---
title: "UK DRIVES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d09f5ea2-e377-5a64-95e8-5c1fad27e86d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d09f5ea2-e377-5a64-95e8-5c1fad27e86d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01462616
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# UK DRIVES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01462616`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d09f5ea2-e377-5a64-95e8-5c1fad27e86d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d09f5ea2-e377-5a64-95e8-5c1fad27e86d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Leo Yu** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d93efeb6-15e8-5b3d-9eac-a95a95f64371
- **Mr Steven Westbrook** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93f9052b-fa97-5420-9e33-9d99af79e5e8
- **Mr Nigel John Palmer** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76829fb7-ab2d-50ca-ad71-4fecb98b778b
- **UK ELECTRIC LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06abf5bc-95b5-581d-9f27-48ad88bdbca7
- **UK ELECTRIC LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06abf5bc-95b5-581d-9f27-48ad88bdbca7
- **Mr Nigel John Palmer** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c0df1725-ddec-4fa4-a47b-f438080351cf
- **Mr Steven Westbrook** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3a139cf5-a2c0-4692-b3be-44afa6f4153f
- **Mr Leo Yu** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f4d2a072-b6d1-4700-b47f-c0136de6297f

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

1. **Mr Leo Yu** — beneficial owner → *UK DRIVES LIMITED*
1. **Mr Steven Westbrook** — beneficial owner → *UK DRIVES LIMITED*
1. **Mr Nigel John Palmer** — beneficial owner → *UK DRIVES LIMITED*
1. **UK ELECTRIC LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *UK DRIVES LIMITED*
1. **UK ELECTRIC LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *UK DRIVES LIMITED*
1. **Mr Nigel John Palmer** — beneficial owner → *UK DRIVES LIMITED*
1. **Mr Steven Westbrook** — beneficial owner → *UK DRIVES LIMITED*
1. **Mr Leo Yu** — beneficial owner → *UK DRIVES LIMITED*
2. **NEWBURY INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *UK ELECTRIC LIMITED*
2. **Mr Steven Westbrook** — beneficial owner → *UK ELECTRIC LIMITED*
2. **Mr Nigel John Palmer** — beneficial owner → *UK ELECTRIC LIMITED*
2. **Mr Lee Coffin** — beneficial owner → *UK ELECTRIC LIMITED*
2. **Mr Leo Yu** — beneficial owner → *UK ELECTRIC LIMITED*
2. **NEWBURY INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *UK ELECTRIC LIMITED*
2. **Mr Nigel John Palmer** — beneficial owner → *UK ELECTRIC LIMITED*
2. **Mr Lee Coffin** — beneficial owner → *UK ELECTRIC LIMITED*
2. **Mr Steven Westbrook** — beneficial owner → *UK ELECTRIC LIMITED*
2. **Mr Leo Yu** — beneficial owner → *UK ELECTRIC LIMITED*
3. **NEWBURY INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *NEWBURY INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED*
3. **NEWBURY INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *NEWBURY INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED*
4. **Mr William Sones Woof** — beneficial owner 100% → *NEWBURY INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*
4. **Ms Carol Colburn Grigor** — beneficial owner 50% → *NEWBURY INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*
4. **Mr Keith Whiting Colburn** — beneficial owner 50% → *NEWBURY INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*
4. **Mr William Sones Woof** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *NEWBURY INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*
4. **Mr Richard Whiting Colburn** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *NEWBURY INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*
4. **Mr Keith Whiting Colburn** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *NEWBURY INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*
4. **Ms Carol Colburn Grigor** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *NEWBURY INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `01462616`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1979-11-22
- **Registered office:** Votec House, Hambridge Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5TN
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- YU, Leo — secretary · appointed 2018-01-01
- WESTBROOK, Steven — director · British · appointed 2000-06-06
- YU, Leo — director · British · appointed 2018-01-01
- BARSON, Margaret Winifred Mary — secretary · British · resigned 1997-05-30
- JOHNSON, Richard Keith — secretary · British · appointed 1997-05-30 · resigned 2000-09-29
- WESTBROOK, Steven — secretary · British · appointed 2000-09-29 · resigned 2018-01-01
- BARSON, David Andrew — director · British · resigned 1997-05-30
- BARSON, Margaret Winifred Mary — director · British · resigned 1997-05-30
- EVANS, Raymond — director · British · appointed 1997-05-30 · resigned 2011-01-18
- JOHNSON, Richard Keith — director · British · appointed 1997-05-30 · resigned 1997-05-30
- MILLS, Michael Payton — director · British · appointed 1997-05-30 · resigned 2005-12-30
- PALMER, Nigel John — director · British · appointed 2005-12-30 · resigned 2018-01-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Leo Yu — significant influence or control · individual PSC — since 2018-01-01
- Mr Steven Westbrook — significant influence or control · individual PSC — since 2016-06-30
- [Uk Electric Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06abf5bc-95b5-581d-9f27-48ad88bdbca7) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-06-30
- Mr Nigel John Palmer — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2018-01-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01462616
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01462616

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **UK DRIVES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d09f5ea2-e377-5a64-95e8-5c1fad27e86d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d09f5ea2-e377-5a64-95e8-5c1fad27e86d._

_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"._