Examples / Intro

Examples

The examples below highlight key elements of how ownership and control information is built up through the use of statements.

You can also find examples of valid BODS JSON files in the standard repository:

For a visual rendering of these examples, use the BODS Visualiser.

A single direct owner

The example below presents three statements (Entity, Person and OwnershipOrControl) that describe the 100% beneficial ownership of Chrinon Ltd by Chris Taggart.

[
  {
    "statementID": "1dc0e987-5c57-4a1c-b3ad-61353b66a9b7",
    "statementType": "entityStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2017-11-18",
    "entityType": "registeredEntity",
    "name": "CHRINON LTD",
    "foundingDate": "2010-11-18",
    "identifiers": [
      {
        "scheme": "GB-COH",
        "id": "07444723"
      }
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-02-13",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "statementID": "019a93f1-e470-42e9-957b-03559861b2e2",
    "statementType": "personStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2017-11-18",
    "personType": "knownPerson",
    "nationalities": [
      {
        "code": "GB",
        "name": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)"
      }
    ],
    "names": [
      {
        "type": "individual",
        "fullName": "Christopher Taggart",
        "givenName": "Christopher",
        "familyName": "Taggart"
      },
      {
        "type": "alternative",
        "fullName": "Chris Taggart"
      }
    ],
    "birthDate": "1964-04",
    "addresses": [
      {
        "type": "service",
        "address": "Aston House, Cornwall Avenue, London",
        "country": "GB",
        "postCode": "N3 1LF"
      }
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-02-13",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "statementID": "fbfd0547-d0c6-4a00-b559-5c5e91c34f5c",
    "statementType": "ownershipOrControlStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2017-11-18",
    "subject": {
      "describedByEntityStatement": "1dc0e987-5c57-4a1c-b3ad-61353b66a9b7"
    },
    "interestedParty": {
      "describedByPersonStatement": "019a93f1-e470-42e9-957b-03559861b2e2"
    },
    "interests": [
      {
        "type": "shareholding",
        "directOrIndirect": "direct",
        "beneficialOwnershipOrControl": true,
        "startDate": "2016-04-06",
        "share": {
          "exact": 100,
          "minimum": 100,
          "maximum": 100
        }
      }
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-02-13",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  }
]

Joint ownership

To model joint ownership, an artificial ‘arrangement’, owned by the two parties responsible for it, should be included within a chain of ownership.

[
  {
    "statementID": "1dc0e987-5c57-4a1c-b3ad-61353b66a9b7",
    "statementType": "entityStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2017-11-18",
    "entityType": "registeredEntity",
    "name": "CHRINON LTD",
    "foundingDate": "2010-11-18",
    "identifiers": [
      {
        "scheme": "GB-COH",
        "id": "07444723"
      }
    ],
    "addresses": [
      {
        "type": "registered",
        "address": "Aston House, Cornwall Avenue, London, N3 1LF",
        "country": "GB",
        "postCode": "N3 1LF"
      }
    ],
    "jurisdiction": {
      "code": "GB",
      "name": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)"
    },
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-11-18",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "statementID": "26e786f0-54c5-497d-a52d-b83439ce3dad",
    "statementType": "entityStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2018-01-05",
    "entityType": "arrangement",
    "name": "Joint shareholding",
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-11-18",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "statementID": "676ce2ec-e244-409e-85f9-9823e88bc099",
    "statementType": "ownershipOrControlStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2018-01-05",
    "subject": {
      "describedByEntityStatement": "1dc0e987-5c57-4a1c-b3ad-61353b66a9b7"
    },
    "interestedParty": {
      "describedByEntityStatement": "26e786f0-54c5-497d-a52d-b83439ce3dad"
    },
    "interests": [
      {
        "type": "shareholding",
        "directOrIndirect": "direct",
        "beneficialOwnershipOrControl": false,
        "startDate": "2018-01-01",
        "share": {
          "exact": 100
        }
      }
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-11-18",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "statementID": "17bfeb0d-4a63-41d3-814d-b8a54c81a1f",
    "statementType": "personStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "personType": "knownPerson",
    "statementDate": "2018-01-05",
    "names": [
      {
        "fullName": "Natalie Coleman"
      }
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-11-18",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "statementID": "d1eb52de-ff02-4690-8359-f4bbf9c128b1",
    "statementType": "personStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "personType": "knownPerson",
    "statementDate": "2018-01-05",
    "names": [
      {
        "fullName": "Roberto López"
      }
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-11-18",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "statementID": "c222fe05-2bf3-4cc0-b126-f665109d7211",
    "statementType": "ownershipOrControlStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2018-01-05",
    "subject": {
      "describedByEntityStatement": "26e786f0-54c5-497d-a52d-b83439ce3dad"
    },
    "interestedParty": {
      "describedByPersonStatement": "17bfeb0d-4a63-41d3-814d-b8a54c81a1f"
    },
    "interests": [
      {
        "type": "shareholding",
        "directOrIndirect": "direct",
        "beneficialOwnershipOrControl": true,
        "startDate": "2018-01-01",
        "share": {
          "exact": 50
        }
      }
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-11-18",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "statementID": "c222fe05-2bf3-4cc0-b126-f665109d7211",
    "statementType": "ownershipOrControlStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2018-01-05",
    "subject": {
      "describedByEntityStatement": "26e786f0-54c5-497d-a52d-b83439ce3dad"
    },
    "interestedParty": {
      "describedByPersonStatement": "d1eb52de-ff02-4690-8359-f4bbf9c128b1"
    },
    "interests": [
      {
        "type": "shareholding",
        "directOrIndirect": "direct",
        "beneficialOwnershipOrControl": true,
        "startDate": "2018-01-01",
        "share": {
          "exact": 50
        }
      }
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-11-18",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  }
]

Updating ownership

To update a previous statement, a new beneficial ownership statement, with a replacesStatement property is required.

In the (fictional) example below, the previous statement that Chris Taggart has 100% ownership of Chrinon Ltd is replaced by a new statement showing 50% ownership. A separate statement declares that the owner of the other 50% has not yet been identified.

Note that only changed statements need to have new statement identifiers.

[
  {
    "statementID": "1dc0e987-5c57-4a1c-b3ad-61353b66a9b7",
    "statementType": "entityStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2017-11-18",
    "entityType": "registeredEntity",
    "name": "CHRINON LTD",
    "foundingDate": "2010-11-18",
    "identifiers": [
      {
        "scheme": "GB-COH",
        "id": "07444723"
      }
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-11-18",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "statementID": "019a93f1-e470-42e9-957b-03559861b2e2",
    "statementType": "personStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2017-11-18",
    "personType": "knownPerson",
    "nationalities": [
      {
        "code": "GB",
        "name": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)"
      }
    ],
    "names": [
      {
        "type": "individual",
        "fullName": "Christopher Taggart",
        "givenName": "Christopher",
        "familyName": "Taggart"
      },
      {
        "type": "alternative",
        "fullName": "Chris Taggart"
      }
    ],
    "birthDate": "1964-04",
    "addresses": [
      {
        "type": "service",
        "address": "Aston House, Cornwall Avenue, London",
        "country": "GB",
        "postCode": "N3 1LF"
      }
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-11-18",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "statementID": "676ce2ec-e244-409e-85f9-9823e88bc099",
    "statementType": "ownershipOrControlStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2018-01-05",
    "subject": {
      "describedByEntityStatement": "1dc0e987-5c57-4a1c-b3ad-61353b66a9b7"
    },
    "interestedParty": {
      "describedByPersonStatement": "019a93f1-e470-42e9-957b-03559861b2e2"
    },
    "interests": [
      {
        "type": "shareholding",
        "directOrIndirect": "direct",
        "beneficialOwnershipOrControl": true,
        "startDate": "2016-04-06",
        "share": {
          "exact": 50,
          "minimum": 50,
          "maximum": 50
        }
      }
    ],
    "replacesStatements": [
      "fbfd0547-d0c6-4a00-b559-5c5e91c34f5c"
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-11-18",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "statementID": "30e9def3-fa2e-428a-9a02-f43b2a6d5c2e",
    "statementType": "ownershipOrControlStatement",
    "isComponent": false,
    "statementDate": "2018-01-05",
    "subject": {
      "describedByEntityStatement": "1dc0e987-5c57-4a1c-b3ad-61353b66a9b7"
    },
    "interestedParty": {
      "unspecified": {
        "reason": "interestedPartyHasNotProvidedInformation",
        "description": "The new owner of shares has been contacted to ask them to confirm the ultimate beneficial owner."
      }
    },
    "interests": [
      {
        "type": "shareholding",
        "directOrIndirect": "direct",
        "beneficialOwnershipOrControl": true,
        "startDate": "2016-04-06",
        "share": {
          "exact": 50,
          "minimum": 50,
          "maximum": 50
        }
      }
    ],
    "replacesStatements": [
      "fbfd0547-d0c6-4a00-b559-5c5e91c34f5c"
    ],
    "publicationDetails": {
      "publicationDate": "2018-11-18",
      "bodsVersion": "0.3",
      "publisher": {
        "name": "CHRINON LTD"
      }
    }
  }
]

When a data file is provided, all the person or entity statements referenced from an ownershipOrControl statement subject or interestedParty field should be included in the file.