---
title: "CLOSE BROTHERS VEHICLE HIRE LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cee763c3-aea7-587c-a8f8-d15d07a3ce93
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cee763c3-aea7-587c-a8f8-d15d07a3ce93
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04263175
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# CLOSE BROTHERS VEHICLE HIRE LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04263175`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cee763c3-aea7-587c-a8f8-d15d07a3ce93  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cee763c3-aea7-587c-a8f8-d15d07a3ce93  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **CLOSE BROTHERS VEHICLE HIRE LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:2138006KMTUN5DX46N79` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9c045d22-f850-5a17-9d7f-8e6fdd9248a2

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **CLOSE BROTHERS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/035db20d-8ec7-5b49-a2b2-37ef81f757f2
- **Close Brothers Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44dbc1cc-e8bf-4b9b-bede-994be0409e49

### 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:** `04263175`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2001-08-01
- **Registered office:** Lows Lane, Stanton-By-Dale, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4QU, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 52219

### Officers

- STARR, Charles — secretary · appointed 2025-07-31
- BACKHOUSE, Peter — director · British · appointed 2026-07-01
- BENSON, Alex — director · British · appointed 2026-07-01
- FAWCETT, John Allastair — director · British · appointed 2021-07-27
- ROPER, Matthew — director · South African · appointed 2023-07-31
- STARR, Charles — director · British · appointed 2016-09-22
- EATON, Tracy — secretary · British · appointed 2004-01-01 · resigned 2014-05-23
- MOSS, Sarah Louise — secretary · appointed 2015-04-17 · resigned 2025-07-31
- OTTEY, Terence Charles — secretary · appointed 2014-05-23 · resigned 2015-04-17
- THORNHILL, David John — secretary · British · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2003-06-01
- SMALL FIRMS SECRETARY SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2001-08-01 · resigned 2001-10-31
- BARTLEY, Paul Robert Matthew — director · British · appointed 2014-01-22 · resigned 2016-06-30
- BAZZARD, Luke Antony — director · British · appointed 2016-09-22 · resigned 2019-11-19
- BISHOP, Sharon Patricia — director · British · appointed 2008-08-06 · resigned 2009-02-01
- CHAN, Stan Choong Fai — director · British · appointed 2008-08-06 · resigned 2009-11-18
- CHATHA, Theovinder Singh — director · British · appointed 2018-11-15 · resigned 2019-02-27
- COLLINS, Martin James — director · English · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2013-11-01
- DAVIES, Neil Geoffrey — director · British · appointed 2014-01-22 · resigned 2023-07-31
- FAWCETT, John Allastair — director · British · appointed 2013-03-25 · resigned 2014-01-22
- GOSLING, Richard Neil — director · British · appointed 2008-08-05 · resigned 2024-12-18

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Close Brothers Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44dbc1cc-e8bf-4b9b-bede-994be0409e49) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-14

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04263175
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04263175

## 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 **CLOSE BROTHERS VEHICLE HIRE LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cee763c3-aea7-587c-a8f8-d15d07a3ce93 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **CLOSE BROTHERS VEHICLE HIRE LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cee763c3-aea7-587c-a8f8-d15d07a3ce93 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cee763c3-aea7-587c-a8f8-d15d07a3ce93._

_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"._