---
title: "AREA 53 LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/862d288e-744f-57f7-965e-c5089adefebb
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/862d288e-744f-57f7-965e-c5089adefebb
identifier: oo:GB-COH-09943852
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AREA 53 LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-09943852`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/862d288e-744f-57f7-965e-c5089adefebb  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/862d288e-744f-57f7-965e-c5089adefebb  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Paul Anthony Wickens** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8c25a739-db16-5455-a5ab-05dc625e7a52
- **Mr Paul Anthony Wickens** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ea99d38b-08dd-441a-a151-78a299973b15

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

A **2-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:** `09943852`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2016-01-11
- **Registered office:** 59 Dukes Wood Avenue, Gerrards Cross, SL9 7JY, England
- **SIC:** 80200

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---:|
| Net assets | £37,087 |
| Shareholder funds | £37,087 |
| Current assets | £165,283 |
| Employees | 0 |

_Latest filed period. Full 2-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- HAMBLING, Mark William Victor — director · British · appointed 2024-11-05
- WICKENS, Paul — director · English · appointed 2016-01-11
- MCMULLEN, Brian Daniel — director · British · appointed 2017-11-01 · resigned 2017-12-11

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Paul Anthony Wickens — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2017-01-04

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09943852
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09943852
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09943852/filing-history

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AREA 53 LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/862d288e-744f-57f7-965e-c5089adefebb · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/862d288e-744f-57f7-965e-c5089adefebb._

_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"._