---
title: "HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc39608c-5dac-50d0-99df-7ea02bc56067
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dc39608c-5dac-50d0-99df-7ea02bc56067
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02045934
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02045934`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc39608c-5dac-50d0-99df-7ea02bc56067  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dc39608c-5dac-50d0-99df-7ea02bc56067  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:2138005MBPD189RF9P42` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/03092578-5451-5417-84bf-345972e6f571

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd95c29c-e190-5278-b00a-8d9229d9a168

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

1. **LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC** — ultimate parent → *HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED*
1. **LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC** — parent → *HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED*
1. **HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED*
2. **LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC** — ultimate parent → *HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED*
2. **LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC** — parent → *HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED*
2. **HBOS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED*
2. **Hbos Financial Services Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED*
3. **SCOTTISH WIDOWS FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDINGS** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *HBOS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED*
3. **LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC** — ultimate parent → *HBOS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED*
3. **LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC** — parent → *HBOS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED*
4. **LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC** — ultimate parent → *SCOTTISH WIDOWS FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDINGS*
4. **LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC** — parent → *SCOTTISH WIDOWS FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDINGS*
4. **SCOTTISH WIDOWS GROUP LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *SCOTTISH WIDOWS FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDINGS*
5. **LLOYDS BANK PLC** — beneficial owner 100% → *SCOTTISH WIDOWS GROUP LIMITED*
5. **LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *SCOTTISH WIDOWS GROUP LIMITED*
5. **LLOYDS BANK PLC** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *SCOTTISH WIDOWS GROUP LIMITED*
5. **LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC** — ultimate parent → *SCOTTISH WIDOWS GROUP LIMITED*
5. **LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC** — parent → *SCOTTISH WIDOWS GROUP LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02045934`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1986-08-12
- **Registered office:** Trinity Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 2RG
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- LLOYDS SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2007-12-28
- BEZUIDENHOUT, Jacques Lodewickus — director · British · appointed 2024-11-28
- MESSENGER, Rachel Anne — director · British · appointed 2024-11-28
- BUTLER, John Michael — secretary · British · appointed 2003-03-01 · resigned 2007-12-28
- COCKROFT, Charles Stephen — secretary · British · resigned 1994-09-30
- MCPHERSON, Donald James — secretary · British · appointed 2000-10-27 · resigned 2001-11-16
- MCPHERSON, Donald James — secretary · British · appointed 1994-10-01 · resigned 1995-09-05
- MOORHOUSE, Robert Keith — secretary · British · appointed 2001-11-16 · resigned 2003-03-01
- WAITE, Simon Nicholas — secretary · British · appointed 1995-09-05 · resigned 2000-10-27
- ABERCROMBY, Keith William — director · British · appointed 2000-08-21 · resigned 2005-10-17
- BEADLE, William Anthony — director · British · appointed 2005-10-17 · resigned 2006-10-05
- BEADLE, William Anthony — director · British · appointed 1994-07-01 · resigned 2002-02-06
- BHUTTA, Mohammed Bilal — director · British · appointed 2022-12-31 · resigned 2024-11-28
- BIRRELL, James Drake — director · British · resigned 1993-08-17
- BLACK, James Masson — director · British · appointed 2014-01-27 · resigned 2016-06-29
- BLACKBURN, Jeffrey Michael — director · British · appointed 1993-07-21 · resigned 1994-07-01
- CLATWORTHY, James Edward — director · British · appointed 2011-01-01 · resigned 2016-02-29
- COLSELL, Steven James — director · British · appointed 2006-10-05 · resigned 2009-06-30
- CORNWALL JONES, Mark Ralph — director · British · resigned 1994-06-08
- CROSBY, James Robert — director · British · appointed 1994-02-28 · resigned 1998-12-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Halifax Financial Services (Holdings) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6edb00dc-f32d-4184-a3b9-131caa4429c0) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02045934
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02045934

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HALIFAX FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc39608c-5dac-50d0-99df-7ea02bc56067 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dc39608c-5dac-50d0-99df-7ea02bc56067._

_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"._