---
title: "S & M (PROCESSING) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c2fb56ea-0bf1-5f85-b639-03314883c8de
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c2fb56ea-0bf1-5f85-b639-03314883c8de
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01160562
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# S & M (PROCESSING) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01160562`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c2fb56ea-0bf1-5f85-b639-03314883c8de  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c2fb56ea-0bf1-5f85-b639-03314883c8de  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SYNECTICS PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7914cf7d-33bd-54db-984a-596a989935d2
- **Synectics Plc** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/320be5b2-ca5a-4e2b-aac6-31c1ae6c606e

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

A **9-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:** `01160562`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1974-02-18
- **Registered office:** Synectics House, 3-4 Broadfield Close, Sheffield, S8 0XN, England
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- STEWART, Claire Susan — secretary · appointed 2019-03-04
- WILLIAMS, Paul John — director · British · appointed 2025-08-26
- BESWICK, Simon — secretary · appointed 2018-11-30 · resigned 2019-03-04
- BRIERLEY, Richard Paul — secretary · appointed 2016-06-17 · resigned 2018-04-06
- LIDGATE, Keith Richard — secretary · British · resigned 1993-03-05
- POULTNEY, Nigel Charles — secretary · British · appointed 1993-03-05 · resigned 2016-05-11
- STILWELL, Michael James — secretary · appointed 2018-04-06 · resigned 2018-11-30
- BAYLEY, Geoffrey Charles — director · British · resigned 1993-02-09
- BEDFORD, David Michael — director · British · appointed 2020-01-06 · resigned 2022-07-01
- BRIERLEY, Richard Paul — director · British · appointed 2016-06-17 · resigned 2018-04-06
- GOODWIN, Mark Gerald — director · British · appointed 2018-04-06 · resigned 2019-04-18
- LARNDER, Amanda Louise — director · British · appointed 2022-07-04 · resigned 2025-08-26
- LARNDER, Amanda Louise — director · British · appointed 2019-04-18 · resigned 2020-01-06
- LIDGATE, Keith Richard — director · British · resigned 1993-03-05
- POULTNEY, Nigel Charles — director · British · appointed 1993-03-05 · resigned 2016-05-11
- [FOTOVALUE LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5760b123-e4e1-4bdc-a115-7df6c7efce02) — corporate director · appointed 1993-03-05 · resigned 2019-04-18

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Synectics Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/320be5b2-ca5a-4e2b-aac6-31c1ae6c606e) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-07-28

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01160562
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01160562

## 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 **S & M (PROCESSING) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c2fb56ea-0bf1-5f85-b639-03314883c8de · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **S & M (PROCESSING) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c2fb56ea-0bf1-5f85-b639-03314883c8de · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c2fb56ea-0bf1-5f85-b639-03314883c8de._

_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"._