---
title: "THE HOTGROUP LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93a3fc9a-2e19-554a-9ca2-998e520ae308
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/93a3fc9a-2e19-554a-9ca2-998e520ae308
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03236337
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE HOTGROUP LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03236337`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93a3fc9a-2e19-554a-9ca2-998e520ae308  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/93a3fc9a-2e19-554a-9ca2-998e520ae308  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **TRINITY MIRROR DIGITAL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c80909ea-7093-5e6b-933d-068b02f1a3e0
- **Trinity Mirror Digital Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d4dce13-6b4c-4cfb-a042-434582ffad05

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **JOB SEARCH LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/19fc5830-00d9-5a0f-9230-4a75a883abe3
- **PLANETRECRUIT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/63db9c85-86b1-5951-bdb6-8bdfecb2483f
- **WORKTHING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9f9a2e1a-9060-54ff-8039-cbcf86c3f7d8
- **GIMMEJOBS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/71c647c7-6ea6-5c15-8427-01c951329ad1
- **THE GRADUATE GROUP LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f0989eab-1bff-54c3-93e7-fbaeae02ac8e
- **GISAJOB LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a181d760-81e6-5c90-afc9-b14eed418348
- **HOTRECRUIT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f14d2a90-f0c4-5225-ba03-b4670462c78c
- **NET RECRUIT UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c7aa5212-d299-5a18-b318-9408dc50912c
- **JOBSFINANCIAL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d7050fa-f7b2-54bc-a116-292bf0ebba45
- **REACH WORK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8a45edc0-70f0-5955-900e-ea9c38b6e989
- **HOT EXCHANGE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/60cdd30a-2e65-5953-937c-45d159a50e0c
- **JOBSIN LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2b5a8700-7c2e-5ac9-837a-5f594d998c41

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

A **3-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:** `03236337`
- **Status:** liquidation
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-08-09
- **Registered office:** C/O Bdo Llp, 5 Temple Square, Temple Street, Liverpool, L2 5RH
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- REACH SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2006-02-20
- FISHER, Darren — director · Australian,British · appointed 2025-03-31
- [REACH DIRECTORS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/85c52f89-7607-4c9b-acba-5d6674b89776) — corporate director · appointed 2006-02-20
- DEVINE, Bernard William Joseph — secretary · British · appointed 1996-08-09 · resigned 1997-11-07
- DEVINE, Pauline Ann — secretary · British · appointed 1997-11-07 · resigned 2000-01-31
- PHILLIPS, Justin Myles Jonathan — secretary · British · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2002-08-15
- SMITH, Charles Geoffrey Gregory — secretary · British · appointed 2000-01-31 · resigned 2002-06-18
- VICKERS, Paul Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 2005-10-26 · resigned 2006-02-20
- WRIGHT, Stephen Dennis — secretary · British · appointed 2002-08-20 · resigned 2005-10-26
- BAILEY, Sylvia — director · British · appointed 2005-10-26 · resigned 2006-02-20
- BARCLAY, Stephen John — director · British · appointed 2001-02-19 · resigned 2002-06-18
- CAPLIN, Anthony Lindsay — director · British · appointed 1999-05-28 · resigned 2000-03-06
- COLLING, Neil — director · British · appointed 1998-11-05 · resigned 2002-06-11
- DEVINE, Bernard William Joseph — director · British · appointed 1996-08-22 · resigned 1997-11-07
- DUNNING, Robert James — director · British · appointed 2000-06-01 · resigned 2002-06-11
- FLAHERTY, John Christopher — director · British · appointed 1996-08-09 · resigned 1996-08-22
- FOX, Simon Richard — director · British · appointed 2014-11-17 · resigned 2019-08-16
- FULLER, Simon Jeremy Ian — director · British · appointed 2019-03-01 · resigned 2022-12-31
- GROUT, Jeff — director · British · appointed 2004-09-01 · resigned 2005-10-26
- HANSON, James Donald — director · British · appointed 2002-06-11 · resigned 2005-10-26

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Trinity Mirror Digital Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d4dce13-6b4c-4cfb-a042-434582ffad05) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03236337
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03236337

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE HOTGROUP LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93a3fc9a-2e19-554a-9ca2-998e520ae308 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/93a3fc9a-2e19-554a-9ca2-998e520ae308._

_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"._