--- title: "COOKE OPTICS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/97e39883-7250-52b0-bf17-75e6e587f1d8 json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/97e39883-7250-52b0-bf17-75e6e587f1d8 identifier: oo:GB-COH-03579622 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # COOKE OPTICS LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03579622` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/97e39883-7250-52b0-bf17-75e6e587f1d8 **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/97e39883-7250-52b0-bf17-75e6e587f1d8 ## Cross-source identity The same real-world entity, resolved across sources: - **COOKE OPTICS LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:894500YWVNO82C5PPV76` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f15e9f3d-cd5b-591f-8f59-f1187ddc862a ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **COOKE OPTICS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8b49701-5bb1-5137-8fdf-486453f65e13 - **COOKE OPTICS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3eb5f06-d9e9-55b4-b6ed-57778f954cd3 - **CHAPLIN BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aa28a118-56e3-5bea-9426-c2640084e4b6 - **CHAPLIN BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aa28a118-56e3-5bea-9426-c2640084e4b6 - **COOKE OPTICS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8b49701-5bb1-5137-8fdf-486453f65e13 - **COOKE OPTICS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3eb5f06-d9e9-55b4-b6ed-57778f954cd3 - **CHAPLIN MIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e17dff0d-9925-5466-99b0-97e04e4c8cc7 - **CHAPLIN TOPCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0a9bb4b0-6973-5df2-9900-2b622ccd3487 - **COOKE OPTICS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3eb5f06-d9e9-55b4-b6ed-57778f954cd3 ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **COOKE OPTICS TV LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/18109e4c-c462-568c-b9c0-3198bd20984e - **COOKE OPTICS TV LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/18109e4c-c462-568c-b9c0-3198bd20984e ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **36-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:** `03579622` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1998-06-11 - **Registered office:** 1 Cooke Close, Thurmaston, Leicester, LE4 8PT - **SIC:** 26702 ### Officers - BRYSON, Ian Chalmers — director · British · appointed 2026-01-05 - CREBBIN, Simon Richard Lawrence — director · British · appointed 2023-10-30 - HANCOCK, David Barton — director · American · appointed 2025-02-11 - DAVIS, Richard William — secretary · British · appointed 1999-03-12 · resigned 2008-09-11 - HOWARD, Robert Damian — secretary · British · appointed 2008-09-11 · resigned 2020-10-28 - MUCHARDT, Carl Fredrik — secretary · British · appointed 1998-06-24 · resigned 1998-07-09 - OATLEY, Dawn Melanie — secretary · appointed 2020-10-16 · resigned 2021-05-18 - SHERIDAN, Paul Robert — secretary · British · appointed 1998-08-27 · resigned 1999-03-12 - COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1998-06-11 · resigned 1998-06-24 - ATKINS, Jerry — director · American · appointed 1998-07-08 · resigned 2006-06-28 - DIBBEN, Kenneth Francis — director · British · appointed 1998-07-15 · resigned 2001-09-21 - GENIN, Guy Noel — director · French · appointed 2008-09-11 · resigned 2019-07-19 - HOWARD, Robert Damian — director · British · appointed 2008-09-11 · resigned 2020-10-28 - KEANE, Adrian Spencer — director · British · appointed 2021-05-18 · resigned 2023-10-30 - LOWRY, Barbara — director · American · appointed 1998-07-08 · resigned 2019-07-19 - OATLEY, Dawn Melanie — director · British · appointed 2020-10-16 · resigned 2021-05-18 - PUGH, Richard Timothy — director · British · appointed 2020-10-16 · resigned 2025-02-12 - SHERIDAN, Paul Robert — director · British · appointed 1998-06-24 · resigned 2004-12-31 - STEVENS, David Michael George, Professor — director · British · appointed 1998-07-08 · resigned 2008-09-11 - ZELLAN, Lester Richard — director · American · appointed 1998-07-08 · resigned 2020-10-31 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Chaplin Topco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0a9bb4b0-6973-5df2-9900-2b622ccd3487) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2025-08-01 - [Chaplin Midco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e17dff0d-9925-5466-99b0-97e04e4c8cc7) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2025-08-01 - [Chaplin Bidco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aa28a118-56e3-5bea-9426-c2640084e4b6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2025-07-24 - [Cooke Optics Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8b49701-5bb1-5137-8fdf-486453f65e13) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2023-06-29 - [Cooke Optics Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3eb5f06-d9e9-55b4-b6ed-57778f954cd3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2023-06-29 - [Cooke Optics Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3eb5f06-d9e9-55b4-b6ed-57778f954cd3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2023-06-29 ## Provenance - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03579622 - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03579622 ## 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 **COOKE OPTICS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/97e39883-7250-52b0-bf17-75e6e587f1d8 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **COOKE OPTICS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/97e39883-7250-52b0-bf17-75e6e587f1d8 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/97e39883-7250-52b0-bf17-75e6e587f1d8._ _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"._