---
title: "Vernalis Plc — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e12d572e-1adf-4e97-8fcb-e57936f13184
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e12d572e-1adf-4e97-8fcb-e57936f13184
identifier: gb-coh:2304992
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# Vernalis Plc

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `gb-coh:2304992`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e12d572e-1adf-4e97-8fcb-e57936f13184  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e12d572e-1adf-4e97-8fcb-e57936f13184  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **LIGAND UK LIMITED** — companies_house_bulk · `oo:GB-COH-02304992` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/68250db5-1126-5ab3-9edc-26c9d9463440
- **VERNALIS PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:2138004C6IRJ5KXAHX81` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aad377ad-ba09-5ec0-8ced-0c3d144577b4

## Ownership & control

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **VERNALIS (R&D) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d95b86fb-b5c9-50ac-9d0d-9f621bc92cec

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

A **10-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 — a LINKED record, not this entity's own)

> **Provenance:** no Companies House register entry in our corpus is filed against Vernalis Plc. The fields below belong to **LIGAND UK LIMITED** (`02304992`) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/68250db5-1126-5ab3-9edc-26c9d9463440, a separate register record resolved to the same company. Do not attribute this registered office, status or incorporation date to Vernalis Plc.

- **Company number:** `02304992`
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 1988-10-13
- **Registered office:** SUITE 1, 7TH FLOOR, 50 BROADWAY, LONDON, SW1H 0DB
- **SIC:** 70100 - Activities of head offices

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **Vernalis Plc**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e12d572e-1adf-4e97-8fcb-e57936f13184 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e12d572e-1adf-4e97-8fcb-e57936f13184._

_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"._