---
title: "VENATOR GROUP — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4f4bd3b-eb6a-5944-ae11-92392d8a5101
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a4f4bd3b-eb6a-5944-ae11-92392d8a5101
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00249759
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# VENATOR GROUP

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00249759`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4f4bd3b-eb6a-5944-ae11-92392d8a5101  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a4f4bd3b-eb6a-5944-ae11-92392d8a5101  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **VENATOR MATERIALS PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0e752d59-9a03-5364-88aa-016d8dfed70e
- **VENATOR MATERIALS PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0e752d59-9a03-5364-88aa-016d8dfed70e
- **Huntsman Corporation** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f46c6d99-aa0b-483f-90d9-30b128734625

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **VENATOR NOMINEES UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/097524cf-0ccd-5925-80ca-480a8a7b7141
- **VENATOR NOMINEES UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/097524cf-0ccd-5925-80ca-480a8a7b7141

### 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:** `00249759`
- **Status:** liquidation
- **Type:** private unlimited
- **Incorporated:** 1930-07-26
- **Registered office:** Suite 3 Avery House, 69 North Street, Brighton, BN41 1DH
- **SIC:** 20120

### Officers

- DE JONG, Corstiaan Carel — director · American · appointed 2025-02-11
- SNELL, Eugene Bryan — director · American · appointed 2025-02-11
- BUSBY, David John — secretary · British · resigned 2000-12-31
- GILLILAND, David Jeremy — secretary · appointed 2012-10-31 · resigned 2014-10-01
- MAUGHAN, Michael Andrew James — secretary · British · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2012-10-31
- PHILLIPSON, Richard Justin James — secretary · appointed 2014-10-02 · resigned 2024-10-03
- ANDERSON, Alexander Beveridge — director · British · appointed 1994-11-07 · resigned 1997-11-30
- COLLINGWOOD, John Anthony — director · British · resigned 1999-06-25
- COOMBS, Douglas Alan Lloyd — director · Canadian · appointed 1996-07-01 · resigned 1999-06-25
- DEFOORT, Bertrand Maurice Andre — director · French · appointed 2022-09-15 · resigned 2025-01-30
- DIXON, Michael Christopher — director · British · appointed 2006-12-15 · resigned 2017-07-01
- EMERSON, Duncan — director · British · appointed 1999-10-01 · resigned 2017-01-30
- ESPLIN, Kimo — director · American · appointed 1999-06-29 · resigned 2016-12-31
- FISHER, Thomas Guy — director · American · appointed 1999-08-24 · resigned 2016-02-29
- GILLILAND, David Jeremy — director · British · appointed 2012-10-31 · resigned 2014-10-01
- GRAY, Frederick Philp — director · British · appointed 1994-09-01 · resigned 1997-12-31
- HEALY, Russell — director · American · appointed 1999-06-29 · resigned 2012-02-20
- HOPCROFT, Martin Peter — director · British · appointed 2024-04-04 · resigned 2024-12-16
- HOPKINS, Barry Joseph — director · Irish · appointed 2024-02-12 · resigned 2024-03-31
- HUNTSMAN, Peter Riley — director · American · appointed 1999-06-29 · resigned 2014-09-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Venator Materials Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0e752d59-9a03-5364-88aa-016d8dfed70e) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2017-08-08
- [Huntsman Corporation](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f46c6d99-aa0b-483f-90d9-30b128734625) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United States — ceased 2017-08-08

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00249759
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00249759

## 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 **VENATOR GROUP** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4f4bd3b-eb6a-5944-ae11-92392d8a5101 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **VENATOR GROUP**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4f4bd3b-eb6a-5944-ae11-92392d8a5101 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a4f4bd3b-eb6a-5944-ae11-92392d8a5101._

_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"._