---
title: "METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SURPLUS LANDS COMPANY (THE) — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed2654ce-37ca-5f64-96b2-5715592a90b2
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ed2654ce-37ca-5f64-96b2-5715592a90b2
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00277350
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SURPLUS LANDS COMPANY (THE)

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00277350`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed2654ce-37ca-5f64-96b2-5715592a90b2  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ed2654ce-37ca-5f64-96b2-5715592a90b2  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **MEPC (1946) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/831be732-a1d4-5d9e-9d7f-b05b3f578e83
- **MEPC (1946) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/831be732-a1d4-5d9e-9d7f-b05b3f578e83

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **CARL STUART (U.K.) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/14a9650e-ca5b-5b14-8094-d494bb789090

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

A **35-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:** `00277350`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private unlimited
- **Incorporated:** 1933-06-29
- **Registered office:** Sixth Floor, 150 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6ET, England
- **SIC:** 68209

### Officers

- [HERMES SECRETARIAT LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e1edf830-85f7-5c09-9745-9b83d83a8875) — corporate secretary · appointed 2018-01-31
- CLIFFORD, Paul James — director · British · appointed 2023-07-24
- SOUTHWARD, Benjamin James — director · British · appointed 2025-11-17
- PRICE, John Dewi Brychan — secretary · British · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 2001-12-31
- USHER, John Max — secretary · British · resigned 1998-10-12
- MEPC SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2001-12-31 · resigned 2018-01-31
- AMBER, Yael — director · British · appointed 2022-12-16 · resigned 2023-07-24
- BATCHELOR, Peter Andrew — director · British · appointed 2001-12-31 · resigned 2003-09-30
- BEVERIDGE, James Aitchison — director · British · resigned 1997-02-17
- BRADY, James Michael — director · British · appointed 2003-06-30 · resigned 2006-09-29
- BURROWES, David William — director · British · appointed 2006-05-02 · resigned 2008-01-31
- COURTLAND, Toby Augustine — director · British · appointed 2000-12-31 · resigned 2002-03-31
- CUNNINGHAM, Simon Robert — director · British · appointed 2018-02-16 · resigned 2018-12-01
- DE BLABY, Richard Armand — director · British · appointed 2006-04-06 · resigned 2008-09-03
- DUNCAN, Diane — director · British · appointed 2020-02-28 · resigned 2023-06-07
- EAST, Stephen John — director · British · appointed 1999-08-10 · resigned 2003-09-30
- EVANS, Alasdair David — director · British · appointed 2008-01-31 · resigned 2010-09-20
- GROSE, David Leonard — director · British · appointed 2008-09-03 · resigned 2018-01-31
- HARROLD, Richard Anthony — director · British · appointed 2003-06-30 · resigned 2005-12-08
- JACKSON, Adam David — director · British · appointed 2023-07-17 · resigned 2025-11-17

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Mepc (1946) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/831be732-a1d4-5d9e-9d7f-b05b3f578e83) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00277350
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00277350

## 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 **METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SURPLUS LANDS COMPANY (THE)** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed2654ce-37ca-5f64-96b2-5715592a90b2 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SURPLUS LANDS COMPANY (THE)**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed2654ce-37ca-5f64-96b2-5715592a90b2 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ed2654ce-37ca-5f64-96b2-5715592a90b2._

_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"._