London · Postcode district SW3

Who owns Chelsea?Corporate & overseas land ownership in SW3

The companies and organisations that hold property in Chelsea, from HM Land Registry’s corporate and overseas ownership records — with a direct line into the planning constraints for any address in the district.

Real HM Land Registry data · preview

Real HM Land Registry data (CCOD + OCOD, July 2026) for a selection of 21 postcode districts — a prototype under an Exploration licence, shown to test value ahead of full national release. Companies and organisations only; private individuals are never included.

3,972

Corporate titles

24%

Overseas-owned

948 titles

2,498

Distinct owners

£2.9bn

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in SW3

Where the 948 overseas-owned titles in Chelseaare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

British Virgin Islands
374 · 39%
Jersey
145 · 15%
Guernsey
74 · 8%
Isle Of Man
61 · 6%
Panama
35 · 4%
Switzerland
25 · 3%
Cyprus
19 · 2%
Luxembourg
17 · 2%

Largest corporate owners in Chelsea

Owners holding the most indexed titles in SW3, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
REALREED LIMITEDUK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company237
CADOGAN ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 687324UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company116
CADOGAN HOLDINGS LIMITEDReg. no. 00696317UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company116
NORTHUMBERLAND & DURHAM PROPERTY TRUST LIMITEDReg. no. 00182763UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company36
HAYSGRANS PROPERTY CO. LIMITEDReg. no. 00662308UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company30
LONDON POWER NETWORKS PLCReg. no. 3929195UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company29
LAUNCELOT PARTNERS III LTDReg. no. 13845357UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company21
LAUNCELOT INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 10225017UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company20
HOLBORN ESTATE NOMINEES LIMITEDReg. no. 02915651UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company20
TEDWORTH SQUARE ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 02581636UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company18
MARTIN'S MUSE LIMITEDReg. no. 11810886UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company15
MOUNTVIEW ESTATES PLCReg. no. 328020UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company13
CEM KINGS ROAD SAGLReg. no. FC035691OverseasSwitzerlandCorporate Body12
SLOANE STANLEY PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 12752328UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company11
ALEX ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 06726274UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
JOSEPH LIMITEDReg. no. 01068214UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
ANSTON INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 01050368UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
THROGMORTON SECURITIES LIMITEDUK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
IVERSON LIMITEDOverseasGuernseyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
PLACES FOR LONDON LIMITEDReg. no. 08961151UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9

Types of owner in SW3

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
3,558 · 90%
Corporate Body
324 · 8%
Limited Liability Partnership
39 · 1%
Unlimited Company
21 · 1%
Local Authority
13 · 0%
Community Benefit Society (Corporate Body)
8 · 0%

From owner to buildability

Knowing who owns the land in Chelsea is only half the picture. Run a specific address through the free checker to see what planning constraints apply — conservation areas, flood risk, listed buildings, green belt and 40+ datasets — the factors that decide what can actually be built or changed.

Frequently asked

How much of Chelsea is owned by companies?+

This index holds 3972 property titles in the SW3 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 2498 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Chelsea.

How much of SW3 is owned from overseas?+

Around 24% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in Chelsea are held through a company registered outside the UK — typically in jurisdictions such as Jersey, the British Virgin Islands or Guernsey. Overseas ownership is recorded by HM Land Registry in the OCOD dataset.

Can I see who owns a specific building in Chelsea?+

Ownership here is matched to a location by postcode, because HM Land Registry does not publish a link between title numbers and mapped parcels. It's a screening indicator: it tells you which companies hold property in SW3 and roughly where, but to confirm the owner of one specific building you'd order an official copy of the register for that title.

How does ownership relate to planning constraints in SW3?+

Ownership tells you who holds the land; planning constraints tell you what can be done with it. Planning Constraints combines both — check any address in Chelsea to see conservation areas, flood zones, listed buildings and 40+ datasets, alongside the corporate-ownership picture for that postcode.

Ownership is drawn from HM Land Registry’s corporate (CCOD) and overseas (OCOD) ownership datasets and aggregated by postcode district. HM Land Registry does not publish a link between title numbers and mapped land parcels, so this is a district-level screening indicator, not a title-plan boundary. We show the owning company, its jurisdiction, category and holding counts — not exact property addresses (their use is licence-restricted). Private individuals are never included; these datasets cover companies and organisations only.

Source: Source: HM Land Registry — UK companies (CCOD) and overseas companies (OCOD) that own property in England and Wales. Information produced by HM Land Registry © Crown copyright and database right 2026

Note: Corporate ownership reflects HM Land Registry’s record of the current registered proprietor and can lag transactions by weeks or months. Ownership is matched to a location by postcode, not by title-plan boundary, so treat it as a screening indicator — always confirm with an official copy of the register before relying on it.

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