London · Postcode district SW7

Who owns South Kensington?Corporate & overseas land ownership in SW7

The companies and organisations that hold property in South Kensington, 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.

3,389

Corporate titles

37%

Overseas-owned

1251 titles

2,313

Distinct owners

£2.8bn

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in SW7

Where the 1251 overseas-owned titles in South Kensingtonare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

British Virgin Islands
510 · 41%
Jersey
209 · 17%
Isle Of Man
109 · 9%
Guernsey
80 · 6%
Panama
37 · 3%
Cayman Islands
28 · 2%
Bahamas
25 · 2%
Hong Kong
24 · 2%

Largest corporate owners in South Kensington

Owners holding the most indexed titles in SW7, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
PLACES FOR LONDON LIMITEDReg. no. 08961151UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company61
ALFRED PLACE LIMITEDReg. no. 02782385UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company38
PRINCES GATE PARTNERSHIP LLPReg. no. OC357516UK companyLimited Liability Partnership29
FENLAND LIMITEDOverseasIsle Of ManLimited Company or Public Limited Company26
PEERMAN INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 01947282UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company26
LONDON POWER NETWORKS PLCReg. no. 3929195UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company23
THE WELLCOME TRUST LIMITEDReg. no. 2711000UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company21
BOLERO ASSOCIATES LTDOverseasBritish Virgin IslandsLimited Company or Public Limited Company17
NORTHUMBERLAND & DURHAM PROPERTY TRUST LIMITEDUK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company17
LYSVILLE LIMITEDReg. no. 1384537UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company16
CLLP LIMITEDReg. no. 12870689UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company15
KITTYBREWSTER LIMITEDOverseasIsle Of ManLimited Company or Public Limited Company14
ADHARA PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITEDOverseasJerseyLimited Company or Public Limited Company13
AL RAMLA NOMINEES LIMITEDOverseasJerseyLimited Company or Public Limited Company13
47 QUEENSGATE LTDReg. no. 02812342UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company13
35-49 QUEEN'S GATE TERRACE MANAGEMENT LIMITEDReg. no. 3805524UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company11
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINEUK companyCorporate Body10
QUEENSWAY RESIDENTIAL I LIMITEDOverseasJerseyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
WALLENIUS (UK) LIMITEDReg. no. 01971125UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
GREENMOUNT INVESTMENTS (C.I.) LIMITEDOverseasJerseyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8

Types of owner in SW7

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
2,979 · 88%
Corporate Body
296 · 9%
Limited Liability Partnership
81 · 2%
Unlimited Company
15 · 0%
Community Benefit Society (Corporate Body)
5 · 0%
Registered Society (Corporate Body)
4 · 0%

From owner to buildability

Knowing who owns the land in South Kensington 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 South Kensington is owned by companies?+

This index holds 3389 property titles in the SW7 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 2313 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in South Kensington.

How much of SW7 is owned from overseas?+

Around 37% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in South Kensington 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 South Kensington?+

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 SW7 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 SW7?+

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 South Kensington 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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