---
title: "BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ba26ec2-e6cf-5333-a64c-91b4b3edae14
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8ba26ec2-e6cf-5333-a64c-91b4b3edae14
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00908382
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00908382`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ba26ec2-e6cf-5333-a64c-91b4b3edae14  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8ba26ec2-e6cf-5333-a64c-91b4b3edae14  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Charles Poore** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b4ece191-1cea-5482-95e7-ad6b3d677add
- **BIRA TRADING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/379df1de-dc81-573d-a45c-69703861784b
- **Mr David Ian Firth** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a0df24e2-9c4c-5aa6-a35d-9fc523d302bb
- **Mr David Ian Firth** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/00c1060b-cf95-5725-af0a-7768e6716a81
- **Mr John Charles Poore** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d5c93594-3b2a-5c76-9174-4af46953da5b
- **BIRA TRADING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/379df1de-dc81-573d-a45c-69703861784b
- **Mr David Ian Firth** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8a08e71a-fa45-4379-80bc-e4d73408f5b8
- **Mr John Charles Poore** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/923486fc-0d39-4c32-a6e7-d470c515686c
- **Mr John Charles Poore** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/96fe0af5-5f46-4c46-9d13-44b1003ca041
- **Mr David Ian Firth** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/df21671e-8ebb-4971-9eeb-3e68835e0257

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **BRISTOL ROAD MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31bbdac4-ede5-5542-b138-5716133cacf1
- **BIRA PUBLISHING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3a1174b8-79d9-548d-b229-d96ac74ef97a

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

1. **Mr John Charles Poore** — beneficial owner 50% → *BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **BIRA TRADING LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr David Ian Firth** — beneficial owner 50% → *BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr David Ian Firth** — beneficial owner 50% → *BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr John Charles Poore** — beneficial owner 50% → *BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **BIRA TRADING LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr David Ian Firth** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr John Charles Poore** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr John Charles Poore** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED*
1. **Mr David Ian Firth** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED*
2. **Beverley Ann Long** — beneficial owner 100% → *BIRA TRADING LIMITED*
2. **BIRA HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *BIRA TRADING LIMITED*
2. **Beverley Ann Long** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *BIRA TRADING LIMITED*
2. **BIRA HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *BIRA TRADING LIMITED*
3. **Beverley Ann Long** — beneficial owner 100% → *BIRA HOLDINGS LIMITED*
3. **Beverley Ann Long** — beneficial owner → *BIRA HOLDINGS LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `00908382`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1967-06-13
- **Registered office:** 225, Bristol Road,, Edgbaston,, Birmingham., B5 7UB
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- MARKHAM, Sean — secretary · appointed 2025-11-07
- COE, William David — director · British · appointed 2018-08-14
- GOODACRE, Andrew John — director · British · appointed 2022-10-04
- HUGHES, Michael Andrew — director · British · appointed 2018-08-14
- JOSAN, Surinder Pal Singh — director · British · appointed 2018-07-26
- HAWKINS, Alan Keith — secretary · British · resigned 2018-07-25
- LONG, Beverley Ann — secretary · appointed 2018-07-25 · resigned 2025-11-07
- ABBOTT, Vivienne Iris — director · British · appointed 2015-05-14 · resigned 2018-08-09
- APPLETON, Brian Warren Tester — director · British · resigned 1992-05-22
- CHALKLEY, Sadie Jennie — director · British · appointed 2013-05-17 · resigned 2018-08-09
- CHALKLEY, Sadie Jennie — director · British · appointed 2008-05-19 · resigned 2010-04-24
- CHAPMAN, Robert Charles — director · British · appointed 2006-05-19 · resigned 2008-05-19
- COHEN, Gerald — director · British · appointed 1998-05-11 · resigned 2001-05-11
- COOKSON, Hilary — director · British · appointed 2010-04-29 · resigned 2013-05-17
- DUNLOP, Patricia Mary — director · British · appointed 1999-05-11 · resigned 2001-03-04
- ELLIOTT, Clifford John — director · British · appointed 2013-05-17 · resigned 2018-08-09
- FIRTH, David Ian — director · British · appointed 2009-04-24 · resigned 2013-05-17
- FIRTH, David Ian — director · British · appointed 2001-05-11 · resigned 2004-05-12
- FIRTH, David Ian — director · British · appointed 1995-05-08 · resigned 1999-05-11
- FLETCHER, John — director · British · appointed 2005-05-20 · resigned 2014-05-16

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Bira Trading Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/379df1de-dc81-573d-a45c-69703861784b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2018-12-31
- Mr John Charles Poore — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06
- Mr David Ian Firth — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06
- Mr David Ian Firth — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2018-12-31
- Mr John Charles Poore — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2018-12-31

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00908382
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00908382

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BIRA TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ba26ec2-e6cf-5333-a64c-91b4b3edae14 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8ba26ec2-e6cf-5333-a64c-91b4b3edae14._

_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"._