---
title: "H & T GROUP PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a1d4b14d-e1ec-5a1f-b499-71d4e42185af
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a1d4b14d-e1ec-5a1f-b499-71d4e42185af
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05188117
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# H & T GROUP PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05188117`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a1d4b14d-e1ec-5a1f-b499-71d4e42185af  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a1d4b14d-e1ec-5a1f-b499-71d4e42185af  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **H & T GROUP LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:2138006N2X1XSBSDSU74` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c8da17d5-d5e5-5ae3-9da2-f91f03ab0861

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **CHESS BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f51c2646-8795-4cda-86b0-980db79e0115

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **HARVEY & THOMPSON LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39b2fe88-57de-532f-ab5b-06ed14202000
- **HARVEY & THOMPSON LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39b2fe88-57de-532f-ab5b-06ed14202000

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

1. **CHESS BIDCO LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *H & T GROUP PLC*
2. **Chess Holdco Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *CHESS BIDCO LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `05188117`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2004-07-23
- **Registered office:** Harvey & Thompson Ltd, Times House Throwley Way, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4AF
- **SIC:** 64205

### Officers

- WOOLFE, Fiona Olivia — secretary · appointed 2021-11-11
- GIDDY, Diane — director · South African · appointed 2021-11-24
- GILLESPIE, Christopher Donald — director · British · appointed 2020-10-29
- ORR, JR., Robert Douglas — director · American · appointed 2025-08-14
- STUART, Thomas Brent — director · American · appointed 2025-08-14
- FENERTY, Stephen Anthony — secretary · appointed 2013-12-02 · resigned 2019-07-19
- GENTHIALON, Laurent Philippe — secretary · French · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2009-03-20
- HUGHES, John — secretary · British · appointed 2004-09-08 · resigned 2005-03-31
- MABY, Alexander Miles — secretary · British · appointed 2009-03-20 · resigned 2013-11-29
- [CITY GROUP PLC](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/de8b27ec-7da7-563a-bc39-b8647ce391f5) — corporate secretary · appointed 2020-04-01 · resigned 2021-11-10
- EVERSECRETARY LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2004-07-23 · resigned 2004-09-08
- BERRYMAN, Malcolm Leonard — director · British · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2018-08-14
- BROWN, Andrew Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2006-04-25 · resigned 2012-11-30
- CARTWRIGHT, Paul Ian — director · British · appointed 2004-08-20 · resigned 2006-04-25
- DRAPER, Elaine Frances — director · British · appointed 2018-05-01 · resigned 2022-05-12
- FENERTY, Stephen Anthony — director · British · appointed 2005-02-28 · resigned 2019-07-19
- GENTHIALON, Laurent Philippe — director · French · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2009-03-20
- GUTHRIE, Lawrence Watson — director · British · appointed 2023-07-01 · resigned 2025-08-14
- HUGHES, John — director · British · appointed 2004-09-08 · resigned 2005-03-31
- MABY, Alexander Miles — director · British · appointed 2009-03-20 · resigned 2013-11-28

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Chess Bidco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f51c2646-8795-4cda-86b0-980db79e0115) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2025-08-14

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05188117
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05188117

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **H & T GROUP PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a1d4b14d-e1ec-5a1f-b499-71d4e42185af · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a1d4b14d-e1ec-5a1f-b499-71d4e42185af._

_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"._