thanks for the replys.
it is a private limited company and there have been quite a few share transfers down trough the years. i have all the B1's but these seem to contradict each other. I should have mentioned that i am doing this on behalf of the companys directors and they are unsure as to who owns the shares. Is there not some agency i.e. CRO that the shares would have to be registered with? who issues share certificates? would they not have a register?