---
title: "DIRECT BUSINESS ADVICE LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a108bec2-4047-5775-b126-fa0eab9543fc
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a108bec2-4047-5775-b126-fa0eab9543fc
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04445798
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DIRECT BUSINESS ADVICE LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04445798`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a108bec2-4047-5775-b126-fa0eab9543fc  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a108bec2-4047-5775-b126-fa0eab9543fc  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Carl Hopkins** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a56a9f90-78d8-577f-98d5-47cb4b628d8f
- **Mr Carl Hopkins** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/848a82aa-4502-5873-a0d0-f7bbed67f1ff
- **Mr Carl Hopkins** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0797f8a2-b686-4830-b45f-d7f1eccf3f6a
- **Mr Carl Hopkins** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/82e56b83-44bf-45d8-8b8d-e84345d46ea7

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

A **4-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:** `04445798`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2002-05-23
- **Registered office:** 12 Hazel Drive Hazel Drive, Burn Bridge, Harrogate, HG3 1NY, England
- **SIC:** 70229

### Officers

- HOPKINS, Carl — secretary · British · appointed 2004-04-01
- HOPKINS, Carl — director · British · appointed 2004-04-01
- SPARGO, Barbara Joy — secretary · British · appointed 2002-05-23 · resigned 2004-04-01
- ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2002-05-23 · resigned 2002-05-23
- HOPKINS, Linda Joy — director · British · appointed 2002-05-23 · resigned 2026-03-01
- ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED — corporate director · appointed 2002-05-23 · resigned 2002-05-23

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Carl Hopkins — right to appoint and remove directors · individual PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Carl Hopkins — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2026-03-01

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04445798
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04445798

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DIRECT BUSINESS ADVICE LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a108bec2-4047-5775-b126-fa0eab9543fc · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a108bec2-4047-5775-b126-fa0eab9543fc._

_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"._