--- title: "COOKE OPTICS GROUP LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8b49701-5bb1-5137-8fdf-486453f65e13 json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d8b49701-5bb1-5137-8fdf-486453f65e13 identifier: oo:GB-COH-09460256 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # COOKE OPTICS GROUP LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-09460256` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8b49701-5bb1-5137-8fdf-486453f65e13 **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d8b49701-5bb1-5137-8fdf-486453f65e13 ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **Mr Lester Richard Zellan** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/65cb70db-2f8b-5f72-bec0-4426db7690af - **Mr Guy Noel Genin** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/649f51e2-bcf4-56cf-b291-572945e1285c - **CHAPLIN BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aa28a118-56e3-5bea-9426-c2640084e4b6 - **Mr Lester Richard Zellan** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5da5fa33-88f8-44c9-b604-e5a2f93c949d - **Mr Guy Noel Genin** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/598a7aa9-7aa8-4daa-9377-42ccfbb82952 - **CHAPLIN BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aa28a118-56e3-5bea-9426-c2640084e4b6 - **GROWTH CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d472a362-9a98-55ca-adfb-211f9e3c64be - **Growth Capital Partners Gp Limited** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/95ad17ec-f2a4-4031-9119-d674a5d6ce59 ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **COOKE OPTICS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/97e39883-7250-52b0-bf17-75e6e587f1d8 - **COOKE OPTICS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3eb5f06-d9e9-55b4-b6ed-57778f954cd3 - **COOKE OPTICS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/97e39883-7250-52b0-bf17-75e6e587f1d8 - **COOKE OPTICS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3eb5f06-d9e9-55b4-b6ed-57778f954cd3 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **23-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:** `09460256` - **Status:** dissolved - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 2015-02-26 - **Registered office:** 1 Cooke Close, Thurmaston, Leicester, LE4 8PT, England - **SIC:** 26702 ### Officers - CREBBIN, Simon Richard Lawrence — director · British · appointed 2023-10-30 - HOWARD, Robert — secretary · appointed 2015-08-11 · resigned 2020-10-28 - OATLEY, Dawn Melanie — secretary · appointed 2020-10-16 · resigned 2021-05-18 - SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2015-02-26 · resigned 2015-08-11 - CROSSLEY, Peter Mortimer — director · British · appointed 2015-02-26 · resigned 2015-08-11 - CURRAN, Garrett John — director · British · appointed 2015-09-01 · resigned 2018-07-13 - HOWARD, Robert Damian — director · British · appointed 2015-08-11 · resigned 2020-10-28 - KEANE, Adrian Spencer — director · British · appointed 2021-05-18 · resigned 2023-10-30 - OATLEY, Dawn Melanie — director · British · appointed 2020-10-16 · resigned 2021-05-18 - PUGH, Richard Timothy — director · British · appointed 2020-10-16 · resigned 2025-02-12 - ZELLAN, Lester Richard — director · American · appointed 2015-08-11 · resigned 2020-10-31 - [SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS DIRECTORS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/79670d13-6366-4e8a-af23-fea928061409) — corporate director · appointed 2015-02-26 · resigned 2015-08-11 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Chaplin Bidco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aa28a118-56e3-5bea-9426-c2640084e4b6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2018-07-12 - [Growth Capital Partners Gp Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/95ad17ec-f2a4-4031-9119-d674a5d6ce59) — 50–75% votes · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2018-07-13 - [Growth Capital Partners Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d472a362-9a98-55ca-adfb-211f9e3c64be) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2018-07-13 - Mr Lester Richard Zellan — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-07-13 - Mr Guy Noel Genin — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-07-13 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09460256 ## 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 **COOKE OPTICS GROUP LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8b49701-5bb1-5137-8fdf-486453f65e13 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **COOKE OPTICS GROUP LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d8b49701-5bb1-5137-8fdf-486453f65e13 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d8b49701-5bb1-5137-8fdf-486453f65e13._ _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"._