---
title: "SHAKESPEARES LEGAL SECRETARIES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b935df54-1bf8-50cc-b74c-9a6ebcc8e1f0
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b935df54-1bf8-50cc-b74c-9a6ebcc8e1f0
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02371054
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SHAKESPEARES LEGAL SECRETARIES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02371054`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b935df54-1bf8-50cc-b74c-9a6ebcc8e1f0  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b935df54-1bf8-50cc-b74c-9a6ebcc8e1f0  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SHAKESPEARE MARTINEAU LLP** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d67b2b7-3e07-579b-8c10-7003c8619f91

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **SQ2 MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fbf0dcb-3b83-5993-8ec1-10c282f8b594
- **SQ2 MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fbf0dcb-3b83-5993-8ec1-10c282f8b594

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

A **12-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:** `02371054`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1989-04-11
- **Registered office:** C/O Ampa Holdings Llp Level 19, The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9SG, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 70229

### Officers

- SPEDDING, Keith Hamilton — director · British · appointed 2014-09-03
- BOTTERILL, Roy — secretary · British · appointed 1997-12-15 · resigned 2011-09-01
- WILLIAMS, David — secretary · British · resigned 1997-12-15
- ASTILL, Simon Peter — director · British · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2014-08-29
- BARRATT, Carole — director · British · resigned 1991-04-05
- BATES, Simon Paul — director · British · appointed 2007-06-28 · resigned 2013-12-18
- BOTTERILL, Roy — director · British · appointed 2012-11-26 · resigned 2024-08-31
- BOTTERILL, Roy — director · British · appointed 1997-12-15 · resigned 2011-09-01
- BOWDER, Roger — director · British · appointed 1991-07-31 · resigned 2002-01-07
- FINLAY, Christopher Vaughan — director · British · appointed 2002-01-07 · resigned 2006-05-04
- HARVEY, Mathew — director · British · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2014-08-29
- HERBERT, Richard Davis — director · British · appointed 1991-07-31 · resigned 1997-12-15
- PATEL, Jitendra — director · British · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2009-02-13
- SMYTH, Duncan Ritchie — director · British · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2012-03-31
- STOBART, John — director · British · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2014-08-29
- VAUGHAN, Keith John — director · British · appointed 1997-12-15 · resigned 2000-11-01
- WESTON, Adrian Robert — director · British · resigned 1997-12-15
- WILLIAMS, David — director · British · resigned 1997-12-15
- WOOLFE, Stephen Howard — director · British · appointed 2000-11-01 · resigned 2006-05-04

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Shakespeare Martineau Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d67b2b7-3e07-579b-8c10-7003c8619f91) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02371054
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02371054

## 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 **SHAKESPEARES LEGAL SECRETARIES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b935df54-1bf8-50cc-b74c-9a6ebcc8e1f0 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SHAKESPEARES LEGAL SECRETARIES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b935df54-1bf8-50cc-b74c-9a6ebcc8e1f0 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b935df54-1bf8-50cc-b74c-9a6ebcc8e1f0._

_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"._