---
title: "GROUP 1 ESTATES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9c9c062e-c814-523f-8683-c280b2a3bc02
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9c9c062e-c814-523f-8683-c280b2a3bc02
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00293551
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GROUP 1 ESTATES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00293551`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9c9c062e-c814-523f-8683-c280b2a3bc02  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9c9c062e-c814-523f-8683-c280b2a3bc02  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **INCHCAPE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0a52f073-7149-51d1-8e4b-a62d69bc6b91
- **Inchcape Retail Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/05af2e29-748e-4f9f-a8ae-5bdcf883c219
- **Inchcape International Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d93ce2c-a51d-4945-8a26-2f0ab9c99c40
- **GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f27c9cc1-1530-50dc-bc33-6001e1a0adb6

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

A **10-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:** `00293551`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1934-10-29
- **Registered office:** First Point St. Leonards Road, Allington, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0LS, England
- **SIC:** 41100, 68201

### Officers

- HOBSON, Gillian — secretary · appointed 2024-08-01
- AHMAD, Farheen — director · British · appointed 2026-06-05
- HOBSON, Gillian — director · American · appointed 2024-08-01
- MCHENRY, Daniel James — director · British · appointed 2024-08-01
- JAMES, John William — secretary · British · appointed 1993-10-01 · resigned 1997-09-17
- JEARY, Anton Clive — secretary · British · appointed 2003-11-01 · resigned 2004-08-09
- LIGHT, John Michael Heathcote — secretary · British · resigned 1993-10-01
- WHEATLEY, Martin Peter — secretary · British · appointed 1997-09-17 · resigned 2003-11-01
- INCHCAPE UK CORPORATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2004-08-09 · resigned 2024-08-01
- ALLEN, Ian Douglas — director · Australian · appointed 1994-02-28 · resigned 1995-06-20
- ASHFORD, George Oliver — director · British · appointed 2021-12-13 · resigned 2024-08-01
- BOULT, Richard David — director · British · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 2002-05-17
- BREARLEY, James Richard — director · British · appointed 2017-01-01 · resigned 2021-12-13
- CANEY, Peter Richard — director · Australian British · resigned 1994-02-28
- CATLIN, Claire Louise — director · British · appointed 2015-10-05 · resigned 2018-09-21
- DICK, Andrew Francis — director · British · appointed 1995-06-20 · resigned 1997-09-17
- EDGE, Charles Robert — director · British · resigned 1995-06-20
- FALLENSTEIN, Louis — director · British · appointed 2015-10-06 · resigned 2017-01-01
- FRANKLIN, Christopher Tom — director · British · appointed 2000-05-23 · resigned 2002-01-14
- GREEN, David Simon — director · British · appointed 2002-08-09 · resigned 2003-04-07

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Group 1 Automotive Uk Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f27c9cc1-1530-50dc-bc33-6001e1a0adb6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2024-08-01
- [Inchcape Retail Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/05af2e29-748e-4f9f-a8ae-5bdcf883c219) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2024-07-31
- [Inchcape International Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d93ce2c-a51d-4945-8a26-2f0ab9c99c40) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2024-05-02

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00293551
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00293551

## 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 **GROUP 1 ESTATES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9c9c062e-c814-523f-8683-c280b2a3bc02 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GROUP 1 ESTATES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9c9c062e-c814-523f-8683-c280b2a3bc02 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9c9c062e-c814-523f-8683-c280b2a3bc02._

_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"._