---
title: "S.A. BRAIN & COMPANY VENTURES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c24ab0a8-715d-5b51-8ea1-e61ce61662bf
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c24ab0a8-715d-5b51-8ea1-e61ce61662bf
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03631124
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# S.A. BRAIN & COMPANY VENTURES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03631124`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c24ab0a8-715d-5b51-8ea1-e61ce61662bf  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c24ab0a8-715d-5b51-8ea1-e61ce61662bf  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Martin Stuart Reed** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4577d3e4-3a76-5ded-9bb3-1ca5c7e73e3a
- **S.A. Brain & Company Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b3c3c3fd-2129-42e2-8e87-8c05aeaf682e
- **Mr Martin Stuart Reed** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8453a341-eb34-4384-9e8b-b23349942cfa

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

A **17-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:** `03631124`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1998-09-14
- **Registered office:** Dragon Brewery, Pacific Road, Cardiff, CF24 5HJ, Wales
- **SIC:** 99999

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---:|
| Net assets | £100 |
| Shareholder funds | £100 |

_Latest filed period. Full 2-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- PAYNE, Nicholas — director · Welsh · appointed 2025-01-06
- WESTWOOD, Richard James — director · British · appointed 2023-10-09
- BRAIN, Charles Nicholas — secretary · British · appointed 2006-07-28 · resigned 2020-09-30
- DRYSDALE, Katherine — secretary · British · appointed 1999-05-24 · resigned 2006-07-28
- HEATH, Hannah Patricia — secretary · appointed 2020-09-30 · resigned 2021-01-31
- OTTO-JONES, John Alcwyn — secretary · British · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 1999-05-24
- TREBILCOCK, Nicole — secretary · appointed 2021-01-31 · resigned 2025-01-04
- BERITH (SECRETARIES) LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1998-09-14 · resigned 1999-04-01
- BARRETT, James Shepherd — director · British · appointed 2001-01-30 · resigned 2002-04-08
- BRAIN, Charles Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2019-06-28 · resigned 2021-02-05
- BRIDGE, Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2021-01-31 · resigned 2025-01-04
- DARBY, Alistair William — director · British · appointed 2020-09-30 · resigned 2021-02-05
- LAY, Philip Henry — director · Uk · appointed 2002-07-16 · resigned 2014-04-07
- OTTO JONES, Bridget Mary — director · British · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 2007-12-14
- OTTO-JONES, John Alcwyn — director · British · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 2007-12-14
- PARR, Christopher Antony — director · British · appointed 1999-05-24 · resigned 2002-01-07
- REED, Martin Stuart — director · British · appointed 2002-01-21 · resigned 2019-06-28
- SALTER, Michael Anthony John — director · British · appointed 1999-05-24 · resigned 2001-06-30
- WINNING, Andrew — director · British · appointed 2021-02-05 · resigned 2023-10-09
- BERITH (NOMINEES) LIMITED — corporate director · appointed 1998-09-14 · resigned 1999-04-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [S.A. Brain & Company Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b3c3c3fd-2129-42e2-8e87-8c05aeaf682e) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Wales — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Martin Stuart Reed — right to appoint and remove directors · individual PSC — ceased 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03631124
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03631124/filing-history
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03631124

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **S.A. BRAIN & COMPANY VENTURES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c24ab0a8-715d-5b51-8ea1-e61ce61662bf · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c24ab0a8-715d-5b51-8ea1-e61ce61662bf._

_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"._