---
title: "AR CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b810896-41cd-5a15-8a5e-5ceae0fb070c
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8b810896-41cd-5a15-8a5e-5ceae0fb070c
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05076868
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AR CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05076868`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b810896-41cd-5a15-8a5e-5ceae0fb070c  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8b810896-41cd-5a15-8a5e-5ceae0fb070c  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Matthew John Watkinson** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4a3a56cf-6b19-5c5a-968a-b8caefbc5582
- **Mr Robert James Thoburn** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d401c146-4223-5f7e-ba9f-a092acc11d32
- **Mr Matthew John Watkinson** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/95a19502-8b51-4acf-b724-78b05237d742
- **Mr Robert James Thoburn** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afc0a1b0-3e61-4d33-b9e4-7a4f94bebca4

### 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:** `05076868`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2004-03-17
- **Registered office:** Oak House, 317 Golden Hill Lane, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2YJ, England
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- THOBURN, Robert James — director · English · appointed 2020-05-18
- WATKINSON, Matthew John — director · British · appointed 2012-09-01
- WATKINSON, Gerard — secretary · British · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2010-12-31
- ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2007-01-23
- THOBURN, Robert James — director · English · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2012-09-01
- AR NOMINEES LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2007-01-23

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Matthew John Watkinson — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Robert James Thoburn — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05076868
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05076868

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AR CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b810896-41cd-5a15-8a5e-5ceae0fb070c · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8b810896-41cd-5a15-8a5e-5ceae0fb070c._

_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"._