---
title: "ASPIRE DEFENCE FINANCE PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c6a98fa7-6889-511e-96a8-6b880d78334c
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c6a98fa7-6889-511e-96a8-6b880d78334c
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05700404
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ASPIRE DEFENCE FINANCE PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05700404`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c6a98fa7-6889-511e-96a8-6b880d78334c  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c6a98fa7-6889-511e-96a8-6b880d78334c  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **ASPIRE DEFENCE FINANCE PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:213800EQV9JHWCGV7H79` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8737cf2-1cbf-5d2d-88bc-9805aba46c86

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ASPIRE DEFENCE HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c84c1552-1ab8-51fa-811b-1fa1b20b02fc
- **Aspire Defence Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d81ca478-1587-41a9-b93e-12e43b14391c
- **Aspire Defence Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d81ca478-1587-41a9-b93e-12e43b14391c

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

A **16-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:** `05700404`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 2006-02-07
- **Registered office:** Aspire Business Centre, Ordnance Road, Tidworth, England, SP9 7QD
- **SIC:** 64999

### Officers

- USHER, Simon Jeffrey — secretary · appointed 2025-03-31
- BEAZLEY-LONG, Graham Maurice — director · British · appointed 2011-01-27
- BROOKING, David John — director · British · appointed 2016-04-28
- COLYER, Vanessa Jane — director · British · appointed 2022-03-24
- DONOHOE, Barry Robert — director · British · appointed 2025-03-27
- GOODWIN, Andrew Marino — director · American · appointed 2024-03-21
- HEATH, James Christopher — director · British · appointed 2022-06-23
- RHYS WILLIAMS, Gareth Arthur Ludovic Emrys, Sir — director · British · appointed 2026-01-12
- SAUNDERS, Nicola — director · British · appointed 2019-05-30
- THOMSON, Allan David Mcdonald — director · British · appointed 2014-06-30
- THORNE, Alexander Victor — director · British · appointed 2022-01-05
- USHER, Simon Jeffrey — director · British · appointed 2025-03-31
- WEBBER, Matthew James — director · British · appointed 2009-12-11
- ELLSON, Hilary Myra — secretary · British · appointed 2006-02-07 · resigned 2006-06-01
- MCCOLL, Angus Robert — secretary · British · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2024-12-04
- THOMSON, Allan David Mcdonald — secretary · appointed 2024-12-04 · resigned 2025-03-31
- BARRIE, Andrew Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2015-01-29 · resigned 2022-11-05
- BARRIE, Andrew Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2008-04-07 · resigned 2013-07-18
- BARRIENTOS, Rebekah Arlene — director · American · appointed 2011-09-06 · resigned 2014-03-21
- BOWDEN, Timothy John — director · Australian · appointed 2013-11-21 · resigned 2014-08-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Aspire Defence Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d81ca478-1587-41a9-b93e-12e43b14391c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- [Aspire Defence Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d81ca478-1587-41a9-b93e-12e43b14391c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2016-11-18

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05700404
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05700404

## 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 **ASPIRE DEFENCE FINANCE PLC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c6a98fa7-6889-511e-96a8-6b880d78334c · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ASPIRE DEFENCE FINANCE PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c6a98fa7-6889-511e-96a8-6b880d78334c · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c6a98fa7-6889-511e-96a8-6b880d78334c._

_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"._