---
title: "A.B. EXPLORATION LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92b0191f-7d1f-5e84-b51e-162ec8b7f94d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/92b0191f-7d1f-5e84-b51e-162ec8b7f94d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00487323
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# A.B. EXPLORATION LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00487323`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92b0191f-7d1f-5e84-b51e-162ec8b7f94d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/92b0191f-7d1f-5e84-b51e-162ec8b7f94d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ABF (NO.2) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c23ff06-9386-56c7-8b2b-d58203c33d1f
- **ABF (NO.2) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c23ff06-9386-56c7-8b2b-d58203c33d1f
- **ABF (NO.2) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c23ff06-9386-56c7-8b2b-d58203c33d1f

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

A **30-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:** `00487323`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1950-10-13
- **Registered office:** Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- CAHILL, Raymond Gerrard — secretary · appointed 2020-12-24
- EDWARDS, Joana Lidia — director · Portuguese · appointed 2023-04-28
- YOUNG, Dawn Louise — director · British · appointed 2025-06-13
- FOSTER, Jessica Sophie — secretary · British · appointed 2000-07-14 · resigned 2001-02-26
- GORE, Malcolm Raymond — secretary · British · resigned 1999-06-11
- RICHARDSON, Lyn — secretary · British · appointed 2001-07-24 · resigned 2001-08-13
- SCHOFIELD, Rosalyn Sharon — secretary · British · appointed 2001-08-13 · resigned 2020-12-24
- SMITH, Simon Joseph — secretary · British · appointed 2006-07-14 · resigned 2006-09-29
- SPRINGETT, Catherine Mary — secretary · British · appointed 2001-02-26 · resigned 2001-07-24
- WRIGHT, William Bernard — secretary · British · appointed 1979-04-18 · resigned 2000-07-14
- BASON, John George — director · English · appointed 2000-05-31 · resigned 2023-04-28
- PATCHETT, Peter Edmund — director · British · resigned 1999-09-10
- RENDALL, Lee — director · British · appointed 1999-09-10 · resigned 2000-07-26
- RUSSELL, Peter Andrew — director · British · appointed 2000-07-27 · resigned 2017-12-18
- SHAW, Trevor Henry Montague — director · British · resigned 2000-05-31
- SMITH, Andrew Arthur — director · British · appointed 2017-12-18 · resigned 2025-06-13

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Abf (No. 2) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c23ff06-9386-56c7-8b2b-d58203c33d1f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00487323
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00487323

## 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 **A.B. EXPLORATION LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92b0191f-7d1f-5e84-b51e-162ec8b7f94d · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **A.B. EXPLORATION LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92b0191f-7d1f-5e84-b51e-162ec8b7f94d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/92b0191f-7d1f-5e84-b51e-162ec8b7f94d._

_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"._