---
title: "RWS NOMINEES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dfb9a634-bec8-5762-bee9-18253b0ed66d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dfb9a634-bec8-5762-bee9-18253b0ed66d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-12859832
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# RWS NOMINEES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-12859832`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dfb9a634-bec8-5762-bee9-18253b0ed66d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dfb9a634-bec8-5762-bee9-18253b0ed66d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Richard William Smedley** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2fceea2d-b828-5a6b-b480-d6e5265306b2
- **Mr Richard William Smedley** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a117c3ec-c8ef-4897-9e9b-43363163556b

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **DEFI TM LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/58f2c2a8-9b9f-5c3c-898a-d3900ce18319
- **APEX TIMBER ENGINEERING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e5bc7f04-4fad-53cf-983c-f501578ac039

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

A **2-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:** `12859832`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2020-09-04
- **Registered office:** Richmond House, Lawnswood Business Park, Redvers Close, Leeds, LS16 6QY, England
- **SIC:** 70229

### Officers

- SMEDLEY, Richard William — director · British · appointed 2020-09-04

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Richard William Smedley — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2020-09-04

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12859832
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12859832

## 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 **RWS NOMINEES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dfb9a634-bec8-5762-bee9-18253b0ed66d · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **RWS NOMINEES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dfb9a634-bec8-5762-bee9-18253b0ed66d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dfb9a634-bec8-5762-bee9-18253b0ed66d._

_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"._