---
title: "WM. PATON & SONS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf9506ca-e706-55a8-b27a-ca1564e6a1e0
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bf9506ca-e706-55a8-b27a-ca1564e6a1e0
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC016771
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WM. PATON & SONS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC016771`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf9506ca-e706-55a8-b27a-ca1564e6a1e0  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bf9506ca-e706-55a8-b27a-ca1564e6a1e0  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Andrew Robert, Richard Vernon** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/925f6a1b-26d9-4cbc-9a49-56ff00cc7608
- **HILLHOUSE QUARRY GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d4b2520f-27aa-50bc-905f-46dd6c4db588
- **Mr Greville Edward Mervyn Vernon** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cc57022-70d8-44a6-be94-8097ab8d5669
- **Mr Hugh Richard Mervyn Vernon** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/74db2cf5-0d3d-4d69-92e0-2661224107bd

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

A **16-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:** `SC016771`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1932-03-21
- **Registered office:** Hillhouse Quarry, Troon, Ayrshire, KA10 7HX
- **SIC:** 41202

### Officers

- MURRAY, Charles Douglas — secretary · British · resigned 1999-03-12
- O'BOYLE, Graham — secretary · British · appointed 1999-03-08 · resigned 2012-09-01
- TOYN, Charles Clifford — secretary · appointed 2012-09-01 · resigned 2017-11-27
- CAMPBELL, Colin — director · British · appointed 1995-09-06 · resigned 1999-03-08
- CAMPBELL, David Brennan — director · British · resigned 1993-08-21
- CAMPBELL, Margaret Thomson — director · British · resigned 1990-07-31
- CLARK, James Brown — director · British · resigned 1998-11-10
- JAMIESON, Brian Charles — director · British · resigned 1998-06-01
- MCDOWALL, Stuart — director · British · appointed 1999-08-01 · resigned 2001-04-06
- MCNAUGHTON, Robert — director · British · appointed 2012-09-01 · resigned 2017-11-27
- MUIR, Gordon Archibald Halliday — director · British · appointed 1999-03-08 · resigned 2011-04-30
- MURRAY, Charles Douglas — director · British · appointed 1999-03-05 · resigned 2015-03-31
- MURRAY, Charles Douglas — director · British · resigned 1999-03-08
- O'BOYLE, Graham — director · British · appointed 2012-09-01 · resigned 2016-12-07
- PATON, Elizabeth Addie — director · British · resigned 1999-03-08
- SCOTT, Alfred Trotter — director · British · resigned 1990-07-25
- VERNON, Greville Edward Mervyn — director · British · appointed 1999-03-08 · resigned 2017-11-27
- VERNON, Hugh Richard Mervyn — director · British · appointed 1999-03-08 · resigned 2017-11-27
- WOOD, Andrew Jardine — director · British · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2009-07-10

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Greville Edward Mervyn Vernon — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2017-11-27
- Mr Andrew Robert, Richard Vernon — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2017-11-27
- [Hillhouse Quarry Group Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d4b2520f-27aa-50bc-905f-46dd6c4db588) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Scotland — ceased 2017-11-27
- Mr Hugh Richard Mervyn Vernon — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2017-11-27

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC016771
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC016771

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WM. PATON & SONS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf9506ca-e706-55a8-b27a-ca1564e6a1e0 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bf9506ca-e706-55a8-b27a-ca1564e6a1e0._

_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"._