---
title: "VOSPER THORNYCROFT (UK) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e782ebac-c1f1-59f3-82af-d258bba14a71
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e782ebac-c1f1-59f3-82af-d258bba14a71
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00070274
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# VOSPER THORNYCROFT (UK) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00070274`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e782ebac-c1f1-59f3-82af-d258bba14a71  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e782ebac-c1f1-59f3-82af-d258bba14a71  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Vosper Thornycroft (Uk) Limited** — source · `gb-coh:70274` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5682e2c0-f6c0-4591-88c9-583b8f04b2b0
- **VOSPER THORNYCROFT (UK) LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800W5454D8XRJ8J78` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/70efbaa3-61a6-51ec-83db-3cbb98333e6e

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Babcock Defence Systems Limited** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a81d494f-426c-44fd-966d-ce7509513ef3
- **Babcock Southern Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87d1cfae-320e-44fb-ab51-56ee5dc9029e
- **Babcock Southern Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87d1cfae-320e-44fb-ab51-56ee5dc9029e

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **BABCOCK CRITICAL ASSETS HOLDINGS LLP** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8a4c1e01-3093-5f91-afb2-fade2ec76f93
- **BABCOCK DEFENCE & SECURITY HOLDINGS LLP** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9177472a-3692-5674-b2db-a6eedefa19c9
- **BABCOCK CRITICAL ASSETS HOLDINGS LLP** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8a4c1e01-3093-5f91-afb2-fade2ec76f93
- **BABCOCK DEFENCE & SECURITY HOLDINGS LLP** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9177472a-3692-5674-b2db-a6eedefa19c9

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

A **17-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:** `00070274`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1901-05-22
- **Registered office:** 33 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 1QX
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- BABCOCK CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2013-02-25
- ABBOTT, Matthew Thomas — director · British · appointed 2024-10-15
- BORRETT, Nicholas James William — director · British · appointed 2018-01-18
- CLARK, Robert Neil George — director · British · appointed 2022-10-20
- BORRETT, Nicholas James William — secretary · appointed 2012-07-27 · resigned 2013-02-25
- DAWES, Peter Graham — secretary · British · appointed 1996-02-01 · resigned 2005-05-03
- JOWETT, Matthew Paul — secretary · British · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2010-07-09
- SHEARS, Stewart David — secretary · British · resigned 1996-02-01
- TELLER, Valerie Francine Anne — secretary · appointed 2010-07-09 · resigned 2012-07-27
- BENTLEY, Christopher John — director · British · appointed 1997-04-01 · resigned 1997-11-13
- BUNNEY, Andrew — director · British · appointed 2000-01-10 · resigned 2004-02-27
- CAMERON, George Winston — director · British · resigned 2004-01-23
- CUNDY, Christopher John — director · British · appointed 1998-11-27 · resigned 2010-07-09
- DOHERTY, Shaun, Dr — director · British · appointed 2022-05-31 · resigned 2024-09-30
- GIRLING, Christopher Francis Gregory — director · British · resigned 1999-11-01
- HARRISON, Philip James — director · British · appointed 2007-12-13 · resigned 2010-07-09
- JAY, Martin — director · British · resigned 2002-09-05
- LESTER, Paul John — director · British · appointed 2002-09-23 · resigned 2010-07-09
- MADDEN, Terence John — director · British · appointed 1997-09-18 · resigned 2004-07-30
- MARTINELLI, Franco — director · British · appointed 2010-07-09 · resigned 2020-11-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Babcock Defence Systems Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a81d494f-426c-44fd-966d-ce7509513ef3) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- [Babcock Southern Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87d1cfae-320e-44fb-ab51-56ee5dc9029e) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00070274
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00070274

## 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 **VOSPER THORNYCROFT (UK) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e782ebac-c1f1-59f3-82af-d258bba14a71 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **VOSPER THORNYCROFT (UK) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e782ebac-c1f1-59f3-82af-d258bba14a71 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e782ebac-c1f1-59f3-82af-d258bba14a71._

_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"._