---
title: "HERBERT (4) PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/95554dfb-c531-5fd8-bb88-e9d6a5407920
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/95554dfb-c531-5fd8-bb88-e9d6a5407920
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02965522
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HERBERT (4) PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02965522`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/95554dfb-c531-5fd8-bb88-e9d6a5407920  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/95554dfb-c531-5fd8-bb88-e9d6a5407920  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **PARAGON BANKING GROUP PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f51e405-038f-58cd-9ae2-8bd4e445f18a

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

1. **PARAGON BANKING GROUP PLC** — beneficial owner 100% → *HERBERT (4) PLC*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02965522`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 1994-09-01
- **Registered office:** 51 Homer Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3QJ
- **SIC:** 64999

### Officers

- VAN NIEKERK, Marius — secretary · appointed 2025-04-02
- ALLEN, Keith Graham — director · British · appointed 2015-09-23
- WOODMAN, Richard James — director · British · appointed 2014-04-25
- GEMMELL, John Grigor — secretary · British · appointed 1994-09-01 · resigned 2014-06-11
- MURPHY, Ciara — secretary · appointed 2020-06-01 · resigned 2025-04-02
- SHARP, Pandora — secretary · appointed 2014-06-11 · resigned 2020-06-01
- RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1994-09-01 · resigned 1994-09-01
- KEEN, Nicholas — director · British · appointed 1995-09-05 · resigned 2014-05-13
- SHELTON, Richard Dominic — director · British · appointed 1994-09-01 · resigned 2021-02-03
- TERRINGTON, Nigel Stewart — director · British · appointed 1994-09-01 · resigned 1995-09-05
- RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1994-09-01 · resigned 1994-09-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Paragon Banking Group Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ac334fe5-140b-47d5-8236-97b9b41349c7) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02965522

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HERBERT (4) PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/95554dfb-c531-5fd8-bb88-e9d6a5407920 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/95554dfb-c531-5fd8-bb88-e9d6a5407920._

_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"._