---
title: "VOCATION BARS (HALIFAX) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf2a12aa-dee6-5499-bf56-dc5f9a87d553
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bf2a12aa-dee6-5499-bf56-dc5f9a87d553
identifier: oo:GB-COH-12177329
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# VOCATION BARS (HALIFAX) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-12177329`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf2a12aa-dee6-5499-bf56-dc5f9a87d553  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bf2a12aa-dee6-5499-bf56-dc5f9a87d553  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Hickling** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4df2d24c-3c2f-59b0-821f-28e963eea755
- **Mr Richard Allen Stenson** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24d252ca-9904-5aa1-b135-ab7553543371
- **VOCATION BARS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46c7af13-8a61-519f-a116-b0e65dd9ca4f
- **Mr Richard Allen Stenson** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a6706517-4f93-58e9-8a89-79642e6ab76b
- **VOCATION GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c992543-4715-5724-9878-558e9a35498b
- **VOCATION BARS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46c7af13-8a61-519f-a116-b0e65dd9ca4f
- **Mr Richard Allen Stenson** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c9240c4e-faa2-42a9-ab86-92605a8c815e
- **BGF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e558be93-32df-4f51-9342-66fbb9204fbb
- **Mr John Hickling** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a910302e-35fe-4bc9-b269-e7161df92bbd
- **VOCATION GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c992543-4715-5724-9878-558e9a35498b
- **Mr Richard Allen Stenson** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a2b70b95-c97e-461e-a4ac-d5d64bcb93f3
- **Mr John Maxwell Hickling** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1ba27ce7-b735-48d5-9e21-3e8cdcaa0d2f

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

A **86-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:** `12177329`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2019-08-28
- **Registered office:** Craggs Country Business Park New Road, Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, HX7 5TT, England
- **SIC:** 56302

### Officers

- BROOKS, John Robert — director · British · appointed 2024-02-21
- HICKLING, John Maxwell — director · British · appointed 2019-08-28
- HOE, John Peter — director · British · appointed 2026-01-30
- LUMSDEN, Gail Mentier — director · British · appointed 2023-09-15
- BIRCH, Jaclyn — director · Irish · appointed 2022-08-23 · resigned 2024-02-29
- STENSON, Richard Allen — director · British · appointed 2019-08-28 · resigned 2023-09-15
- WARDELL, Michael James — director · British · appointed 2024-07-24 · resigned 2026-01-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Vocation Bars Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46c7af13-8a61-519f-a116-b0e65dd9ca4f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2021-12-16
- [Vocation Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4c992543-4715-5724-9878-558e9a35498b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2021-12-16
- [Bgf Investment Management Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e558be93-32df-4f51-9342-66fbb9204fbb) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2024-05-23
- Mr John Hickling — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2024-05-23
- Mr Richard Allen Stenson — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2023-10-05
- Mr John Maxwell Hickling — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2021-12-16
- Mr Richard Allen Stenson — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2021-12-16

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12177329
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12177329

## 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 **VOCATION BARS (HALIFAX) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf2a12aa-dee6-5499-bf56-dc5f9a87d553 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **VOCATION BARS (HALIFAX) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf2a12aa-dee6-5499-bf56-dc5f9a87d553 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bf2a12aa-dee6-5499-bf56-dc5f9a87d553._

_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"._