---
title: "DS SMITH BASALT LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e600994c-cd15-49e5-b9ed-16bd2d1f91eb
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e600994c-cd15-49e5-b9ed-16bd2d1f91eb
identifier: gb-coh:16582657
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DS SMITH BASALT LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `gb-coh:16582657`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e600994c-cd15-49e5-b9ed-16bd2d1f91eb  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e600994c-cd15-49e5-b9ed-16bd2d1f91eb  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Ds Smith Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27e0ce74-d5b4-4b89-9dc0-f175c312b35c

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

A **1-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:** `16582657`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2025-07-15
- **Registered office:** Level 3 1 Paddington Square, London, W2 1DL, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- MEADS, Louise Rachel — secretary · appointed 2026-07-01
- BONNOT, Vincent Pierre Andre Marie Joseph — director · French · appointed 2025-07-15
- HIEATT, Steven Wayne — director · American · appointed 2025-07-15
- LLOYD, James William — secretary · appointed 2026-02-13 · resigned 2026-07-01
- OLUYINKA, Kafayat Bisola — secretary · appointed 2025-07-15 · resigned 2026-02-13
- HICKS, William Beverley — director · British · appointed 2025-07-15 · resigned 2025-07-15

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Ds Smith Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27e0ce74-d5b4-4b89-9dc0-f175c312b35c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2025-07-15

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16582657

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DS SMITH BASALT LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e600994c-cd15-49e5-b9ed-16bd2d1f91eb · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e600994c-cd15-49e5-b9ed-16bd2d1f91eb._

_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"._