---
title: "THE CROTCHET FACTORY LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9bea87ba-eb6f-5d3f-9b2f-0beb2fce25b0
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9bea87ba-eb6f-5d3f-9b2f-0beb2fce25b0
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04488346
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE CROTCHET FACTORY LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04488346`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9bea87ba-eb6f-5d3f-9b2f-0beb2fce25b0  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9bea87ba-eb6f-5d3f-9b2f-0beb2fce25b0  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Gary Branch** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c537448f-1020-5eb3-aba8-adcaaca63b0a
- **Mr Gary Branch** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a7322cb5-90e6-4303-bd28-97c7d246bc77

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

A **2-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:** `04488346`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2002-07-17
- **Registered office:** Glebe Cottage Tilford Road, Rushmoor, Farnham, GU10 2EN, England
- **SIC:** 90020

### Officers

- BRANCH, Gary Stephen — secretary · British · appointed 2002-07-18
- BRANCH, Gary Stephen — director · British · appointed 2002-07-18
- BRANCH, Pauline — director · British · appointed 2002-07-18
- STARTCO LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2002-07-17 · resigned 2002-07-18
- NEWCO LIMITED — corporate director · appointed 2002-07-17 · resigned 2002-07-18

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Gary Branch — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-07-04

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04488346
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04488346

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE CROTCHET FACTORY LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9bea87ba-eb6f-5d3f-9b2f-0beb2fce25b0 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9bea87ba-eb6f-5d3f-9b2f-0beb2fce25b0._

_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"._