---
title: "B.B VAN HIRE & SALES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a0da64ec-e329-5e48-993f-e10f2a79adc7
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a0da64ec-e329-5e48-993f-e10f2a79adc7
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03749692
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# B.B VAN HIRE & SALES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03749692`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a0da64ec-e329-5e48-993f-e10f2a79adc7  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a0da64ec-e329-5e48-993f-e10f2a79adc7  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr William Melvyn Batten** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ca95df3c-81d1-5a4c-ba69-07110cdcfa4d
- **Mr Robert William Batten** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1dfda072-206e-50b9-ae6b-a93dae1b493c
- **Mr Robert William Batten** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9c0d459a-964b-4f0b-a6de-76f0e88cf70f
- **Mr William Melvyn Batten** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c3c39be1-7099-49d9-a04b-78e81ac79a8c

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

1. **Mr William Melvyn Batten** — beneficial owner 100% → *B.B VAN HIRE & SALES LIMITED*
1. **Mr Robert William Batten** — beneficial owner 100% → *B.B VAN HIRE & SALES LIMITED*
1. **Mr Robert William Batten** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *B.B VAN HIRE & SALES LIMITED*
1. **Mr William Melvyn Batten** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *B.B VAN HIRE & SALES LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `03749692`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1999-04-09
- **Registered office:** 4 Cannon Road, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6SG, England
- **SIC:** 45112, 45200, 77110

### Officers

- BATTEN, Robert William — director · British · appointed 2022-06-06
- COLE, Carol Jaqueline May — secretary · British · appointed 1999-04-09 · resigned 2001-12-01
- SOPER, Paul — secretary · British · appointed 2001-12-01 · resigned 2023-02-14
- ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1999-04-09 · resigned 1999-04-09
- BATTEN, William Melvyn — director · British · appointed 1999-04-09 · resigned 2022-06-06
- SOPER, Paul — director · British · appointed 2001-12-01 · resigned 2023-02-14
- AR NOMINEES LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1999-04-09 · resigned 1999-04-09

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Robert William Batten — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2022-06-06
- Mr William Melvyn Batten — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2022-06-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03749692
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03749692

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **B.B VAN HIRE & SALES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a0da64ec-e329-5e48-993f-e10f2a79adc7 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a0da64ec-e329-5e48-993f-e10f2a79adc7._

_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"._