---
title: "GWI UK ACQUISITION COMPANY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/979c756d-e206-5874-bc6d-9653e207755f
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/979c756d-e206-5874-bc6d-9653e207755f
identifier: oo:GB-COH-09449366
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GWI UK ACQUISITION COMPANY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-09449366`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/979c756d-e206-5874-bc6d-9653e207755f  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/979c756d-e206-5874-bc6d-9653e207755f  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **GWI UK ACQUISITION COMPANY LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:549300EUAELZSFIFX474` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7e8be943-98f6-5675-9d3c-67a3efc3803f

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GWI WESTERN EUROPE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d166151a-a82c-5d58-a92b-2a623f4438b2
- **GWI WESTERN EUROPE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d166151a-a82c-5d58-a92b-2a623f4438b2
- **GWI UK HOLDING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f0c2cf2a-2369-5fba-90e9-871ee78dd9ef

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **RAILINVEST HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a56e3b20-1f1f-596f-8f87-ffd07e6439d5
- **PENTALVER TRANSPORT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e8b1b26a-3cba-54d0-835c-11bcc246f9ed
- **PENTALVER TRANSPORT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e8b1b26a-3cba-54d0-835c-11bcc246f9ed
- **RAILINVEST HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a56e3b20-1f1f-596f-8f87-ffd07e6439d5

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

A **19-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:** `09449366`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2015-02-19
- **Registered office:** 6th Floor The Lewis Building, 35 Bull Street, Birmingham, B4 6EQ, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 64209

### Officers

- WATTS, Sally Jane — secretary · appointed 2023-08-31
- PENNEY, David James — director · British · appointed 2026-03-27
- ROSS, Katherine — director · British · appointed 2026-03-27
- HARRIES, Geraint Rhys — secretary · appointed 2017-10-17 · resigned 2023-08-29
- UTTING, Kevin James — secretary · appointed 2015-03-25 · resigned 2017-10-17
- ASTON, Edward — director · British · appointed 2021-04-13 · resigned 2022-09-02
- BROWN II, David Adolphus — director · American · appointed 2015-10-01 · resigned 2020-02-29
- GALLAGHER, Timothy Joseph — director · American · appointed 2015-10-01 · resigned 2020-04-18
- HELLMANN, John — director · American · appointed 2015-03-25 · resigned 2024-07-10
- LEIGH, Darren Peter — director · British · appointed 2015-03-25 · resigned 2016-12-09
- LONG, Gary Richards — director · American · appointed 2017-08-01 · resigned 2021-04-13
- MEARS, Russell Andrew John — director · British · appointed 2015-03-25 · resigned 2017-07-31
- NOBLE, Charles — director · British · appointed 2017-01-03 · resigned 2020-01-27
- PATTULLO, John Cook — director · British · appointed 2015-10-01 · resigned 2017-03-31
- SAVAGE, Thomas — director · American · appointed 2015-02-19 · resigned 2015-10-01
- SHOVELLER, Timothy Colin — director · British · appointed 2023-10-13 · resigned 2026-03-27
- SPENCER, Andrew — director · British · appointed 2024-08-28 · resigned 2026-03-27
- STRACHAN, Ian Charles — director · British,American · appointed 2018-09-01 · resigned 2020-01-17
- WALSH, Matthew — director · American · appointed 2015-02-19 · resigned 2024-07-10
- WRIGHT, William Thomas — director · British,Australian · appointed 2022-10-12 · resigned 2024-05-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Gwi Western Europe Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d166151a-a82c-5d58-a92b-2a623f4438b2) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2024-04-19
- [Gwi Uk Holding Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f0c2cf2a-2369-5fba-90e9-871ee78dd9ef) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2024-04-19

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09449366
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09449366

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GWI UK ACQUISITION COMPANY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/979c756d-e206-5874-bc6d-9653e207755f · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/979c756d-e206-5874-bc6d-9653e207755f._

_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"._