · British · appointed 2016-01-15 · resigned 2020-04-09
- READING, David Brian — director · British · appointed 2018-05-03 · resigned 2024-08-09
- SUTHERLAND, James Stuart — director · British · appointed 2016-01-15 · resigned 2020-04-09

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Brightstar Hospitality Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/53a32145-7856-5f0d-a6a0-e912135fd729) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2021-07-09
- Mr Michael Arthur Benjamin Hurst — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2021-07-09
- Mr David Brian Reading — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2021-07-09

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09953858
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09953858

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HOSPITALITY FIRST MANAGEMENT LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/84010295-e634-5982-be04-bbc8b5eaa5b0 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/84010295-e634-5982-be04-bbc8b5eaa5b0._

_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"._