---
title: "GEOFFREY BATES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e0d0152a-e531-5bde-9be7-605d1abdb08a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e0d0152a-e531-5bde-9be7-605d1abdb08a
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00480468
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GEOFFREY BATES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00480468`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e0d0152a-e531-5bde-9be7-605d1abdb08a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e0d0152a-e531-5bde-9be7-605d1abdb08a  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Nicholas Bates** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a0522bf6-e9b8-52ef-8b9d-74378d3a7a15
- **Mr John Nicholas Bates** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5cc2f4b7-fcbd-40ec-96ae-8bd85ba4246d

### 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 (UK Companies House — WhiteIntel corpus snapshot, not a live lookup)

- **Company number:** `00480468`
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 1950-04-01
- **Registered office:** FORSHAM FARM FORSHAM LANE, SUTTON VALENCE, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME17 3EW
- **SIC:** 01110 - Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds, 01420 - Raising of other cattle and buffaloes

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00480468
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00480468

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GEOFFREY BATES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e0d0152a-e531-5bde-9be7-605d1abdb08a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e0d0152a-e531-5bde-9be7-605d1abdb08a._

_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"._