---
title: "DIRECT RESEARCH COMPANY LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2fd3c38-3cee-59da-bdf0-cb7ac5c9b0b2
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e2fd3c38-3cee-59da-bdf0-cb7ac5c9b0b2
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08627667
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DIRECT RESEARCH COMPANY LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08627667`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2fd3c38-3cee-59da-bdf0-cb7ac5c9b0b2  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e2fd3c38-3cee-59da-bdf0-cb7ac5c9b0b2  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **MARKET LOCATION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a060d3e9-70cb-5f2a-a14f-c04ffaea525d

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

A **8-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:** `08627667`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2013-07-29
- **Registered office:** 62 Anchorage Road 118 Data Research Ltd, Anchorage Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2PG, England
- **SIC:** 74909, 99999

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---:|
| Shareholder funds | £2 |
| Employees | 0 |

_Latest filed period. Full 2-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- HOLMES, Sarah Ann — director · British · appointed 2026-06-01
- SPINKS, Paul James — secretary · appointed 2013-07-29 · resigned 2024-03-05
- BRADSHAW, Patrick Julian — director · British · appointed 2013-07-29 · resigned 2019-05-12
- PRESTON, Kelly — director · British · appointed 2024-03-05 · resigned 2026-07-08
- SAHGAL, Gautam Giorgio — director · Italian · appointed 2013-11-07 · resigned 2015-06-25
- SPINKS, Paul James — director · British · appointed 2013-07-29 · resigned 2024-03-05
- WEATHERSTONE, Andrew Paul — director · British · appointed 2021-09-30 · resigned 2025-11-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Market Location Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a060d3e9-70cb-5f2a-a14f-c04ffaea525d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-07-07

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08627667
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08627667
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08627667/filing-history

## 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 **DIRECT RESEARCH COMPANY LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2fd3c38-3cee-59da-bdf0-cb7ac5c9b0b2 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DIRECT RESEARCH COMPANY LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2fd3c38-3cee-59da-bdf0-cb7ac5c9b0b2 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e2fd3c38-3cee-59da-bdf0-cb7ac5c9b0b2._

_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"._