---
title: "CHARLES WHITE LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a78ebab4-a38a-5746-ae33-cf09c45f5f27
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a78ebab4-a38a-5746-ae33-cf09c45f5f27
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC212674
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# CHARLES WHITE LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC212674`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a78ebab4-a38a-5746-ae33-cf09c45f5f27  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a78ebab4-a38a-5746-ae33-cf09c45f5f27  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Ronald Purves** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7eab4371-7050-5fa6-8a29-c19a04e91894
- **Mr Edwin Andrew Backler** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a62e18cc-574d-53d4-acf1-c0bda5e72e88
- **Mrs Catherine Naomi Backler** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d31f61b-e09b-5090-9460-742895a06a3e
- **BACKLER INVESTMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/834bdb1a-5af2-4906-b44f-9bdde2f2e98f
- **Mrs Catherine Naomi Backler** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/63201bf7-f2cb-4395-8e93-a24cd3a009c1
- **Mr John Ronald Purves** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a27c26ee-a24c-4b6c-aed6-8e610a2be1bd
- **Mr Edwin Andrew Backler** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e97160a7-60fb-495b-a153-fdd442ae524e

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **CHARLES WHITE (BELFAST) LTD.** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d0d6522f-6b7b-5870-b5af-eff10fc84697
- **CHARLES WHITE (N.I.) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f001b19-430d-56d4-9170-3754d21fffd6

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

A **10-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:** `SC212674`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2000-11-08
- **Registered office:** 14 New Mart Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1RL, Scotland
- **SIC:** 68320

### Officers

- BACKLER, Catherine Naomi — secretary · British · appointed 2003-03-31
- BACKLER, Catherine Naomi — director · British · appointed 2002-01-28
- BACKLER, Edwin Andrew — director · British · appointed 2001-09-25
- PURVES, John Ronald — secretary · British · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2003-03-31
- OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2000-11-08
- BROWN, Graeme Nixon — director · British · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2001-12-21
- HUTTON, John David — director · British · appointed 2007-06-01 · resigned 2023-12-31
- POWRIE-SMITH, Robb — director · British · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2003-10-31
- PURVES, John Ronald — director · British · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2014-09-08
- JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2000-11-08

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Backler Investments Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/834bdb1a-5af2-4906-b44f-9bdde2f2e98f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Scotland — since 2025-07-09
- Mrs Catherine Naomi Backler — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Scotland — ceased 2025-07-09
- Mr Edwin Andrew Backler — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Scotland — ceased 2025-07-09
- Mr John Ronald Purves — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Scotland — ceased 2017-09-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC212674
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC212674

## 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 **CHARLES WHITE LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a78ebab4-a38a-5746-ae33-cf09c45f5f27 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **CHARLES WHITE LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a78ebab4-a38a-5746-ae33-cf09c45f5f27 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a78ebab4-a38a-5746-ae33-cf09c45f5f27._

_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"._