---
title: "BENSON & HEDGES (OVERSEAS) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee044c3e-035d-5d3f-bb1b-e334a6240cbf
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ee044c3e-035d-5d3f-bb1b-e334a6240cbf
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00355074
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BENSON & HEDGES (OVERSEAS) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00355074`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee044c3e-035d-5d3f-bb1b-e334a6240cbf  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ee044c3e-035d-5d3f-bb1b-e334a6240cbf  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BATMARK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9496122b-b910-5d72-93b1-36993528b37b
- **BATMARK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9496122b-b910-5d72-93b1-36993528b37b

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

A **4-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:** `00355074`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1939-07-15
- **Registered office:** Globe House, 4 Temple Place, London, WC2R 2PG
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- [BATS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8499568f-6c18-5839-9205-0f9f1531ca3f) — corporate secretary · appointed 2024-09-03
- BOOTH, David Patrick Ian — director · British · appointed 2015-04-22
- EVANS, Roger Anthony Carr — director · British · appointed 2018-08-07
- [RIDIRECTORS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bcdb3665-20db-50f5-8203-14efae512ecf) — corporate director · appointed 2021-09-08
- ANDERSON, Murray Gilliland Charles — secretary · British · resigned 2008-12-16
- CORDESCHI, Richard — secretary · British · appointed 2008-12-16 · resigned 2013-05-03
- GRIFFITHS, Ann Elizabeth — secretary · appointed 2013-08-22 · resigned 2017-02-28
- GUTTRIDGE, Jonathan Michael — secretary · appointed 2018-08-07 · resigned 2020-01-24
- MARTIN, Oliver James — secretary · appointed 2017-06-30 · resigned 2018-08-07
- MCCORMACK, Peter — secretary · appointed 2020-09-11 · resigned 2021-11-26
- WORLOCK, Christopher — secretary · appointed 2022-09-05 · resigned 2024-09-03
- BINGHAM, Paul Michael — director · British · appointed 1997-09-18 · resigned 2000-12-20
- CASEY, Robert James — director · American · appointed 2002-04-04 · resigned 2011-02-07
- CLARKE, Peter Lampard — director · British · appointed 1992-03-13 · resigned 1997-12-30
- COOK, Philip Michael — director · British · appointed 1997-12-30 · resigned 2000-12-20
- COOPER, Richard Vaughan — director · British · appointed 1992-03-13 · resigned 1997-09-18
- ETCHELLS, David John — director · British · appointed 1997-09-18 · resigned 2000-12-20
- HENDERSHOT, Michael Lee — director · American · appointed 1997-09-18 · resigned 2002-03-29
- MCCRORY, Paul — director · British · appointed 2012-08-13 · resigned 2021-09-08
- MCDONALD, Aileen Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2002-08-27

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Batmark Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9496122b-b910-5d72-93b1-36993528b37b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00355074
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00355074

## 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 **BENSON & HEDGES (OVERSEAS) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee044c3e-035d-5d3f-bb1b-e334a6240cbf · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BENSON & HEDGES (OVERSEAS) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee044c3e-035d-5d3f-bb1b-e334a6240cbf · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ee044c3e-035d-5d3f-bb1b-e334a6240cbf._

_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"._