---
title: "CRANE MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8bd8d620-143c-5d18-bb9d-60e2289a5cb9
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8bd8d620-143c-5d18-bb9d-60e2289a5cb9
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02360425
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# CRANE MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02360425`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8bd8d620-143c-5d18-bb9d-60e2289a5cb9  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8bd8d620-143c-5d18-bb9d-60e2289a5cb9  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Crane Merchandising Systems Limited** — source · `gb-coh:2360425` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/470fe640-9092-4ba4-b818-dbc20feecb98

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **CRANE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f8503425-642c-5362-98cc-b1f1d6954322
- **CA-MC ACQUISITION UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d22bb8a2-fea8-5d29-8c11-5761f0e8d1ce
- **CA-MC ACQUISITION UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d22bb8a2-fea8-5d29-8c11-5761f0e8d1ce
- **CRANE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f8503425-642c-5362-98cc-b1f1d6954322

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **AUTOMATIC PRODUCTS (UK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/320210c2-74c8-56bd-90f1-0b56e54d89f3
- **CRANE NXT PENSION TRUSTEE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0f71723c-0d08-5ca7-b2ff-7f0f635ba8d6
- **CRANE NXT PENSION TRUSTEE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0f71723c-0d08-5ca7-b2ff-7f0f635ba8d6

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

A **15-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:** `02360425`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1989-03-13
- **Registered office:** Pipsmore Park, Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6NQ
- **SIC:** 28990

### Officers

- CARVER, Paul James — secretary · British · appointed 2001-08-06
- CARVER, Paul James — director · British · appointed 2002-01-04
- CRISTIANO, Christina — director · American · appointed 2023-04-03
- FASTNEDGE, Anthony Charles — secretary · British · appointed 1996-07-31 · resigned 1999-10-20
- GUTHRIE, Neal Robert — secretary · British · appointed 1999-10-20 · resigned 2001-08-06
- HAMILTON, Robert Stuart — secretary · British · resigned 1996-07-31
- BARSANTI, John — director · American · appointed 2000-09-11 · resigned 2004-03-15
- BEAVEN, John William — director · British · resigned 1999-10-20
- BOLAND, Mark Charles — director · British · appointed 1998-06-19 · resigned 1999-10-20
- EIDENSCHINK, Michael — director · German · appointed 2009-02-02 · resigned 2011-02-10
- ELLIS, Bradley Law — director · American · appointed 2004-03-15 · resigned 2019-09-16
- EVANS, Robert Sheldon — director · American · appointed 1999-10-20 · resigned 2002-01-04
- FAST, Eric Carson — director · American · appointed 1999-10-20 · resigned 2014-01-31
- FASTNEDGE, Anthony Charles — director · British · appointed 1992-04-01 · resigned 2002-01-04
- GALLO, Kurt Franklin — director · American · appointed 2019-09-16 · resigned 2024-11-30
- HAMILTON, Robert Stuart — director · British · resigned 1999-10-20
- HOLLIS, Alan Charles — director · British · appointed 2014-01-31 · resigned 2015-11-21
- MITCHELL, Max Homer — director · American · appointed 2014-01-31 · resigned 2023-04-03
- OSBORN, Jack Lester — director · Usa · appointed 1999-10-20 · resigned 2002-01-04
- PORTER, Andrew Graham — director · British · appointed 2005-04-11 · resigned 2009-01-16

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Ca-Mc Acquisitions Uk Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d22bb8a2-fea8-5d29-8c11-5761f0e8d1ce) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2022-11-16
- [Crane Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f8503425-642c-5362-98cc-b1f1d6954322) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2022-11-16

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02360425
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02360425

## 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 **CRANE MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8bd8d620-143c-5d18-bb9d-60e2289a5cb9 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **CRANE MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8bd8d620-143c-5d18-bb9d-60e2289a5cb9 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8bd8d620-143c-5d18-bb9d-60e2289a5cb9._

_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"._