--- title: "GKN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8edfe308-2244-55ea-bf0d-a5a99ad09dfe json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8edfe308-2244-55ea-bf0d-a5a99ad09dfe identifier: oo:GB-COH-00034104 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # GKN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00034104` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8edfe308-2244-55ea-bf0d-a5a99ad09dfe **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8edfe308-2244-55ea-bf0d-a5a99ad09dfe ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **GKN AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/409c8415-ffc2-5eb2-a564-cdf7ef73e692 - **GKN ENTERPRISE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/66099332-8c4f-5ce9-81c8-fc1993ddbb9f - **GKN AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/409c8415-ffc2-5eb2-a564-cdf7ef73e692 - **Gkn Enterprise Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7ffb65a1-9bfa-4107-89b9-ded11e15fb7f ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **GKN 3 TRUSTEE 2018 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/853e58d8-fb82-552f-9c57-ce85f5f59afb - **GKN CYLINDER LINERS UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/42813eb6-dc74-50e0-87f7-9a846aaf8a66 - **GKN INVESTMENTS III GP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0b7cb2f6-9d56-58f0-a0b9-112b550d7e10 - **GKN INVESTMENTS III GP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0b7cb2f6-9d56-58f0-a0b9-112b550d7e10 - **GKN INVESTMENTS III LP** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/774674c5-6211-5838-aa66-f4247eaeb9f8 - **GKN 2 TRUSTEE 2018 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6792d7cf-9516-5cda-9c07-064039cdb3bc - **GKN 4 TRUSTEE 2018 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cc16ba7-0413-53b2-91f7-d65c74daf28f - **GKN 2 TRUSTEE 2024 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a554371c-f036-5ac3-9e08-df29f223134c - **GKN 3 TRUSTEE 2024 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7c7fc6b-3ebc-560e-b31e-c5b7920e85be - **GKN INVESTMENTS III GP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0b7cb2f6-9d56-58f0-a0b9-112b550d7e10 - **GKN 2 TRUSTEE 2018 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6792d7cf-9516-5cda-9c07-064039cdb3bc - **GKN 4 TRUSTEE 2018 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cc16ba7-0413-53b2-91f7-d65c74daf28f - **GKN INVESTMENTS III LP** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/774674c5-6211-5838-aa66-f4247eaeb9f8 - **GKN 2 TRUSTEE 2024 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a554371c-f036-5ac3-9e08-df29f223134c - **GKN 3 TRUSTEE 2024 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7c7fc6b-3ebc-560e-b31e-c5b7920e85be - **GKN 3 TRUSTEE 2018 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/853e58d8-fb82-552f-9c57-ce85f5f59afb - **GKN CYLINDER LINERS UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/42813eb6-dc74-50e0-87f7-9a846aaf8a66 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **29-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:** `00034104` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1891-05-29 - **Registered office:** 2660 Kings Court Birmingham Business Park, Birmingham, B37 7YE, England - **SIC:** 70100 ### Officers - L'HOSTIS, Thomas — director · French · appointed 2026-05-14 - MARSHALL, Lee Trevor — director · English · appointed 2026-05-14 - SIMPSON, Brian Douglas — director · American · appointed 2026-05-14 - BAILEY, Claire Louise — secretary · appointed 2016-09-09 · resigned 2018-03-12 - CRAWFORD, Jonathon Colin Fyfe — secretary · appointed 2018-07-04 · resigned 2023-04-20 - DRAKE, Paul Jonathan — secretary · British · appointed 1998-05-11 · resigned 2001-03-01 - FAIRBROTHER, Michael — secretary · British · appointed 2009-02-27 · resigned 2013-06-07 - HICKMAN, John Andrew — secretary · appointed 2015-06-11 · resigned 2016-09-09 - MARTIN, Terence — secretary · British · resigned 1995-11-30 - MCLEOD, Julie Elizabeth — secretary · appointed 2023-04-20 · resigned 2025-08-08 - MEADOWS, Simon Nicholas — secretary · appointed 2013-06-07 · resigned 2015-06-11 - SOAR, Jonathan Charles — secretary · British · appointed 1995-12-01 · resigned 1998-05-11 - WOOD, Christopher — secretary · British · appointed 2001-03-01 · resigned 2009-02-27 - [GKN GROUP SERVICES LTD](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ae31e75d-8208-4846-94de-1a4120079a03) — corporate secretary · appointed 1999-04-28 · resigned 2018-09-04 - BAILEY, Claire Louise — director · British · appointed 2016-09-09 · resigned 2019-07-29 - BARNES, Garry Elliot, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2018-07-04 · resigned 2023-04-20 - BONNER, Trevor Courtnay — director · British · resigned 1998-12-31 - BROOM, Anthony Ernest John Newton — director · British · resigned 1993-04-30 - BUTTERWORTH, Liam David — director · British · appointed 2019-07-29 · resigned 2022-10-31 - CALLAGHAN, Ryan James — director · British · appointed 2013-03-01 · resigned 2014-10-03 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Gkn Automotive Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/409c8415-ffc2-5eb2-a564-cdf7ef73e692) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2019-09-18 - [Gkn Enterprise Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7ffb65a1-9bfa-4107-89b9-ded11e15fb7f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2019-09-18 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00034104 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00034104 --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GKN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8edfe308-2244-55ea-bf0d-a5a99ad09dfe · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8edfe308-2244-55ea-bf0d-a5a99ad09dfe._ _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"._