---
title: "JAMES EDWARD HARTLEY LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afc8a715-622b-522d-878d-2f85d64eaae1
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/afc8a715-622b-522d-878d-2f85d64eaae1
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05106919
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# JAMES EDWARD HARTLEY LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05106919`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afc8a715-622b-522d-878d-2f85d64eaae1  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/afc8a715-622b-522d-878d-2f85d64eaae1  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr James Edward Hartley** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6d4a12c3-7dcf-5127-bbac-3fe57995044e
- **Mr James Edward Hartley** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/89e24414-4da6-4053-9626-d0387b411e4c

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **SMH HOLDINGS LTD** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/19d7de8f-1177-54f0-8267-9194b428ba1c
- **SMH HOLDINGS LTD** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/19d7de8f-1177-54f0-8267-9194b428ba1c
- **SMH TOPCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/630c79e0-4b12-5a66-94f8-c2b634ea70fe

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

A **2-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:** `05106919`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2004-04-20
- **Registered office:** 5 Westbrook Court, Sharrow Vale Road, Sheffield, S11 8YZ, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 70229

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---:|
| Profit / (loss) | £17,772 |
| Cash | £5,627,412 |
| Shareholder funds | £200 |
| Current assets | £5,645,590 |
| Employees | 0 |

_Latest filed period. Full 2-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- HARTLEY, James Edward — director · British · appointed 2004-04-20
- SUTTON MCGRATH LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2004-04-20 · resigned 2024-12-21

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr James Edward Hartley — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2016-06-30

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05106919
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05106919
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05106919/filing-history

## 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 **JAMES EDWARD HARTLEY LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afc8a715-622b-522d-878d-2f85d64eaae1 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **JAMES EDWARD HARTLEY LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afc8a715-622b-522d-878d-2f85d64eaae1 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/afc8a715-622b-522d-878d-2f85d64eaae1._

_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"._