---
title: "BASED GROUP LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d31ca776-031e-5e90-93f4-049cb01090ac
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d31ca776-031e-5e90-93f4-049cb01090ac
identifier: oo:GB-COH-15051059
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BASED GROUP LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-15051059`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d31ca776-031e-5e90-93f4-049cb01090ac  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d31ca776-031e-5e90-93f4-049cb01090ac  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Ross Francis** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/71b92fef-435b-510d-80be-c7e28e2f9208
- **Mr Joseph John Hutchings** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c59c0c26-ee25-5a31-bdda-ca53785a1df0
- **Mr Joseph John Hutchings** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/040ac115-9a4b-4fed-9677-1a929dfea8c9
- **Mr Ross Francis** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c1ca960d-36fa-432a-b1e3-2a2a42d5fd8b

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

A **4-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:** `15051059`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2023-08-04
- **Registered office:** 41 Grove Road, Leeds, LS15 0LH, England
- **SIC:** 47750

### Officers

- FRANCIS, Ross — director · British · appointed 2023-08-04
- HUTCHINGS, Joseph John — director · British · appointed 2023-08-04

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Ross Francis — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2023-08-04
- Mr Joseph John Hutchings — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2023-08-04

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15051059
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15051059

## 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 **BASED GROUP LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d31ca776-031e-5e90-93f4-049cb01090ac · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BASED GROUP LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d31ca776-031e-5e90-93f4-049cb01090ac · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d31ca776-031e-5e90-93f4-049cb01090ac._

_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"._