---
title: "ASTON KNIGHT LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bd40908e-6e99-5cd2-9894-b30af2f22262
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bd40908e-6e99-5cd2-9894-b30af2f22262
identifier: oo:GB-COH-13855742
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ASTON KNIGHT LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-13855742`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bd40908e-6e99-5cd2-9894-b30af2f22262  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bd40908e-6e99-5cd2-9894-b30af2f22262  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr David Philip Copestake** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bd81c77a-f6df-5469-8331-ef4db3426e58
- **Mr Nicolas John Ward** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2bd95d52-3624-5b5b-8b21-d0724f80ac3a
- **Mr David Philip Copestake** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4a924373-30f9-42e3-a6f8-a5215388c466
- **Mr Nicolas John Ward** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d1228d4-531f-4bdb-b116-5b7428c5886c

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

A **4-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:** `13855742`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2022-01-18
- **Registered office:** 37 Brookside, Witton Gilbert, Durham, DH7 6RU, England
- **SIC:** 41100

### Officers

- COPESTAKE, David Philip — director · British · appointed 2022-01-18
- CHARLESWORTH, Darren Mark — director · British · appointed 2025-03-25 · resigned 2025-12-09
- WARD, Nicolas John — director · Welsh · appointed 2022-01-18 · resigned 2022-02-09

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr David Philip Copestake — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2022-01-18
- Mr Nicolas John Ward — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Wales — ceased 2022-02-08

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13855742
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13855742

## 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 **ASTON KNIGHT LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bd40908e-6e99-5cd2-9894-b30af2f22262 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ASTON KNIGHT LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bd40908e-6e99-5cd2-9894-b30af2f22262 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bd40908e-6e99-5cd2-9894-b30af2f22262._

_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"._