---
title: "THE STERLING CREDIT GROUP LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba980f27-d891-5dee-b4a7-d3f250bc2f5c
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ba980f27-d891-5dee-b4a7-d3f250bc2f5c
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02657191
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE STERLING CREDIT GROUP LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02657191`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba980f27-d891-5dee-b4a7-d3f250bc2f5c  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ba980f27-d891-5dee-b4a7-d3f250bc2f5c  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Kevin Farrell** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fffd0ce6-4d91-403f-b9c7-98fbbcba7a44
- **ANSTAKE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/13514a36-91e3-5d8b-8d21-5df50a47b852

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **STERLING CREDIT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/74adea06-e734-5b89-9bc2-a78ffaa13b83
- **MACLEW LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8fbdfb94-8082-5e18-b349-411010d2b8bc

### 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:** `02657191`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1991-10-24
- **Registered office:** 19th Floor 1 Westfield Avenue, London, E20 1HZ, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 64999

### Officers

- EMSON, Colin Jack — director · British · appointed 1991-10-24
- BOTTOMLEY, John Michael — secretary · British · resigned 2014-04-01
- BOTTOMLEY, John Michael — director · British · appointed 1991-10-24 · resigned 2014-04-01
- COURTNEY, Rohan Richard — director · British · resigned 1993-05-14
- FARRELL, John Kevin — director · British · appointed 1993-12-01 · resigned 2024-09-27
- WHITE, Robert Glanville — director · British · appointed 1993-06-30 · resigned 1993-07-26

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Colin Jack Emson — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2024-09-28
- Anstake Limited — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- Mr John Kevin Farrell — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2024-09-27
- [Anstake Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/13514a36-91e3-5d8b-8d21-5df50a47b852) — significant influence or control · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2016-04-06
- Mr John Kevin Farrell — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02657191
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02657191

## 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 **THE STERLING CREDIT GROUP LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba980f27-d891-5dee-b4a7-d3f250bc2f5c · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE STERLING CREDIT GROUP LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba980f27-d891-5dee-b4a7-d3f250bc2f5c · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ba980f27-d891-5dee-b4a7-d3f250bc2f5c._

_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"._