---
title: "BYWATER SFC HOLDINGS LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/98d85d63-7555-51d9-8d3a-a48e6ffa97d4
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/98d85d63-7555-51d9-8d3a-a48e6ffa97d4
identifier: oo:GB-COH-14631320
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BYWATER SFC HOLDINGS LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-14631320`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/98d85d63-7555-51d9-8d3a-a48e6ffa97d4  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/98d85d63-7555-51d9-8d3a-a48e6ffa97d4  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SUMITOMO FORESTRY EUROPE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/093603aa-b952-58c1-bee8-c483f7eb06c1
- **BYWATER LIGNUM LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/47fd5e1a-6d5b-5f7b-9543-d99c1ca86f20
- **SUMITOMO FORESTRY EUROPE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/093603aa-b952-58c1-bee8-c483f7eb06c1
- **BYWATER LIGNUM LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/47fd5e1a-6d5b-5f7b-9543-d99c1ca86f20

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **BYWATER SFC MANAGEMENT LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/91810fc1-025f-5b21-8b55-b7384ccf0903
- **BYWATER SFC INVESTMENTS LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d76ecf4-dbd4-51c0-ae37-83902a9203ba
- **BYWATER SFC MANAGEMENT LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/91810fc1-025f-5b21-8b55-b7384ccf0903
- **BYWATER SFC INVESTMENTS LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d76ecf4-dbd4-51c0-ae37-83902a9203ba
- **BYWATER SFC ADVISOR LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fd6deded-e675-4ce7-973b-c1f56c2287d2

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

A **17-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:** `14631320`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2023-02-01
- **Registered office:** A&L Suite 1-3, The Hop Exchange, 24 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1TY, England
- **SIC:** 64209

### Officers

- D'ARCY, Kevin James — director · Irish · appointed 2025-06-11
- IKEBUCHI, Ippei — director · Japanese · appointed 2025-01-01
- MATSUMOTO, Miki — director · Japanese · appointed 2026-01-01
- NAKAGAWA, On — director · Japanese · appointed 2023-10-01
- O’ GORMAN, Patrick Desmond — director · British · appointed 2023-02-03
- WALKER, Richard Malcolm — director · British · appointed 2023-02-03
- HORI, Masaaki — director · Japanese · appointed 2024-01-01 · resigned 2026-01-01
- IIDA, Atsuki — director · Japanese · appointed 2023-02-01 · resigned 2023-10-01
- MICHELL, Theodore William Henry — director · British · appointed 2023-02-03 · resigned 2025-06-03
- TANIMOTO, Minetaka — director · Japanese · appointed 2023-02-01 · resigned 2024-01-01
- YOSHIZAWA, Yujiro — director · Japanese · appointed 2023-02-01 · resigned 2025-01-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Bywater Lignum Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/47fd5e1a-6d5b-5f7b-9543-d99c1ca86f20) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2023-02-03
- [Sumitomo Forestry Europe Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/093603aa-b952-58c1-bee8-c483f7eb06c1) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2023-02-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14631320
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14631320

## 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 **BYWATER SFC HOLDINGS LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/98d85d63-7555-51d9-8d3a-a48e6ffa97d4 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BYWATER SFC HOLDINGS LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/98d85d63-7555-51d9-8d3a-a48e6ffa97d4 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/98d85d63-7555-51d9-8d3a-a48e6ffa97d4._

_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"._