---
title: "KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION UK (ESSEX) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bcc78eba-201c-4989-a4c6-18ba397cc6d7
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bcc78eba-201c-4989-a4c6-18ba397cc6d7
identifier: gb-coh:16885419
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION UK (ESSEX) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `gb-coh:16885419`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bcc78eba-201c-4989-a4c6-18ba397cc6d7  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bcc78eba-201c-4989-a4c6-18ba397cc6d7  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **KAPLAN OPEN LEARNING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a93cb3a5-4791-576f-a404-25498d1dfcbd
- **KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/81e13720-a4ee-5753-9941-109d35fd13ca

### 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:** `16885419`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2025-12-02
- **Registered office:** 3 Cathedral Street, London, SE1 9DE, England
- **SIC:** 85421, 85422

### Officers

- PITTMAN, Nicola — director · British · appointed 2025-12-02
- THICK, Andrew Vincent Alexander — director · British · appointed 2025-12-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Kaplan Open Learning (Essex) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/81e13720-a4ee-5753-9941-109d35fd13ca) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2025-12-12
- [Kaplan Open Learning Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a93cb3a5-4791-576f-a404-25498d1dfcbd) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2025-12-12

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16885419

## 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 **KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION UK (ESSEX) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bcc78eba-201c-4989-a4c6-18ba397cc6d7 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION UK (ESSEX) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bcc78eba-201c-4989-a4c6-18ba397cc6d7 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bcc78eba-201c-4989-a4c6-18ba397cc6d7._

_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"._