---
title: "Instant Companies Limited — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b9bd3b16-c47f-4cdc-87aa-8f49091a03ee
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b9bd3b16-c47f-4cdc-87aa-8f49091a03ee
identifier: gb-coh:01546338
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# Instant Companies Limited

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `gb-coh:01546338`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b9bd3b16-c47f-4cdc-87aa-8f49091a03ee  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b9bd3b16-c47f-4cdc-87aa-8f49091a03ee  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **VISTRA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/40f4f945-c87a-51ef-a75a-fdad964b0d77

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **PRESSBUYER.COM LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c139f4d1-dfab-57d9-b490-2a4e0d6489c8
- **THE BRITISH HORSERACING BOARD LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d3819bd-2a6d-52eb-9760-1a96787acdef

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

A **14-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:** `01546338`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1981-02-18
- **Registered office:** First Floor Templeback, 10 Temple Back, Bristol, BS1 6FL, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- VISTRA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2003-12-12
- COLLERY, Gavin Patrick — director · Irish,British · appointed 2021-11-15
- LEWIS, Owen — director · British · appointed 2021-11-15
- THE WEST OF ENGLAND TRUST LIMITED — corporate secretary · resigned 2003-12-12
- BURGOYNE, Jason Anthony — director · British · appointed 2017-01-03 · resigned 2021-11-15
- CURTIS, Stephen Russell — director · British · appointed 1997-01-02 · resigned 2003-12-05
- FULLER, John Stewart — director · British · appointed 1995-05-31 · resigned 1996-07-12
- LEAKE, Ralph David Sydney — director · British · resigned 1995-05-31
- PALMER, Martin William Gordon — director · British · appointed 2001-01-12 · resigned 2003-12-12
- REES, Nicholas Daryl — director · British · appointed 2010-03-24 · resigned 2017-01-03
- WHITWELL, Michael — director · British · resigned 2001-01-12
- EXPRESSCO LIMITED — corporate director · appointed 2003-12-12 · resigned 2022-03-14

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Vistra Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/40f4f945-c87a-51ef-a75a-fdad964b0d77) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England & Wales — since 2016-04-06

## 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 **Instant Companies Limited** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b9bd3b16-c47f-4cdc-87aa-8f49091a03ee · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

---

_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **Instant Companies Limited**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b9bd3b16-c47f-4cdc-87aa-8f49091a03ee · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b9bd3b16-c47f-4cdc-87aa-8f49091a03ee._

_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"._