---
title: "GEL-CHEM LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/da8f80a4-30a4-50cc-bc10-9eba860ddb1e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/da8f80a4-30a4-50cc-bc10-9eba860ddb1e
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02617782
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GEL-CHEM LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02617782`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/da8f80a4-30a4-50cc-bc10-9eba860ddb1e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/da8f80a4-30a4-50cc-bc10-9eba860ddb1e  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Mordechai Kessler** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f82cedc-bc92-56aa-8e43-87d4e9487336
- **SURFACHEM GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/139291b4-ad82-5f12-95f1-924d09ee53e2
- **SURFACHEM GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/139291b4-ad82-5f12-95f1-924d09ee53e2
- **Mr Mordechai Kessler** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a1276035-283b-41f3-b205-479e57168ba0

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

A **13-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:** `02617782`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1991-06-06
- **Registered office:** 2m House Sutton Quays Business Park, Clifton Road, Sutton Weaver, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 3EH, England
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- THOMSON, Richard Stewart — secretary · appointed 2025-07-31
- KESSLER, Mordechai — director · British · appointed 2007-07-26
- SMITH, Richard John Alan — director · British · appointed 2026-02-05
- THOMSON, Richard Stewart — director · British · appointed 2025-07-31
- BOYLE, Colin — secretary · appointed 2019-05-23 · resigned 2023-01-01
- BREWIN, Gareth — secretary · appointed 2018-08-24 · resigned 2019-05-23
- BRIGGS, Michelle Jayne — secretary · British · appointed 1996-12-16 · resigned 2012-02-08
- EDWARDS, Simon Andrew — secretary · appointed 2012-02-09 · resigned 2018-08-24
- LEVINE, Peter Michael — nominee secretary · British · appointed 1991-10-01 · resigned 1996-12-10
- O'MALLEY, Anita — secretary · appointed 2023-10-01 · resigned 2025-04-18
- FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1991-06-06 · resigned 1991-10-01
- ALEXANDER, Utrick Ashley — director · British · appointed 1991-10-01 · resigned 2007-07-26
- HODGETTS, Phillip James — director · British · appointed 1991-10-01 · resigned 1996-12-16
- MINISTER, Peter Eugene — director · British · appointed 1991-10-01 · resigned 1994-05-09
- THOMAS, Ieuan Jenkin — director · British · appointed 2007-07-26 · resigned 2012-02-22
- FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1991-06-06 · resigned 1991-10-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Surfachem Group Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/139291b4-ad82-5f12-95f1-924d09ee53e2) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Mordechai Kessler — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02617782
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02617782

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GEL-CHEM LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/da8f80a4-30a4-50cc-bc10-9eba860ddb1e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/da8f80a4-30a4-50cc-bc10-9eba860ddb1e._

_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"._