---
title: "METROPOLITAN INSURANCE BUREAU LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b08c5c1-1ebb-5e76-8035-2ed2eee52e07
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8b08c5c1-1ebb-5e76-8035-2ed2eee52e07
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00246156
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# METROPOLITAN INSURANCE BUREAU LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00246156`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b08c5c1-1ebb-5e76-8035-2ed2eee52e07  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8b08c5c1-1ebb-5e76-8035-2ed2eee52e07  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Gary Robert Hamblyn** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/66a78a30-4ff6-59d4-8fcf-55d768302778
- **Mr Michael Christopher Bray** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/de1f6429-3599-5b95-b9b8-a2983a5ce6b8
- **Mr Gary Robert Hamblyn** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b9955c3-a385-44ea-9ed4-13a4286c2865
- **Mr Michael Christopher Bray** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8fe9c20-784c-484d-8086-ba8629b75d98

### 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:** `00246156`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1930-02-28
- **Registered office:** 30-34 North Street, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1DW
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- HAMBLYN, Gary Robert — secretary · British · appointed 2000-09-15
- BRAY, Michael Christopher — director · British · appointed 2000-09-15
- HAMBLYN, Gary Robert — director · British · appointed 2000-09-15
- BUNCE, Maureen Ann — secretary · British · resigned 1999-01-29
- LE MAISTRE, Michael Christopher — secretary · British · appointed 1999-01-29 · resigned 2000-09-04
- BUNCE, David Alan — director · British · resigned 2000-09-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Michael Christopher Bray — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Gary Robert Hamblyn — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00246156
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00246156

## 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 **METROPOLITAN INSURANCE BUREAU LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b08c5c1-1ebb-5e76-8035-2ed2eee52e07 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **METROPOLITAN INSURANCE BUREAU LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b08c5c1-1ebb-5e76-8035-2ed2eee52e07 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8b08c5c1-1ebb-5e76-8035-2ed2eee52e07._

_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"._