---
title: "APELLA ADVISORS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9a6c2feb-a881-5e21-95cb-b7c7a50899cf
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9a6c2feb-a881-5e21-95cb-b7c7a50899cf
identifier: oo:GB-COH-11664779
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# APELLA ADVISORS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-11664779`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9a6c2feb-a881-5e21-95cb-b7c7a50899cf  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9a6c2feb-a881-5e21-95cb-b7c7a50899cf  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **J. LEON & COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c824660b-e46a-54b4-9419-8b388f3b2bf8
- **Mr Julian Christopher Hanson-Smith** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9beda814-f44a-57f0-bf4c-eee0bcf240db
- **J. LEON & COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c824660b-e46a-54b4-9419-8b388f3b2bf8
- **Mr Julian Christopher Hanson-Smith** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/de46b0d5-a7b9-4ae2-ac29-62c9258f1627

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

A **23-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:** `11664779`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2018-11-07
- **Registered office:** 11-12 Manchester Mews, London, W1U 2DX, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 70229

### Officers

- ACHESON-GRAY, James Ralph — director · British · appointed 2019-04-02
- CHURCH, Alexander Percy — director · British · appointed 2019-03-12
- HAGGIPAVLOU, Sarika — director · British · appointed 2019-01-01
- HANSON-SMITH, Julian Christopher — director · British · appointed 2018-11-07
- HARLOW, Jennifer Jane — director · British · appointed 2019-04-02
- SILVERMAN, Anthony Daniel — director · British · appointed 2019-12-02
- SMITH, Vincent Robert — director · British · appointed 2019-03-12
- YOUNG, Matthew James William — director · British · appointed 2019-04-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [J. Leon & Company Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c824660b-e46a-54b4-9419-8b388f3b2bf8) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2019-03-12
- Mr Julian Christopher Hanson-Smith — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2019-03-12

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11664779
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11664779

## 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 **APELLA ADVISORS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9a6c2feb-a881-5e21-95cb-b7c7a50899cf · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **APELLA ADVISORS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9a6c2feb-a881-5e21-95cb-b7c7a50899cf · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9a6c2feb-a881-5e21-95cb-b7c7a50899cf._

_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"._