---
title: "HIGH TREES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/958ec4d2-e5d9-5ce4-bb47-257bd6794d28
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/958ec4d2-e5d9-5ce4-bb47-257bd6794d28
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03416250
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HIGH TREES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03416250`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/958ec4d2-e5d9-5ce4-bb47-257bd6794d28  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/958ec4d2-e5d9-5ce4-bb47-257bd6794d28  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **HIGH TREES LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800S28CUTKBB3ZJ17` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/79336d4e-0b6f-56c3-a09e-c4aaccd34b98

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Budin & Partners** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dfbd1acd-69e5-4371-a24b-ea8bb8b6b39b
- **ACORN CARE AND EDUCATION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aadfc22d-7c4f-40e8-8689-7bf90c9925e8

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

A **12-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:** `03416250`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1997-08-07
- **Registered office:** Atria, Spa Road, Bolton, BL1 4AG, England
- **SIC:** 87900

### Officers

- SMITH, Fiona Sarah Rachel — secretary · appointed 2025-10-02
- COOKE, Richard John — director · British · appointed 2020-11-06
- JANET, Jean-Luc Emmanuel — director · French · appointed 2020-02-25
- LEATHERBARROW, David Jon — director · British · appointed 2020-02-25
- LECKY, Helen Elizabeth — director · English · appointed 2025-02-14
- POWER, Richard — director · Irish · appointed 2020-02-25
- DUFFY, Chris — secretary · appointed 2020-11-06 · resigned 2023-05-31
- LECKY, Helen Elizabeth — secretary · appointed 2020-03-03 · resigned 2020-10-23
- LOGUE, Mary Joanne — secretary · appointed 2023-06-05 · resigned 2025-09-30
- WHALEN, Deborah — secretary · British · appointed 1997-08-07 · resigned 1999-12-20
- WHALEN, Steven Alexander — secretary · British · appointed 1999-12-20 · resigned 2020-02-25
- TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1997-08-07 · resigned 1997-08-07
- HAMILTON, Grant Edward — director · British · appointed 1999-01-08 · resigned 1999-12-20
- PENNY, Kirsty — director · Scottish · appointed 2010-08-10 · resigned 2020-02-25
- PRITCHARD, Ashley — director · British · appointed 1997-08-07 · resigned 1998-10-05
- WHALEN, Deborah — director · British · appointed 1997-08-07 · resigned 2020-02-25
- WHALEN, Steven Alexander — director · British · appointed 2008-09-23 · resigned 2020-02-25
- TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1997-08-07 · resigned 1997-08-07

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Acorn Care And Education Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aadfc22d-7c4f-40e8-8689-7bf90c9925e8) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2020-02-25
- [David Whalen Discretionary Settlement No 1](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dfbd1acd-69e5-4371-a24b-ea8bb8b6b39b) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2020-02-25

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03416250
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03416250

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HIGH TREES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/958ec4d2-e5d9-5ce4-bb47-257bd6794d28 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/958ec4d2-e5d9-5ce4-bb47-257bd6794d28._

_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"._