---
title: "JOHN PAYNE (LEE) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e87a8f91-1d84-552d-8aff-bf47c9a52740
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e87a8f91-1d84-552d-8aff-bf47c9a52740
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01932059
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# JOHN PAYNE (LEE) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01932059`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e87a8f91-1d84-552d-8aff-bf47c9a52740  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e87a8f91-1d84-552d-8aff-bf47c9a52740  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr. Robert Sargent** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2e3549ea-8661-5b9b-bb93-8f6997c27999
- **Mr Alan Stephen Cornish** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c21cb6da-d594-5137-b9d3-90d7f2eb2452
- **Mr Alan Stephen Cornish** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0b29df0e-92e3-41d4-8981-9c1496af4554
- **Mr. Robert Sargent** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1f5d381f-d33e-48f9-8f03-4ae3ff6567b0
- **ACORN LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/58a1e279-e7b4-44c6-8da8-1632dbb40fb6

### 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:** `01932059`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1985-07-19
- **Registered office:** Building 1 Meadows Business Park, Blackwater, Camberley, GU17 9AB, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- AITCHISON, Paul Leonard — secretary · appointed 2022-08-31
- AITCHISON, Paul Leonard — director · Australian · appointed 2022-08-31
- DEVENEY, Paul Stephen — director · British · appointed 2013-03-18
- KAVANAGH, Peter — director · British · appointed 2022-08-31
- LOUTH, Neil Charles — director · British · appointed 2013-03-18
- PAYNE, Christine Ann — secretary · British · appointed 2002-06-13 · resigned 2003-09-22
- PAYNE, John Edward — secretary · British · resigned 2002-03-31
- STAVRINIDIS, Hector — secretary · appointed 2014-12-25 · resigned 2022-08-31
- TURNER, Graham — secretary · British · appointed 2002-04-01 · resigned 2002-05-31
- GRAHAM TURNER & COMPANY LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2003-09-22 · resigned 2013-03-18
- CORNISH, Alan Stephen — director · British · appointed 2017-01-01 · resigned 2022-08-31
- CORNISH, Alan Stephen — director · British · appointed 2013-03-18 · resigned 2014-12-25
- PAYNE, Christine Ann — director · British · resigned 2002-03-31
- PAYNE, John Edward — director · British · resigned 2013-03-18
- SARGENT, Robert — director · British · appointed 2013-03-18 · resigned 2022-08-31
- STAVRINIDIS, Hector — director · British · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2022-08-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Acorn Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/58a1e279-e7b4-44c6-8da8-1632dbb40fb6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2018-05-31
- Mr. Robert Sargent — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2018-05-31
- Mr Alan Stephen Cornish — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2018-05-31

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01932059
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01932059

## 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 **JOHN PAYNE (LEE) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e87a8f91-1d84-552d-8aff-bf47c9a52740 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **JOHN PAYNE (LEE) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e87a8f91-1d84-552d-8aff-bf47c9a52740 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e87a8f91-1d84-552d-8aff-bf47c9a52740._

_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"._