---
title: "GUILFORD & CARTER LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8f73d91e-72ad-5e99-a577-c2d91a74c255
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8f73d91e-72ad-5e99-a577-c2d91a74c255
identifier: oo:GB-COH-12694685
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GUILFORD & CARTER LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-12694685`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8f73d91e-72ad-5e99-a577-c2d91a74c255  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8f73d91e-72ad-5e99-a577-c2d91a74c255  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **JB OPTICAL LTD** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/74d17177-cda9-51b0-a858-3cb76157b32d
- **Ms Susan Guilford** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3ada9e9d-4ffc-5613-8faf-7cb9a3de3e7b
- **Mr Steven Frank Guilford** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7c30466b-ea67-55e1-bb29-021963a34871
- **Mrs Kerry Irvine** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6384abce-a0de-5a4d-8efb-6b8bc54c333f
- **HO2 MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1674b4fa-9f52-50f4-9619-9a5c5698f721
- **HO2 MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1674b4fa-9f52-50f4-9619-9a5c5698f721
- **Mr Steven Frank Guilford** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c04864e4-03ef-44b9-9d30-7af6cc1ea1a8
- **Ms Susan Guilford** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/95d4c512-74f2-4f69-a0f7-0caea99b5860
- **JB OPTICAL LTD** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/74d17177-cda9-51b0-a858-3cb76157b32d
- **Mrs Kerry Irvine** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/04a394d5-e9d9-45ba-9d4f-304ff3ac426f

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

A **26-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:** `12694685`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2020-06-24
- **Registered office:** Unit 317 India Mill Business Centre, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 1AE, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 47782

### Officers

- HAKIM, Imran — director · British · appointed 2020-06-24
- BAINES, Julie — director · British · appointed 2022-12-31 · resigned 2023-07-31
- CARTER, Susan — director · British · appointed 2021-05-06 · resigned 2024-11-21
- GUILFORD, Steven Frank — director · British · appointed 2021-05-06 · resigned 2024-11-21
- IRVINE, Kerry — director · British · appointed 2022-12-31 · resigned 2023-07-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Ho2 Management Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1674b4fa-9f52-50f4-9619-9a5c5698f721) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2020-06-24
- [Jb Optical Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/74d17177-cda9-51b0-a858-3cb76157b32d) — significant influence or control · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2023-07-31
- Mrs Kerry Irvine — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-07-31
- Ms Susan Guilford — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2024-10-29
- Mr Steven Frank Guilford — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2024-10-29

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12694685
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12694685

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GUILFORD & CARTER LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8f73d91e-72ad-5e99-a577-c2d91a74c255 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8f73d91e-72ad-5e99-a577-c2d91a74c255._

_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"._