---
title: "NWS TRUST LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db9bbd30-b015-55ca-8047-fa24ce0bbd04
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/db9bbd30-b015-55ca-8047-fa24ce0bbd04
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC023944
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# NWS TRUST LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC023944`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db9bbd30-b015-55ca-8047-fa24ce0bbd04  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/db9bbd30-b015-55ca-8047-fa24ce0bbd04  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **NWS TRUST LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800UD7PJH2KPE6236` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d21e6fd7-fb37-539b-babb-8c2a2ae6571b

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e25a8e35-18f2-5390-9a4b-5bbcc051e403

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

A **6-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:** `SC023944`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1946-03-25
- **Registered office:** The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ
- **SIC:** 64921

### Officers

- HENNESSEY, David Dermot — secretary · appointed 2026-03-09
- HYNE, Paul Lawrence — director · British · appointed 2023-04-06
- SMITH, Timothy Robin — director · British · appointed 2016-08-05
- BEATTIE, Ryan — secretary · appointed 2024-07-31 · resigned 2026-03-09
- GITTINS, Paul — secretary · appointed 2016-08-10 · resigned 2024-07-31
- GITTINS, Paul — secretary · British · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2016-08-05
- HENNESSEY, David Dermot — secretary · appointed 2016-08-05 · resigned 2016-08-10
- LAKIN, Helen Mary — secretary · British · appointed 2000-06-01 · resigned 2001-08-10
- NIXON, Raymond — secretary · British · resigned 2000-05-31
- ADAMS, Christopher Michael — director · British · appointed 2015-04-09 · resigned 2024-01-04
- BALLINGALL, Stuart James — director · British · appointed 2008-04-14 · resigned 2009-06-30
- BARCLAY, William Gordon — director · British · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2002-12-31
- BLACKWELL, Timothy Mark — director · British · appointed 2009-06-30 · resigned 2011-06-17
- BROWN, Ian Mcfarlane — director · British · appointed 1995-02-13 · resigned 1999-07-30
- BROWN, John Sydney — director · British · resigned 1996-05-28
- BUSH, Claude Harry — director · British · resigned 1994-03-31
- CHESSMAN, Steven David Russell — director · British · appointed 2010-08-27 · resigned 2011-02-28
- CHRISTIE, Alan Rodger — director · British · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2005-01-05
- COTTLE, Peter Malcolm — director · British · appointed 2008-04-14 · resigned 2009-06-30
- EDWARDS, Jayson — director · British · appointed 2013-05-01 · resigned 2014-01-22

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Bank Of Scotland Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e25a8e35-18f2-5390-9a4b-5bbcc051e403) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC023944
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC023944

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NWS TRUST LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db9bbd30-b015-55ca-8047-fa24ce0bbd04 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/db9bbd30-b015-55ca-8047-fa24ce0bbd04._

_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"._