---
title: "JAMES RUANE & SONS (YORKS) HOLDINGS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b7076ccd-d863-5671-b92b-79c4ec451cd7
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b7076ccd-d863-5671-b92b-79c4ec451cd7
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00340342
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# JAMES RUANE & SONS (YORKS) HOLDINGS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00340342`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b7076ccd-d863-5671-b92b-79c4ec451cd7  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b7076ccd-d863-5671-b92b-79c4ec451cd7  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Laurence Vivian Eldred** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/776816d6-4150-5fa0-a8de-ae9283008ba7
- **Mr Martin Eldred** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2f4d1c0-3d32-5ae7-85e5-6e740afc931f
- **ELDRED (1982) HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ef8a9ff-4417-5aec-91eb-e3b751caafea
- **ELDRED (1982) HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ef8a9ff-4417-5aec-91eb-e3b751caafea
- **Mr Laurence Vivian Eldred** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e0af3ca9-42c1-49e4-bfe8-6346863800c6
- **Mr Martin Eldred** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ea855146-3a52-435b-8b80-a7cf7a232173

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **JAMES RUANE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc325bc2-a81c-5774-8b52-3d6ddd573e1b
- **JAMES RUANE & SONS (SEEDS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/90aa22b4-ffd3-5cfb-971c-91d7e2867eeb
- **JAMES RUANE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc325bc2-a81c-5774-8b52-3d6ddd573e1b
- **JAMES RUANE & SONS (SEEDS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/90aa22b4-ffd3-5cfb-971c-91d7e2867eeb

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

A **11-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:** `00340342`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1938-05-16
- **Registered office:** Carrside, Hatfield, Doncaster, South Yorkshire., DN7 6AZ
- **SIC:** 46310

### Officers

- ELDRED, Martin — secretary · British · appointed 2000-03-02
- ELDRED, Kathleen Jane — director · British · appointed 2002-12-01
- ELDRED, Martin — director · British
- ELDRED, Tom George — director · British · appointed 2013-08-09
- ELDRED, Richard — secretary · British · resigned 2000-03-02
- ELDRED, Laurence Vivian — director · British · resigned 2017-12-28
- ELDRED, Richard — director · British · resigned 2000-03-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Martin Eldred — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- [Eldred (1982) Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ef8a9ff-4417-5aec-91eb-e3b751caafea) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Laurence Vivian Eldred — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2017-12-28

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00340342
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00340342

## 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 RUANE & SONS (YORKS) HOLDINGS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b7076ccd-d863-5671-b92b-79c4ec451cd7 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **JAMES RUANE & SONS (YORKS) HOLDINGS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b7076ccd-d863-5671-b92b-79c4ec451cd7 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b7076ccd-d863-5671-b92b-79c4ec451cd7._

_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"._