---
title: "AVEN TOOLS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9a75375-0b60-515c-8caa-c409ab460d68
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d9a75375-0b60-515c-8caa-c409ab460d68
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00989959
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AVEN TOOLS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00989959`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9a75375-0b60-515c-8caa-c409ab460d68  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d9a75375-0b60-515c-8caa-c409ab460d68  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Black & Decker** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/df5070c0-a87c-4d73-a952-89215e404a6e

### 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:** `00989959`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1970-09-23
- **Registered office:** C/O Stanley Black & Decker Hellaby Lane, Hellaby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8HN, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- COSTELLO, Steven John — secretary · appointed 2024-03-26
- COSTELLO, Steven John — director · British · appointed 2016-11-01
- SMILEY, Mark Richard — director · British · appointed 2015-01-08
- SOOD, Amit Kumar — director · British · appointed 2011-08-08
- COYNE, Julian — secretary · British · appointed 2001-06-25 · resigned 2002-10-02
- GASTON, Robert Derek Samuel — secretary · British · appointed 1993-06-11 · resigned 1993-07-01
- GREEN, Ronald David Pacey — secretary · British · appointed 1993-07-01 · resigned 1996-12-31
- HILL, Stephen Ronald — secretary · British · appointed 2000-05-02 · resigned 2000-12-21
- JUDD, Norman Russell — secretary · British · appointed 1999-10-31 · resigned 2000-05-02
- STEVENS, Matthew — secretary · British · appointed 2000-12-21 · resigned 2001-06-25
- WARD, Peter Colin — secretary · British · resigned 1993-06-11
- WATSON, Clive Graeme — secretary · British · appointed 1997-05-01 · resigned 1999-10-31
- WHICHELOW, Roger Alfred — secretary · British · appointed 1996-12-31 · resigned 1997-04-30
- [MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/33abcd05-327c-4c2a-91ed-347372e3d8df) — corporate secretary · appointed 2002-10-02 · resigned 2024-03-26
- ALLAN, Michael J — director · American · appointed 2011-07-12 · resigned 2011-08-05
- ALLAN, Michael J — director · American · appointed 2004-12-31 · resigned 2011-07-12
- BOELEN, Sebastianus Antonius Theodorus — director · Dutch · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2006-11-07
- BONNEY, Mark Joseph, Managing Director — director · British · resigned 1993-01-08
- COGZELL, Matthew James — director · British · appointed 2011-08-31 · resigned 2012-06-01
- COWLEY, John Mitchell — director · British · appointed 2011-08-31 · resigned 2015-01-08

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Black & Decker](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/df5070c0-a87c-4d73-a952-89215e404a6e) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00989959
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00989959

## 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 **AVEN TOOLS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9a75375-0b60-515c-8caa-c409ab460d68 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AVEN TOOLS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9a75375-0b60-515c-8caa-c409ab460d68 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d9a75375-0b60-515c-8caa-c409ab460d68._

_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"._