---
title: "DATUM BIDCO LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf8ffa82-e771-50f4-ac8d-826877c46494
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cf8ffa82-e771-50f4-ac8d-826877c46494
identifier: oo:GB-COH-13549619
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DATUM BIDCO LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-13549619`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf8ffa82-e771-50f4-ac8d-826877c46494  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cf8ffa82-e771-50f4-ac8d-826877c46494  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **DATUM BIDCO LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:2138008CDCLJPYTL2336` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2d72a117-f12a-5fc1-9ef0-bcb7ada44372

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **FRANKLIN TOPCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/042bdbee-2091-59eb-a005-bd14ef70977d
- **FRANKLIN TOPCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/042bdbee-2091-59eb-a005-bd14ef70977d

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **DATUM TOPCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ebae87f-d9e1-5744-8c21-2c360d5390e7
- **LOXWORTH INVESTMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/84d7b31e-4194-5d67-8d0a-5dd945d18970
- **LOXWORTH INVESTMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/84d7b31e-4194-5d67-8d0a-5dd945d18970
- **DATUM TOPCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ebae87f-d9e1-5744-8c21-2c360d5390e7

### 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:** `13549619`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2021-08-05
- **Registered office:** Datum Datacentres Ltd Cody Technology Park, Old Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX, England
- **SIC:** 63110

### Officers

- HOWARD, Paul Derek, Dr — secretary · appointed 2022-04-05
- BERTINI, Edoardo Maria — director · Italian · appointed 2024-10-15
- CONTAT DESFONTAINES, Thibault — director · British · appointed 2022-12-01
- LIDDELL, Stephen Charles — director · British · appointed 2022-04-05
- MORRIS, Paul — director · British · appointed 2022-04-05
- PHILLIPS, Dominic — director · British · appointed 2022-04-05
- RICHARDS, Mark Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2022-04-05
- CSEH, Arpad — director · Hungarian,British · appointed 2021-08-05 · resigned 2022-04-05
- LIU, Kailong Alexander — director · German · appointed 2021-08-05 · resigned 2022-12-01
- MORRIS, Andrew Montague — director · British,South African · appointed 2022-12-01 · resigned 2024-10-15

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Franklin Topco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/042bdbee-2091-59eb-a005-bd14ef70977d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2021-08-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13549619
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13549619

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DATUM BIDCO LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf8ffa82-e771-50f4-ac8d-826877c46494 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cf8ffa82-e771-50f4-ac8d-826877c46494._

_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"._