---
title: "HOWARD & SMITH LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c276f8a2-4c91-58b5-be46-e1b5f8cd3084
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c276f8a2-4c91-58b5-be46-e1b5f8cd3084
identifier: oo:GB-COH-09855456
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HOWARD & SMITH LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-09855456`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c276f8a2-4c91-58b5-be46-e1b5f8cd3084  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c276f8a2-4c91-58b5-be46-e1b5f8cd3084  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Sean Anthony Howard** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e915e389-bb13-5979-9ba7-0ee85a122ccf
- **Mrs Linda Pearl Smith** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9dec725d-80fa-5a08-a694-5966de53fc11
- **Mr Stephen Smith** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/72b411ec-5688-524d-9c70-5adf46f5296e
- **Mr Sean Anthony Howard** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffa1263e-2c0c-41f5-8fbd-ff726b4d959c
- **Mr Stephen Smith** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a08d3a8a-8209-4679-b309-2d615aed1726
- **Mrs Linda Pearl Smith** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c6e9e48e-0251-4cc2-aac1-26b7b91f010a
- **Mrs Claire Howard** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ae9ce16e-7c82-4b54-88cc-58cc3d0fc0bf
- **HOWARD & HOWARD LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8dc1e03b-50f3-4979-a6a4-8f23db84614d

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **ACE DECOR LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/598eadb5-9001-55c3-9fc0-f22ec9af5906
- **ACE DECOR LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/598eadb5-9001-55c3-9fc0-f22ec9af5906

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

A **10-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:** `09855456`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2015-11-04
- **Registered office:** Chandler House 7 Ferry Road Office Park, Riversway, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 2YH, England
- **SIC:** 64209

### Officers

- HOWARD, Sean Anthony — director · British · appointed 2015-11-04
- SMITH, Stephen — director · British · appointed 2015-11-04 · resigned 2026-03-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Howard & Howard Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8dc1e03b-50f3-4979-a6a4-8f23db84614d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2026-03-31
- Mrs Claire Howard — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2026-03-31
- Mr Sean Anthony Howard — 25–50% votes · individual PSC · England — ceased 2026-03-31
- Mrs Linda Pearl Smith — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2026-03-31
- Mr Stephen Smith — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2026-03-31

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09855456
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09855456

## 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 **HOWARD & SMITH LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c276f8a2-4c91-58b5-be46-e1b5f8cd3084 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HOWARD & SMITH LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c276f8a2-4c91-58b5-be46-e1b5f8cd3084 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c276f8a2-4c91-58b5-be46-e1b5f8cd3084._

_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"._