---
title: "W. H. RANKIN LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a49dbbb7-1a89-4388-9fef-8a9b0acf4b6e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a49dbbb7-1a89-4388-9fef-8a9b0acf4b6e
identifier: gb-coh:SC039686
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# W. H. RANKIN LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `gb-coh:SC039686`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a49dbbb7-1a89-4388-9fef-8a9b0acf4b6e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a49dbbb7-1a89-4388-9fef-8a9b0acf4b6e  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **LONDON AND NORTHERN GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0133135b-979f-55ec-a5b6-9878bfb91cc7

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

A **7-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:** `SC039686`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1963-12-24
- **Registered office:** Duntilland Quarry, Salsburgh, Shotts, Lanarkshire, ML7 4NZ
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- LYONS, Garrath Malcolm — director · British · appointed 2023-01-01
- NORAH, Phillip Jason — director · British · appointed 2019-05-01
- FORD, Mary — secretary · British · appointed 2000-05-26 · resigned 2012-03-30
- MCCOLE, Charles — secretary · British · resigned 1993-10-01
- NASH, Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 1998-07-31 · resigned 2000-05-26
- WILLIS, Karen Jayne — secretary · British · appointed 1998-03-19 · resigned 1998-07-31
- WILLIS, Karen Jayne — secretary · British · appointed 1993-10-01 · resigned 1996-05-01
- BETA DIRECTORS LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1996-05-01 · resigned 1998-03-19
- ATHERTON-HAM, James West — director · British · appointed 2011-07-01 · resigned 2019-04-30
- BARLOW, John — director · British · appointed 1989-06-19 · resigned 1990-04-23
- BOWATER, John Ferguson — director · British · appointed 2007-08-30 · resigned 2022-12-31
- COLLINS, Richard Hawke — director · British · appointed 1998-03-19 · resigned 1998-07-03
- CROUCHER, Barry John — director · English · resigned 1989-06-19
- FINLAYSON, Alan John — director · British · appointed 1989-11-01 · resigned 1994-03-07
- GRIMES, Timothy Nicholas — director · British · appointed 1992-10-01 · resigned 1998-03-19
- GRIMES, Timothy Nicholas — director · British · resigned 1991-04-01
- KAYE, David Malcolm — director · British · resigned 1992-09-30
- MCCOLE, Charles — director · British · appointed 1989-11-01 · resigned 1993-11-12
- RETALLACK, James Keith — director · British · appointed 2007-08-30 · resigned 2011-06-30
- THOMPSON, Graham — director · British · appointed 1990-04-23 · resigned 2000-04-03

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [London And Northern Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0133135b-979f-55ec-a5b6-9878bfb91cc7) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC039686

## 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 **W. H. RANKIN LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a49dbbb7-1a89-4388-9fef-8a9b0acf4b6e · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **W. H. RANKIN LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a49dbbb7-1a89-4388-9fef-8a9b0acf4b6e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a49dbbb7-1a89-4388-9fef-8a9b0acf4b6e._

_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"._