---
title: "ORCA BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b5fa4af-d877-56ee-9a80-2e801962c5f5
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4b5fa4af-d877-56ee-9a80-2e801962c5f5
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03840677
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ORCA BOOK SERVICES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03840677`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b5fa4af-d877-56ee-9a80-2e801962c5f5  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4b5fa4af-d877-56ee-9a80-2e801962c5f5  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **MARSTON BOOK SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cf66926-5bab-50d8-8eca-b95a71287de2

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

A **19-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:** `03840677`
- **Status:** administration
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1999-09-08
- **Registered office:** 5th Floor, Grove House, 248a Marylebone Road, London, NW1 6BB
- **SIC:** 46180

### Officers

- [VP SECRETARIAL LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9e897985-867b-5873-ade8-af4175b5d763) — corporate secretary · appointed 2021-10-18
- MATTHEWS III, Edward Curtis — director · American · appointed 2021-10-18
- COOPER, William Graham — secretary · British · appointed 2008-10-09 · resigned 2014-07-24
- ELPHICK, Paul Dennis — secretary · British · appointed 2006-08-07 · resigned 2007-07-04
- MARSH, Robert S — secretary · Us · appointed 2007-07-04 · resigned 2008-10-09
- RONEY, Francis John — secretary · British · appointed 1999-09-08 · resigned 2006-08-07
- AJAMIAN, Vartan Azad — director · American · appointed 2019-03-29 · resigned 2021-10-18
- AUSTEN, Patrick George — director · British · appointed 2006-11-29 · resigned 2007-07-04
- BLACK, Robin Kennedy — director · British · appointed 1999-10-09 · resigned 2002-06-12
- CHALONER, Mark Richard — director · British · appointed 2019-03-29 · resigned 2021-10-18
- CHAPMAN, Martyn Richard — director · British · appointed 2019-04-16 · resigned 2020-06-30
- CLAYTON, Ross — director · British · appointed 2008-10-09 · resigned 2019-03-29
- COOPER, William Graham — director · British · appointed 2008-10-09 · resigned 2013-12-31
- GADSBY, Oliver Edward — director · British · appointed 2007-07-04 · resigned 2008-10-09
- HOLLORAN, Peter John — director · British · appointed 2008-10-09 · resigned 2019-03-29
- LINZ, Werner Mark — director · American · appointed 1999-10-09 · resigned 2002-01-14
- MARSH, Robert S — director · Us · appointed 2007-07-04 · resigned 2008-10-09
- RONEY, Francis John — director · British · appointed 1999-09-08 · resigned 2006-08-07
- SHADBOLT, Marcus John — director · British · appointed 1999-10-09 · resigned 2002-06-12
- STURROCK, Philip James — director · British · appointed 1999-09-08 · resigned 2006-11-29

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Marston Book Services Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cf66926-5bab-50d8-8eca-b95a71287de2) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03840677
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03840677

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **ORCA BOOK SERVICES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b5fa4af-d877-56ee-9a80-2e801962c5f5 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ORCA BOOK SERVICES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b5fa4af-d877-56ee-9a80-2e801962c5f5 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4b5fa4af-d877-56ee-9a80-2e801962c5f5._

_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"._