---
title: "SDL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b620a9fe-17dc-516d-863a-68d705e2222c
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b620a9fe-17dc-516d-863a-68d705e2222c
identifier: oo:GB-COH-12291986
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SDL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-12291986`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b620a9fe-17dc-516d-863a-68d705e2222c  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b620a9fe-17dc-516d-863a-68d705e2222c  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BGF NOMINEES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4fc35eb4-3b89-52e9-9fc9-2ce07d736869
- **BGF NOMINEES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4fc35eb4-3b89-52e9-9fc9-2ce07d736869
- **J & E NOMINEES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4bcf38c5-b510-518f-9a44-b2e6b37517e4
- **Mr Paul Robert Gratton** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dd5a0bc7-8940-4ef1-aa14-338fd4896a91

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **SDL GROUP SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb3eeac5-58d0-58bf-923c-aa0794278aec
- **SDL AUCTIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3a0e47fe-0e77-5915-b262-a685f4fd546a
- **GRAHAM PENNY AUCTIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a637a11c-3ab6-52e3-971c-d99b76207bb3
- **MAURICE MACNEILL IONA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b714801e-d2e1-5c29-adfa-b903ebe29071
- **GRAHAM PENNY AUCTIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a637a11c-3ab6-52e3-971c-d99b76207bb3
- **SDL GROUP SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb3eeac5-58d0-58bf-923c-aa0794278aec
- **SDL AUCTIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3a0e47fe-0e77-5915-b262-a685f4fd546a
- **MAURICE MACNEILL IONA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b714801e-d2e1-5c29-adfa-b903ebe29071

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

A **75-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:** `12291986`
- **Status:** liquidation
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2019-10-31
- **Registered office:** Dains Business Recovery Glasgow, 2 Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3AX
- **SIC:** 64209

### Officers

- SCARD, Mark — secretary · appointed 2023-12-11
- GRATTON, Paul Robert — director · British · appointed 2019-10-31
- ELLIS, Helen Anne — secretary · appointed 2021-05-18 · resigned 2022-12-01
- KINSEY, Hayley — secretary · appointed 2020-12-04 · resigned 2021-05-18
- STALEY, Cathy — secretary · appointed 2022-12-02 · resigned 2023-12-11
- BLOOMER, Jonathan William — director · British · appointed 2020-12-04 · resigned 2024-08-19
- BREWSTER, George — director · British · appointed 2020-12-04 · resigned 2024-11-26
- DELLER, Andrew Michael — director · British · appointed 2020-12-04 · resigned 2023-02-23
- HICKLING, Christopher — director · British · appointed 2020-12-04 · resigned 2024-11-26
- LINDLEY, Patrick John — director · British · appointed 2021-01-19 · resigned 2022-11-23
- SUNNER, Gurinder Singh — director · British · appointed 2021-01-19 · resigned 2021-12-08

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [J & E Nominees Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4bcf38c5-b510-518f-9a44-b2e6b37517e4) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · Scotland — since 2023-12-11
- [Bgf Nominees Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4fc35eb4-3b89-52e9-9fc9-2ce07d736869) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2023-12-11
- Mr Paul Robert Gratton — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-07-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12291986
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12291986

## 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 **SDL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b620a9fe-17dc-516d-863a-68d705e2222c · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SDL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b620a9fe-17dc-516d-863a-68d705e2222c · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b620a9fe-17dc-516d-863a-68d705e2222c._

_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"._