---
title: "JOHN CRANE INVESTMENTS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9d2d3ce-eb16-525a-980e-b2a04cf6af13
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d9d2d3ce-eb16-525a-980e-b2a04cf6af13
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02147897
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# JOHN CRANE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02147897`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9d2d3ce-eb16-525a-980e-b2a04cf6af13  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d9d2d3ce-eb16-525a-980e-b2a04cf6af13  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **JOHN CRANE GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5eee2dad-40a0-52c3-8f72-8d0b6e64218e
- **JOHN CRANE GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5eee2dad-40a0-52c3-8f72-8d0b6e64218e
- **SMITHS GROUP PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6c7e2a80-35eb-519d-9e3e-95353839cfee

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **JOHN CRANE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8de8596e-63fe-5a0d-b03a-2df84efbecbe
- **JOHN CRANE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8de8596e-63fe-5a0d-b03a-2df84efbecbe

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

A **9-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:** `02147897`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1987-07-16
- **Registered office:** Buckingham House 361-366 Buckingham Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4LU
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- HUGHES, Christopher David — secretary · British · appointed 2008-11-28
- HUGHES, Christopher David — director · British · appointed 2017-03-31
- POWELL, Adam David — director · British · appointed 2012-02-17
- GILLESPIE, Fiona Margaret — secretary · Other · appointed 2007-07-31 · resigned 2008-11-28
- PENN, David Alfred — secretary · British · resigned 2007-07-31
- DONATIELLO, John Frank — director · American · appointed 2018-01-05 · resigned 2020-07-31
- EDWARDS, John Ralph — director · British · appointed 1999-11-22 · resigned 2002-05-10
- LILLYCROP, David Peter — director · American · resigned 1999-11-22
- LONG, John George — director · British · appointed 2020-10-21 · resigned 2022-09-16
- NORRIS, Guy Mervyn — director · British · appointed 1999-11-22 · resigned 2007-07-31
- O'BRIEN, Susan Lynn — director · British · appointed 2007-07-31 · resigned 2008-07-31
- PADDISON, Richard John — director · British · appointed 2008-11-28 · resigned 2017-03-31
- PENN, David Alfred — director · British · appointed 2005-01-21 · resigned 2008-11-28
- SAUNDERS, Denis — director · British · resigned 1997-10-31
- SHARMAN, Robert John — director · British · appointed 2022-09-19 · resigned 2025-03-13
- TALLENTIRE, David Hugh — director · British · appointed 2017-03-31 · resigned 2018-01-05
- TEMPLETON, Kenneth Nelson — director · British · resigned 1999-11-22
- WALKER, Denis — director · British · resigned 1993-08-15
- WHITING, David Michael — director · British · appointed 2008-11-28 · resigned 2012-02-17

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [John Crane Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5eee2dad-40a0-52c3-8f72-8d0b6e64218e) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- [Smiths Group Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6c7e2a80-35eb-519d-9e3e-95353839cfee) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2016-08-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02147897

## 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 **JOHN CRANE INVESTMENTS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9d2d3ce-eb16-525a-980e-b2a04cf6af13 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **JOHN CRANE INVESTMENTS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9d2d3ce-eb16-525a-980e-b2a04cf6af13 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d9d2d3ce-eb16-525a-980e-b2a04cf6af13._

_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"._