---
title: "ASTBURY DEVELOPMENT CO (WEST MIDLANDS) LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd5a4545-ee24-53ad-a63c-82ee72d8e958
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cd5a4545-ee24-53ad-a63c-82ee72d8e958
identifier: oo:GB-COH-15980143
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ASTBURY DEVELOPMENT CO (WEST MIDLANDS) LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-15980143`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd5a4545-ee24-53ad-a63c-82ee72d8e958  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cd5a4545-ee24-53ad-a63c-82ee72d8e958  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Christopher Keith Hickman** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7a9e538-de72-5785-8931-b55e38729b2f
- **MATT BILLINGHAM (HOLDINGS) LTD** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db451be9-296b-5c77-b0f8-68a079fbf5a1
- **MATT BILLINGHAM (HOLDINGS) LTD** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db451be9-296b-5c77-b0f8-68a079fbf5a1
- **Mr Christopher Keith Hickman** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5e8a63a7-5530-4ab5-a732-37d2b8e62f91
- **SOMERFORD FORGE HOLDING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d54dfe14-2658-525f-aab3-d012e9d3bda6

### 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:** `15980143`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2024-09-26
- **Registered office:** Harris & Co, 2 St. James Court, Bridgnorth Road, Wollaston, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 3QG, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 41100, 68100, 68209

### Officers

- HICKMAN, Christopher — secretary · appointed 2024-09-26
- HICKMAN, Christopher Keith — director · British · appointed 2024-09-26
- [MATT BILLINGHAM (HOLDINGS) LTD](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db451be9-296b-5c77-b0f8-68a079fbf5a1) — corporate director · appointed 2024-09-26

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Somerford Forge Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d54dfe14-2658-525f-aab3-d012e9d3bda6) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2025-10-23
- [Matt Billingham (Holdings) Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db451be9-296b-5c77-b0f8-68a079fbf5a1) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2024-09-26
- Mr Christopher Keith Hickman — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2026-02-25

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15980143
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15980143

## 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 **ASTBURY DEVELOPMENT CO (WEST MIDLANDS) LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd5a4545-ee24-53ad-a63c-82ee72d8e958 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ASTBURY DEVELOPMENT CO (WEST MIDLANDS) LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd5a4545-ee24-53ad-a63c-82ee72d8e958 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cd5a4545-ee24-53ad-a63c-82ee72d8e958._

_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"._