---
title: "CLOSE BROTHERS RAIL LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fcb5c181-8564-56eb-a184-bd1b74d781f4
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fcb5c181-8564-56eb-a184-bd1b74d781f4
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05090897
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# CLOSE BROTHERS RAIL LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05090897`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fcb5c181-8564-56eb-a184-bd1b74d781f4  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fcb5c181-8564-56eb-a184-bd1b74d781f4  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Anthony John Close** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/484008ca-4adc-5926-89fe-ea5d97872631
- **Martin Close** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f4976d9-bf96-5953-9142-dd4727a15e90

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

1. **Mr Anthony John Close** — beneficial owner 50% → *CLOSE BROTHERS RAIL LIMITED*
1. **Martin Close** — beneficial owner 50% → *CLOSE BROTHERS RAIL LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `05090897`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2004-04-01
- **Registered office:** Dovedale House, Hurricane Way, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8YB
- **SIC:** 42120

### Officers

- CLOSE, Kelly — secretary · British · appointed 2004-04-01
- CLOSE, Anthony John — director · British · appointed 2004-04-01
- CLOSE, Martin — director · British · appointed 2004-04-01
- DEAN, Paul — director · British · appointed 2013-07-01
- FAIRCLOUGH, Michael Arthur — director · British · appointed 2008-07-22 · resigned 2009-09-15
- THOMPSON, Dean Andrew — director · British · appointed 2008-07-27 · resigned 2018-05-04
- THOMPSON, Shane Nigel — director · British · appointed 2008-07-27 · resigned 2021-01-18

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Anthony John Close — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- Martin Close — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05090897

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **CLOSE BROTHERS RAIL LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fcb5c181-8564-56eb-a184-bd1b74d781f4 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fcb5c181-8564-56eb-a184-bd1b74d781f4._

_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"._