---
title: "JOHN SMITH-BUTLER AND SONS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c61d0e17-67f2-5a2f-ab35-a8a9ec776ac0
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c61d0e17-67f2-5a2f-ab35-a8a9ec776ac0
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01439655
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# JOHN SMITH-BUTLER AND SONS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01439655`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c61d0e17-67f2-5a2f-ab35-a8a9ec776ac0  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c61d0e17-67f2-5a2f-ab35-a8a9ec776ac0  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **NEW RIVER HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ab7c6355-b467-5452-a4d4-245e27b0ab41
- **NEW RIVER HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ab7c6355-b467-5452-a4d4-245e27b0ab41

### 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:** `01439655`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1979-07-25
- **Registered office:** The Coach House, Broadoak End, Hertford, SG14 2JA, England
- **SIC:** 46740

### Officers

- BULL, Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2024-01-24
- ELLENDER, Robert Alfred — secretary · appointed 2013-11-07 · resigned 2020-09-23
- JEHANATHAN, Jerusan — secretary · appointed 2021-08-01 · resigned 2022-01-01
- READ, Steven Robert — secretary · appointed 2020-09-23 · resigned 2021-08-01
- SMITH BUTLER, Sylvia Margaret — secretary · British · resigned 2013-11-07
- BULL, Jonathan James — director · British · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2013-11-07
- BULL, Norman — director · British · resigned 2013-11-07
- EARLE, Matthew Richard — director · British · appointed 2025-02-14 · resigned 2025-02-14
- EARLE, Matthew Richard — director · British · appointed 2024-01-24 · resigned 2024-11-01
- ELLENDER, Robert Alfred — director · British · appointed 2013-11-07 · resigned 2020-09-23
- GEERS, Sonja — director · South African · appointed 2022-01-01 · resigned 2024-01-18
- JEHANATHAN, Jerusan — director · German · appointed 2021-06-01 · resigned 2022-01-01
- PATRICK, Mark John — director · British · appointed 2013-11-07 · resigned 2015-01-12
- READ, Steven Robert — director · British · appointed 2020-09-23 · resigned 2021-08-01
- SMITH BUTLER, Helen — director · British · appointed 1997-07-14 · resigned 2013-11-07
- SMITH BUTLER, Sylvia Margaret — director · British · resigned 2013-11-07
- SMITH-BUTLER, Andrew Joseph — director · British · resigned 2013-11-07
- SMITH-BUTLER, John — director · British · resigned 2012-04-05
- SMITH-BUTLER, Jonathan Grant — director · British · resigned 2013-11-07
- SMITH-BUTLER, Nicola Sarah — director · British · appointed 2008-05-04 · resigned 2013-11-07

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [New River Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ab7c6355-b467-5452-a4d4-245e27b0ab41) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01439655
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01439655

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **JOHN SMITH-BUTLER AND SONS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c61d0e17-67f2-5a2f-ab35-a8a9ec776ac0 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c61d0e17-67f2-5a2f-ab35-a8a9ec776ac0._

_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"._