---
title: "KAUTEX UNIPART LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffce5879-e118-556a-a83a-e04602985cfc
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ffce5879-e118-556a-a83a-e04602985cfc
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03202866
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# KAUTEX UNIPART LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03202866`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffce5879-e118-556a-a83a-e04602985cfc  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ffce5879-e118-556a-a83a-e04602985cfc  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **KAUTEX UNIPART LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800I3PQEFGQ8WJJ25` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/626f68fc-4a8f-5b91-b929-60dc6d1dbc9a

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **UNIPART MANUFACTURING JV HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/86f7ced5-ff92-5c55-bac5-b8f52caa10cd
- **UNIPART GROUP OF COMPANIES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee438adc-8c05-5c49-8b7c-62959f00178d
- **TEXTRON LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/421b0308-530a-509a-afbf-242e2749476d
- **UNIPART MANUFACTURING JV HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/86f7ced5-ff92-5c55-bac5-b8f52caa10cd
- **Kautex Textron (Uk) Limited** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/59c1b9b3-fa04-4539-9beb-36205b1e6ab5
- **Unipart Group Of Companies Limited** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b46b2b5c-ccaf-4072-b8a3-4a95a4c8d107

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

A **27-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:** `03202866`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-05-23
- **Registered office:** Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 2PG
- **SIC:** 29320

### Officers

- THORNTON, Benjamin Lascelles — secretary · appointed 2024-03-01
- BURKE, Carol — director · British · appointed 2006-10-25
- CARDINALI, Eric Gregory — director · American · appointed 2016-04-14
- KANDIRAJU, Srinivasarao Venkata — director · American · appointed 2022-06-13
- LEIGH, Darren Peter — director · British · appointed 2022-03-15
- LEUNG, Alex Raymond — director · British · appointed 2024-08-31
- RAUTENSTRAUCH, Joerg — director · German · appointed 2017-01-20
- O'BRIEN, Robert Paul David — secretary · appointed 2015-06-01 · resigned 2021-07-31
- RIMMER, Michael Douglas — secretary · British · appointed 1996-07-09 · resigned 2015-06-01
- RUSSELL, Tanya — secretary · appointed 2021-09-06 · resigned 2024-03-01
- LEGIST SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1996-05-23 · resigned 1996-07-09
- ANTOINE, Thomas — director · German · appointed 2010-06-01 · resigned 2017-01-19
- BROOKS, Richard William Stuart — director · British · appointed 2017-05-15 · resigned 2022-06-13
- BUSCH, Dirk — director · German · appointed 2011-12-01 · resigned 2016-04-14
- CHITTY, Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2016-04-28 · resigned 2019-06-28
- HEALEY, John Joseph — director · British · appointed 2007-11-12 · resigned 2016-04-28
- HEALEY, John Joseph — director · British · appointed 1996-07-09 · resigned 2000-03-01
- HIRSCH, Joachim Volker — director · German · appointed 1999-09-17 · resigned 2000-10-31
- IRVING, Philip Douglas — director · Irish · appointed 2016-04-14 · resigned 2017-05-15
- IRVING, Philip Douglas — director · Irish · appointed 2010-06-01 · resigned 2011-12-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Textron Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/421b0308-530a-509a-afbf-242e2749476d) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2023-01-01
- [Unipart Manufacturing Jv Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/86f7ced5-ff92-5c55-bac5-b8f52caa10cd) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2018-04-04
- [Kautex Textron (Uk) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/59c1b9b3-fa04-4539-9beb-36205b1e6ab5) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2023-01-01
- [Unipart Group Of Companies Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b46b2b5c-ccaf-4072-b8a3-4a95a4c8d107) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2018-04-04

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03202866
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03202866

## 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 **KAUTEX UNIPART LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffce5879-e118-556a-a83a-e04602985cfc · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **KAUTEX UNIPART LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffce5879-e118-556a-a83a-e04602985cfc · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ffce5879-e118-556a-a83a-e04602985cfc._

_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"._