---
title: "PEN UNDERWRITING LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f718eb06-6457-569a-b394-e3bb5cfea881
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f718eb06-6457-569a-b394-e3bb5cfea881
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05172311
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PEN UNDERWRITING LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05172311`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f718eb06-6457-569a-b394-e3bb5cfea881  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f718eb06-6457-569a-b394-e3bb5cfea881  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GALLAGHER HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c38c7c9f-1406-50a1-8f9d-3dd7c8e533b4
- **Gallagher Holdings (Uk) Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ca7cbee-c7f2-49ed-afe8-36f3270a17c3

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

A **3-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:** `05172311`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2004-07-07
- **Registered office:** The Walbrook Building, 25 Walbrook, London, EC4N 8AW
- **SIC:** 65120

### Officers

- OTTERSON, Robert James — secretary · appointed 2024-12-17
- CLUTTERBUCK, Neil Andrew — director · British · appointed 2025-03-11
- COUSINS, David Michael Edwin — director · British · appointed 2021-06-21
- CRAWFORD, Charles Robertson — director · British · appointed 2024-03-14
- DOWNEY, Tom — director · Irish · appointed 2018-09-10
- FRANCIS, Clare Louise — director · British · appointed 2025-05-09
- GREEN, Simon Anthony — director · British · appointed 2017-07-13
- LANGLEY, Susan Carol — director · British · appointed 2024-03-14
- RUSH, David James — director · British · appointed 2025-10-27
- SCOTT, Charles Douglas Knowles — director · British · appointed 2024-03-14
- KNOBLAUCH, Franz Josef — secretary · Irish · appointed 2004-07-07 · resigned 2008-09-15
- MCGOWAN, William Lindsay — secretary · British · appointed 2012-09-11 · resigned 2018-08-10
- PEEL, Alistair Charles — secretary · appointed 2018-08-10 · resigned 2024-07-26
- PFITZNER, Alissa Gai Pohl — secretary · British · appointed 2008-09-15 · resigned 2012-09-10
- ALFORD, Robert John — director · British · appointed 2004-09-16 · resigned 2008-09-15
- ARMITAGE, Mark Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2015-07-17 · resigned 2017-01-19
- BARTON, Michael Keith — director · United States · appointed 2008-09-15 · resigned 2011-08-31
- BARTON, Nigel Anthony — director · British · appointed 2004-07-07 · resigned 2008-09-15
- BELTON, Michael Vincent — director · British · appointed 2018-10-19 · resigned 2019-10-29
- BENJAMIN, John — director · British · appointed 2004-09-16 · resigned 2007-07-20

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Gallagher Holdings (Uk) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ca7cbee-c7f2-49ed-afe8-36f3270a17c3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-09-30

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05172311
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05172311

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PEN UNDERWRITING LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f718eb06-6457-569a-b394-e3bb5cfea881 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f718eb06-6457-569a-b394-e3bb5cfea881._

_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"._