---
title: "LIGAND UK DEVELOPMENT LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c5742845-ec8e-5cc6-bc0f-bc0b6b24927a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c5742845-ec8e-5cc6-bc0f-bc0b6b24927a
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02600483
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# LIGAND UK DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02600483`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c5742845-ec8e-5cc6-bc0f-bc0b6b24927a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c5742845-ec8e-5cc6-bc0f-bc0b6b24927a  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **LIGAND HOLDINGS UK LTD.** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/89a2a756-0e96-5973-b2f4-58ad4e2b33c3
- **LIGAND HOLDINGS UK LTD.** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/89a2a756-0e96-5973-b2f4-58ad4e2b33c3
- **Ligand Uk Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/922f17cc-1491-44cf-92c1-e0695b27300f

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

A **3-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:** `02600483`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1991-04-11
- **Registered office:** Suite 1, 7th Floor 50 Broadway, London, SW1H 0DB, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 72110

### Officers

- [VISTRA COSEC LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c0d53d7b-482f-52f7-af62-7e36b80f875b) — corporate secretary · appointed 2024-04-04
- DAVIS, Todd Christopher — director · American · appointed 2022-12-05
- ESPINOZA, Octavio — director · American · appointed 2022-11-01
- REARDON, Andrew Thomas — director · American · appointed 2022-11-01
- ANGGARD, Erik, Professor — secretary · Swedish · appointed 1991-07-17 · resigned 1993-01-15
- BERKMAN, Charles Stuart — secretary · appointed 2019-04-01 · resigned 2022-11-01
- BOND, Jonathan Charles Howard — secretary · British · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2004-06-30
- HOOD, Alison Mary — secretary · British · appointed 2009-09-30 · resigned 2010-11-30
- KARLIN, Fiona Elizabeth Joy — secretary · British · appointed 1993-01-15 · resigned 1994-08-05
- KISSANE, Kevin Patrick — secretary · British · appointed 2010-11-30 · resigned 2017-11-01
- MACKNEY, David — secretary · appointed 2017-11-01 · resigned 2018-01-25
- ROBINSKI, Richard — secretary · British · appointed 2000-01-11 · resigned 2003-02-28
- SLATER, John Andrew Duncan — secretary · British · appointed 2004-10-29 · resigned 2009-09-30
- WALLCRAFT, Susan Jean — secretary · appointed 2018-01-25 · resigned 2019-03-31
- WAYNE, Harold — nominee secretary · British · appointed 1991-04-11 · resigned 1993-04-11
- WORRALL, Peter Brian — secretary · British · appointed 2004-06-30 · resigned 2004-10-29
- WORRALL, Peter Brian — secretary · British · appointed 2003-02-28 · resigned 2003-09-04
- WORRALL, Peter Bryan — secretary · British · appointed 1994-08-05 · resigned 2000-01-11
- [DYE & DURHAM SECRETARIAL LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cbce29a4-4a7d-44de-a003-efa4398353e6) — corporate secretary · appointed 2021-05-04 · resigned 2023-06-02
- ACTON, Gary, Doctor — director · British · appointed 1997-01-09 · resigned 2000-04-06

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Ligand Holdings Uk Ltd.](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/89a2a756-0e96-5973-b2f4-58ad4e2b33c3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2023-09-21
- [Ligand Uk Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/922f17cc-1491-44cf-92c1-e0695b27300f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-09-21

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02600483
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02600483

## 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 **LIGAND UK DEVELOPMENT LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c5742845-ec8e-5cc6-bc0f-bc0b6b24927a · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **LIGAND UK DEVELOPMENT LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c5742845-ec8e-5cc6-bc0f-bc0b6b24927a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c5742845-ec8e-5cc6-bc0f-bc0b6b24927a._

_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"._