---
title: "Houston ( Holdings ) Limited — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7cf483e-6188-4035-bd40-3c779b7b2d71
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e7cf483e-6188-4035-bd40-3c779b7b2d71
identifier: gb-coh:SC160042
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# Houston ( Holdings ) Limited

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `gb-coh:SC160042`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7cf483e-6188-4035-bd40-3c779b7b2d71  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e7cf483e-6188-4035-bd40-3c779b7b2d71  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **DORALTA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/20e178e0-3afd-5f7d-b580-a2660a841942
- **Mr Alan Hardie** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1a9e1797-2d05-4e8f-9425-7e781a61eb9d
- **Mr John Denholm Appleton** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cfa20d45-aa63-4dd8-9c92-cb4a941047ac

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **PATERSON ARRAN LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dbd23d3f-3b2b-5629-8e1d-3fee66f26c43

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

A **11-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:** `SC160042`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1995-08-29
- **Registered office:** C/O French Duncan Llp, 56 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AY
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- APPLETON, John Denholm — secretary · British · appointed 1996-09-25
- APPLETON, John Denholm — director · British · appointed 1995-11-16
- HARDIE, Alan — director · British · appointed 1995-11-16
- COMLAW SECRETARY LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1995-08-29 · resigned 1996-09-24
- COMLAW DIRECTOR LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1995-08-29 · resigned 1995-11-16

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Alan Hardie — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06
- Mr John Denholm Appleton — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06
- [Doralta Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/20e178e0-3afd-5f7d-b580-a2660a841942) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## 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 **Houston ( Holdings ) Limited** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7cf483e-6188-4035-bd40-3c779b7b2d71 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **Houston ( Holdings ) Limited**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7cf483e-6188-4035-bd40-3c779b7b2d71 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e7cf483e-6188-4035-bd40-3c779b7b2d71._

_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"._