---
title: "THE CARD GALLERY (UK) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f53c32a0-0ff6-5c38-8ba4-a3f4fe8d3cb8
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f53c32a0-0ff6-5c38-8ba4-a3f4fe8d3cb8
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05157486
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE CARD GALLERY (UK) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05157486`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f53c32a0-0ff6-5c38-8ba4-a3f4fe8d3cb8  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f53c32a0-0ff6-5c38-8ba4-a3f4fe8d3cb8  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mrs Lisa Forde** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba4f4ce2-d60f-50c0-bffa-4857a251c098
- **Wh Smith High Street Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8a87ed77-3d37-43f7-8156-fb74f990cb27
- **Mrs Lisa Forde** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4592a291-122d-4d39-89bf-9cbbf9c339c7
- **Mrs Lisa Forde** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7dd9c9d5-41a9-4d41-b32e-bf84731409db

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

A **5-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:** `05157486`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2004-06-18
- **Registered office:** 7 Deightons Close, Bridgnorth, WV16 5JH, England
- **SIC:** 47910

### Officers

- FORDE, Lisa — director · British · appointed 2024-05-24
- FORDE, Brendan John — secretary · British · appointed 2004-06-18 · resigned 2019-07-04
- HOUGHTON, Ian — secretary · appointed 2019-07-04 · resigned 2024-05-24
- FORDE, Lisa — director · British · appointed 2004-06-18 · resigned 2019-07-04
- HOUGHTON, Ian — director · British · appointed 2019-07-04 · resigned 2024-05-24
- MOORHEAD, Robert James — director · British · appointed 2019-07-04 · resigned 2024-05-24

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mrs Lisa Forde — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2024-05-24
- [Wh Smith High Street Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8a87ed77-3d37-43f7-8156-fb74f990cb27) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2024-05-24
- Mrs Lisa Forde — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2019-07-04

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05157486
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05157486

## 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 **THE CARD GALLERY (UK) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f53c32a0-0ff6-5c38-8ba4-a3f4fe8d3cb8 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE CARD GALLERY (UK) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f53c32a0-0ff6-5c38-8ba4-a3f4fe8d3cb8 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f53c32a0-0ff6-5c38-8ba4-a3f4fe8d3cb8._

_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"._