---
title: "THE REFERENCE SERVICE LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/289f5570-e4ba-5cc0-a1c5-3497c187684c
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/289f5570-e4ba-5cc0-a1c5-3497c187684c
identifier: oo:GB-COH-11859675
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE REFERENCE SERVICE LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-11859675`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/289f5570-e4ba-5cc0-a1c5-3497c187684c  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/289f5570-e4ba-5cc0-a1c5-3497c187684c  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Christopher Simpson** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7ef8b78f-8d0c-51dd-bbb5-e7e4fb80abd7
- **Mrs Sarah Louise Simpson** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0c9577c4-ae06-57c9-aa5f-58068428c27d
- **Mr Christopher Simpson** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4710cd8e-4e73-4950-bc54-e1b821fa3af0
- **Mrs Sarah Louise Simpson** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/25e021ee-0718-4d39-922d-416e8875792b

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **4-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `11859675`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2019-03-04
- **Registered office:** 58 High Street, Maltby, Rotherham, S66 8LA, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 80300

### Officers

- SIMPSON, Christopher — director · British · appointed 2019-03-04
- SIMPSON, Sarah Louise — director · British · appointed 2019-03-04

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Christopher Simpson — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2019-03-04
- Mrs Sarah Louise Simpson — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2019-03-04

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11859675
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11859675

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE REFERENCE SERVICE LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/289f5570-e4ba-5cc0-a1c5-3497c187684c · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/289f5570-e4ba-5cc0-a1c5-3497c187684c._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._