> In UK ownership can be derived though Companies House fillings In theory yes. In practice, perhaps more grey. UK Company Ownership: (a) Does not have t

> In UK ownership can be derived though Companies House fillings In theory yes. In practice, perhaps more grey. UK Company Ownership: (a) Does not have to be a human, a company can be owned by a corporate body (there is a requirement for one human on the board, but that can be a lawyer or whatever, so the actual owners can be behind a corporate body). (b) Companies House does not carry out any data validation, they accept what you sign and send them and publish it verbatim. (c) There is no jurisdictional requirement on human or corporate body directors (i.e. UK company can be operated by entities based in a, shall we say, more "privacy focused" jurisdiction).