---
title: "DOUGLAS ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/de70cfdd-8f88-5132-bb5e-5328ca4f6cf1
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/de70cfdd-8f88-5132-bb5e-5328ca4f6cf1
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00407703
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DOUGLAS ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00407703`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/de70cfdd-8f88-5132-bb5e-5328ca4f6cf1  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/de70cfdd-8f88-5132-bb5e-5328ca4f6cf1  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Andrew Dereck Crate** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d457d26d-5dab-4ea3-8bdd-2f212556317a
- **Mr Peter Bailey** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3787cd48-e1a4-4440-80e3-dfa876961a23
- **Miss Catherine Gemma Merriman** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b9b6b86e-bb24-455b-a082-51c26b9b0aba
- **FORRESTER BOYD TRUSTEES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8abc9f2b-aefb-5d40-8346-c59a83398a91
- **Mr Michael Searle** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7c166c79-bf9f-40fa-91a7-77190a24859d
- **Estate Of Matthew Chapman** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f1bceba9-5206-4cea-ac7a-4437d673e08d

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **TITAN METAL FABRICATIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2390e8b4-9cea-5ab8-902b-ae227b7d86be
- **TITAN METAL FABRICATIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2390e8b4-9cea-5ab8-902b-ae227b7d86be

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

A **12-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:** `00407703`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1946-04-04
- **Registered office:** Unit 12 Thames Street, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 7AD, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 26110

### Officers

- BAILEY, Peter — director · British · appointed 2015-07-17
- CRATE, Andrew Dereck — director · British · appointed 2012-07-20
- MERRIMAN, Catherine Gemma — director · British · appointed 2022-02-24
- BULLOCK, Eileen Nellie — secretary · British · resigned 2010-02-28
- CHAPMAN, Douglas — director · British · resigned 2002-11-28
- CHAPMAN, Edna May — director · British · resigned 2004-06-30
- CHAPMAN, Matthew — director · British · appointed 2002-12-10 · resigned 2015-06-06
- CRAWFORD, Shirley Joyce — director · British · resigned 1997-04-08
- HUGHES, Janet — director · British · appointed 2004-07-07 · resigned 2021-05-13

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Forrester Boyd Trustees Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8abc9f2b-aefb-5d40-8346-c59a83398a91) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2024-11-11
- Mr Michael Searle — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2024-11-11
- Miss Catherine Gemma Merriman — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2022-02-24
- Mr Peter Bailey — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2022-02-24
- Mr Andrew Dereck Crate — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2022-02-24
- Estate Of Matthew Chapman — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2024-11-11

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00407703
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00407703

## 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 **DOUGLAS ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/de70cfdd-8f88-5132-bb5e-5328ca4f6cf1 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DOUGLAS ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/de70cfdd-8f88-5132-bb5e-5328ca4f6cf1 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/de70cfdd-8f88-5132-bb5e-5328ca4f6cf1._

_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"._