---
title: "ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH DISPENSING OPTICIANS(THE) — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c16d950e-b033-54d7-b8a7-24df5656a357
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c16d950e-b033-54d7-b8a7-24df5656a357
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02012484
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH DISPENSING OPTICIANS(THE)

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02012484`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c16d950e-b033-54d7-b8a7-24df5656a357  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c16d950e-b033-54d7-b8a7-24df5656a357  

## Ownership & control

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **ABDO RESEARCH FUND** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef6cd950-d8ee-54b5-85fd-845fa20ac2a4
- **LOC CENTRAL SUPPORT UNIT** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/890367dd-3439-52e0-be2d-4251dbde4631
- **LOC CENTRAL SUPPORT UNIT** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/890367dd-3439-52e0-be2d-4251dbde4631
- **ABDO RESEARCH FUND** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef6cd950-d8ee-54b5-85fd-845fa20ac2a4
- **ABDO PUBLICATIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cafc7aeb-4f40-520f-8610-2ef3b9f2bf84
- **ABDO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8f152e16-ef5b-5c2a-88f5-427b249907b4

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02012484`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc
- **Incorporated:** 1986-04-21
- **Registered office:** Unit 2 Court Lodges Godmersham Park, Godmersham, Canterbury, CT4 7DT, England
- **SIC:** 85320, 94120

### Officers

- BRIDGE, Alistair James — secretary · appointed 2023-01-01
- BILL, Deborah Ann — director · British · appointed 2024-11-05
- GILBERT, Sarah Jane — director · British · appointed 2024-11-05
- HADLEY, Davinia — director · British · appointed 2025-11-06
- O'DONNELL, Kimberley — director · British · appointed 2024-11-05
- RENNIE, Brenda Alexis — director · Scottish · appointed 2022-09-02
- RUSSELL, Dylan — director · British · appointed 2024-11-05
- TWYNING, Gillian — director · British · appointed 2024-11-05
- GARRETT, Anthony Peter, Sir — secretary · British · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 2022-12-31
- HUNT, Malcolm Peter John, Major General — secretary · British · appointed 1995-04-12 · resigned 1999-03-31
- ROSKILL, John Wentworth — secretary · British · resigned 1995-04-12
- ANDERSON, Fiona Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2010-10-09 · resigned 2018-04-15
- ATKINS, Nicholas Peter — director · British · appointed 2005-01-01 · resigned 2011-10-12
- BAILEY, Rosemary Eleanor — director · British · appointed 1993-04-20 · resigned 1997-10-01
- BAKER, John Roy Spencer — director · British · resigned 2004-12-31
- BEGUM, Saima — director · British · appointed 2017-11-17 · resigned 2025-07-27
- BICKLE, Gillian — director · British · appointed 2021-10-20 · resigned 2023-07-31
- BLACK, Peter Gavin — director · British · appointed 2021-10-21 · resigned 2023-07-31
- BLACK, Peter Gavin, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2007-09-15 · resigned 2016-09-30
- BLACKMAN, Anthony — director · British · appointed 2013-04-14 · resigned 2016-09-30

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02012484
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02012484

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH DISPENSING OPTICIANS(THE)**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c16d950e-b033-54d7-b8a7-24df5656a357 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c16d950e-b033-54d7-b8a7-24df5656a357._

_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"._