---
title: "E & F SHIPPING LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd7ee3db-80b3-5440-8ff5-afb6d16478de
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cd7ee3db-80b3-5440-8ff5-afb6d16478de
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00244198
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# E & F SHIPPING LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00244198`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd7ee3db-80b3-5440-8ff5-afb6d16478de  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cd7ee3db-80b3-5440-8ff5-afb6d16478de  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SANDSTATE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/60b5886b-99dd-5807-8f26-fa9049c0cc4b
- **Sandstate Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fd211c36-dda5-4644-8e9b-9d2bac647faa

### 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:** `00244198`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1929-12-09
- **Registered office:** C/O Fyffes Group Limited, Houndmills Road,Houndmills, Industrial Estate,Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XL
- **SIC:** 50200

### Officers

- CUMMINS, Shaun Michael — secretary · appointed 2026-07-16
- BREATHNACH, Brian — director · Irish · appointed 2006-04-20
- JOYCE, Andrew James — director · British · appointed 2025-05-31
- BAILEY, Stephen James — secretary · British · appointed 1994-12-01 · resigned 2000-09-07
- BREATHNACH, Brian — secretary · Irish · appointed 2006-04-20 · resigned 2026-07-16
- GORDON, Christopher — secretary · British · resigned 1994-10-28
- GORROD, Nicholas John — secretary · British · appointed 1994-10-28 · resigned 1994-12-01
- QUIGLEY, Niall Charles — secretary · Irish · appointed 2000-09-08 · resigned 2006-04-20
- BAGSHAW, David Keith Marwick — director · British · appointed 1994-10-28 · resigned 1994-11-14
- ENRIGHT, Richard John — director · Irish · appointed 2020-12-15 · resigned 2022-08-29
- FRAIRE, Ernesto — director · Italian · appointed 2022-09-26 · resigned 2025-05-31
- GIBSON, Martin Guy — director · British · appointed 2000-12-01 · resigned 2001-03-05
- JEBSEN, Atle — director · Norwegian · resigned 1994-10-28
- MCLOUGHLIN, James Francis — director · British · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 1996-10-25
- MURPHY, Thomas Gerard — director · Irish · appointed 1997-04-17 · resigned 2020-12-15
- O'DWYER, Kyran Michael — director · American · resigned 1994-10-28
- PETERS, Russell Anthony — director · British · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 1997-03-31
- QUIGLEY, Niall Charles — director · Irish · appointed 2001-01-29 · resigned 2006-04-20
- SHIELDS, Paul — director · British · appointed 1996-10-25 · resigned 2000-11-30
- SHIELDS, Paul — director · British · appointed 1994-10-28 · resigned 1994-11-14

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Sandstate Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fd211c36-dda5-4644-8e9b-9d2bac647faa) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00244198
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00244198

## 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 **E & F SHIPPING LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd7ee3db-80b3-5440-8ff5-afb6d16478de · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **E & F SHIPPING LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd7ee3db-80b3-5440-8ff5-afb6d16478de · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cd7ee3db-80b3-5440-8ff5-afb6d16478de._

_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"._