---
title: "ASCENT SOFTWARE (UK) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bc26a792-8633-5b6d-b078-9dc7f9502cb8
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bc26a792-8633-5b6d-b078-9dc7f9502cb8
identifier: oo:GB-COH-07910456
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ASCENT SOFTWARE (UK) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-07910456`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bc26a792-8633-5b6d-b078-9dc7f9502cb8  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bc26a792-8633-5b6d-b078-9dc7f9502cb8  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ASPIRE BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93c6ae7f-815d-55aa-ac69-388063f4f216
- **Mr Alexander James** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76859fbd-4ad2-5443-a844-576498ffd361
- **Mr Freddie Smith** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ce3ebedf-7f2a-590d-b1c6-2b4229b7ab60
- **Mr Alexander James** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d37def2-a5f2-40db-8c3e-934e75f1b86f
- **Mr Freddie Smith** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4803861-7af6-4029-80a4-6e256e69be99
- **ASPIRE BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93c6ae7f-815d-55aa-ac69-388063f4f216

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

A **27-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:** `07910456`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2012-01-16
- **Registered office:** Desklodge House, Redcliffe Way, Bristol, BS1 6NL, England
- **SIC:** 62012, 62090

### Officers

- [ELEMENTAL COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/18fb2247-8e8d-56f6-8359-9c1d624bd8f7) — corporate secretary · appointed 2026-06-30
- MULLEN, Ian Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2025-09-30
- SMYTHE, Stewart — director · British · appointed 2019-11-29
- BATES, Christopher — director · British · appointed 2023-05-03 · resigned 2025-09-30
- BROWN, Alexander James — director · British · appointed 2012-01-16 · resigned 2022-12-14
- EARP, George — director · British · appointed 2019-11-29 · resigned 2025-09-30
- HUDSON, Benjamin Charles — director · British · appointed 2019-11-29 · resigned 2023-05-03
- SEAR, Simon — director · British · appointed 2025-09-30 · resigned 2026-02-28
- SMITH, Freddie Joseph — director · British · appointed 2012-01-16 · resigned 2018-06-20
- SULTANA, Joseph — director · Maltese · appointed 2019-11-29 · resigned 2025-09-30
- WHITEHOUSE, James Michael — director · British · appointed 2022-05-19 · resigned 2024-12-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Aspire Bidco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93c6ae7f-815d-55aa-ac69-388063f4f216) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2019-11-29
- Mr Alexander James — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2019-11-29
- Mr Freddie Smith — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-06-20

## Exposure (derived from the ownership graph)

**1** owner upstream in this entity's ownership/control chain is flagged — a sanctions hit or a secrecy jurisdiction — an investigative lead by resolved identity, not a legal determination. The contributing parties and the hop-by-hop path unlock with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07910456
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07910456

---

_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ASCENT SOFTWARE (UK) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bc26a792-8633-5b6d-b078-9dc7f9502cb8 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bc26a792-8633-5b6d-b078-9dc7f9502cb8._

_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"._