---
title: "DARKTRACE LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eca6aef3-17f1-5409-beea-690808410bc9
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/eca6aef3-17f1-5409-beea-690808410bc9
identifier: oo:GB-COH-13264637
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DARKTRACE LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-13264637`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eca6aef3-17f1-5409-beea-690808410bc9  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/eca6aef3-17f1-5409-beea-690808410bc9  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **DARKTRACE LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800PC5S5P9CSNFC89` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/867ef93b-419f-5152-81d4-c392c105198b

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Richard Eaton** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c297f8a2-65a2-5dbf-a7dc-934aa774c418
- **DARKTRACE BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef2ab070-6ae9-50ef-9044-612a2c2a853e
- **Mr Richard Eaton** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76365f07-0a46-421e-b7b8-ed0138695309

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **DARKTRACE HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/35810249-c701-5f06-b72e-792c264779bd
- **DARKTRACE HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/35810249-c701-5f06-b72e-792c264779bd

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

1. **Mr Richard Eaton** — beneficial owner 100% → *DARKTRACE LIMITED*
1. **DARKTRACE BIDCO LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *DARKTRACE LIMITED*
1. **Mr Richard Eaton** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *DARKTRACE LIMITED*
2. **DARKTRACE GROUP LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *DARKTRACE BIDCO LIMITED*
3. **DARKTRACE MIDCO II LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *DARKTRACE GROUP LIMITED*
4. **DARKTRACE MIDCO I LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *DARKTRACE MIDCO II LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `13264637`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2021-03-12
- **Registered office:** Maurice Wilkes Building, St John's Innovation Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DS, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 62012, 64209

### Officers

- DOYLE, Terence David — director · British · appointed 2026-06-18
- SMITH, David James — director · British · appointed 2025-11-12
- EATON, Richard — secretary · appointed 2021-03-12 · resigned 2021-07-01
- EVANS, Amabel Anne — secretary · appointed 2025-04-07 · resigned 2025-09-24
- SALTMAN, Eve Thea — secretary · appointed 2025-09-24 · resigned 2025-10-24
- SPORLE, James Alan, Mr. — secretary · appointed 2021-07-01 · resigned 2025-04-07
- BONFIELD, Peter Leahy, Sir — director · British · appointed 2021-04-01 · resigned 2024-10-01
- BUCKNOR, Elaine Senami — director · British · appointed 2023-06-01 · resigned 2024-10-01
- COLOMAR, Vanessa — director · British · appointed 2021-04-01 · resigned 2022-12-07
- EATON, Richard — director · British · appointed 2021-03-12 · resigned 2021-04-01
- GRAHAM, Catherine Ann — director · American · appointed 2021-03-12 · resigned 2025-09-24
- GUSTAFSSON, Poppy Clare Veronica — director · British · appointed 2021-04-01 · resigned 2024-09-06
- HANSEN, Paula — director · American · appointed 2024-01-01 · resigned 2024-10-01
- HARRISON, Paul Scott — director · British · appointed 2021-04-01 · resigned 2024-10-01
- HURST, Gordon — director · British · appointed 2021-04-01 · resigned 2024-10-01
- JACOB, Patrick William — director · British · appointed 2022-12-07 · resigned 2023-12-07
- MAY, Sacha Pavel David — director · American · appointed 2024-10-02 · resigned 2026-03-24
- PEARSON, Philip Michael — director · British · appointed 2025-09-24 · resigned 2026-06-18
- POPELKA, Jill Jackson — director · American · appointed 2024-09-06 · resigned 2026-01-30
- POPELKA, Jill Jackson — director · American · appointed 2024-01-01 · resigned 2024-05-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Darktrace Bidco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef2ab070-6ae9-50ef-9044-612a2c2a853e) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2024-10-01
- Mr Richard Eaton — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2021-05-04

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13264637
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13264637

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DARKTRACE LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eca6aef3-17f1-5409-beea-690808410bc9 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/eca6aef3-17f1-5409-beea-690808410bc9._

_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"._