---
title: "ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES GROUP LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eec71b8d-38b2-4681-885d-6964e05a7752
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/eec71b8d-38b2-4681-885d-6964e05a7752
identifier: gb-coh:08179803
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES GROUP LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `gb-coh:08179803`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eec71b8d-38b2-4681-885d-6964e05a7752  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/eec71b8d-38b2-4681-885d-6964e05a7752  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Charles Spencer** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/141be232-e9aa-486c-a1f3-e8020ee82144
- **SPENCER RAIL ENGINEERING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8582e83d-b29d-5271-8fbf-8265674aa729

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

A **6-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:** `08179803`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2012-08-14
- **Registered office:** One Humber Quays, Wellington Street West, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU1 2BN
- **SIC:** 62090

### Officers

- SPENCER, Charles — director · British · appointed 2012-08-14
- THORNTON, Gary — director · British · appointed 2012-10-25
- GRATTON, Gordon Cameron Paul — secretary · appointed 2012-08-14 · resigned 2016-02-29
- GRATTON, Gordon Cameron Paul — director · British · appointed 2012-08-14 · resigned 2016-02-29
- GRIERSON, Lucy Helen — director · British · appointed 2012-10-25 · resigned 2024-04-26

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Spencer Rail Engineering Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8582e83d-b29d-5271-8fbf-8265674aa729) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Charles Spencer — 75–100% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08179803

## 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 **ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES GROUP LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eec71b8d-38b2-4681-885d-6964e05a7752 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES GROUP LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eec71b8d-38b2-4681-885d-6964e05a7752 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/eec71b8d-38b2-4681-885d-6964e05a7752._

_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"._