---
title: "ASCERTRA UK LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b710d457-6ed7-5f44-adb4-3f6ce27334a9
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b710d457-6ed7-5f44-adb4-3f6ce27334a9
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC102804
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ASCERTRA UK LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC102804`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b710d457-6ed7-5f44-adb4-3f6ce27334a9  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b710d457-6ed7-5f44-adb4-3f6ce27334a9  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **VELA UK HOLDCO LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/303def1f-a45f-54d7-b6ee-ce43e003d0c2
- **Michael James Davidson** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f41ad18a-cff4-5337-9cff-789b9f004bcb
- **Ian Mckenzie** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3ad98096-cf33-546a-9d1a-a7f21de41c7a
- **VELA UK HOLDCO LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/303def1f-a45f-54d7-b6ee-ce43e003d0c2
- **Michael James Davidson** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/74652937-8a6f-4e1a-91f7-965864356064
- **Ian Mckenzie** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/17aa8657-00ab-46c2-8c44-53ebaee67859

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

A **8-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:** `SC102804`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1987-01-19
- **Registered office:** 1 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1AL, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 70229, 96090

### Officers

- [DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cedcbfe9-3a9c-5a9a-946f-56587ec48ea3) — corporate secretary · appointed 2017-10-24
- GANDHI, Shikha — director · Canadian · appointed 2026-05-15
- MCKINLEY, Matthew — director · American,British · appointed 2022-07-21
- SIMONS, Keith — director · British · appointed 2023-10-20
- IAIN SMITH & COMPANY — corporate nominee secretary · resigned 2007-12-10
- MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP — corporate secretary · appointed 2007-12-10 · resigned 2017-10-24
- DAVIDSON, Michael James — director · British · resigned 2022-07-21
- MARKS, Antony — director · British · appointed 1995-04-10 · resigned 1998-01-30
- MCKAY, Damian Kevin — director · Australian · appointed 2022-07-21 · resigned 2026-05-15
- MCKENZIE, Ian — director · British · resigned 2022-07-21

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Vela Uk Holdco Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/303def1f-a45f-54d7-b6ee-ce43e003d0c2) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2022-07-21
- Michael James Davidson — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2022-07-21
- Ian Mckenzie — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Scotland — ceased 2022-07-21

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC102804
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC102804

## 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 **ASCERTRA UK LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b710d457-6ed7-5f44-adb4-3f6ce27334a9 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ASCERTRA UK LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b710d457-6ed7-5f44-adb4-3f6ce27334a9 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b710d457-6ed7-5f44-adb4-3f6ce27334a9._

_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"._