---
title: "STERLING OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b9c3a6c-8ac9-599a-9e83-d1995f9ffbd5
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4b9c3a6c-8ac9-599a-9e83-d1995f9ffbd5
identifier: oo:GB-COH-16190316
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# STERLING OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-16190316`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b9c3a6c-8ac9-599a-9e83-d1995f9ffbd5  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4b9c3a6c-8ac9-599a-9e83-d1995f9ffbd5  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **John Howard** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/587f1832-b637-5bef-ad4e-72eacb5656c8
- **Caroline Howard** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31714a84-d8c0-5783-9fab-f95b4848ae3b
- **John Howard** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7ac402d-e64f-4baa-8bca-39d7af9ce6d9
- **Caroline Howard** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cdad01e9-b76f-42bd-abcd-65f8b92dcd7c

### 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:** `16190316`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2025-01-17
- **Registered office:** 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 64209

### Officers

- [FYN GLOBAL LTD](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24fd8937-96c6-588a-9c57-fcf89ea9bdd9) — corporate secretary · appointed 2025-02-18
- HOWARD, Caroline — director · American · appointed 2025-01-17
- HOWARD, John — director · American · appointed 2025-01-17
- RIAHI, Daniel — director · British · appointed 2026-05-21
- TAYLOR, Rayon Everton — director · British · appointed 2025-02-01 · resigned 2025-10-08

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- John Howard — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2025-01-17
- Caroline Howard — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2025-01-17

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16190316
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16190316

## 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 **STERLING OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b9c3a6c-8ac9-599a-9e83-d1995f9ffbd5 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **STERLING OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b9c3a6c-8ac9-599a-9e83-d1995f9ffbd5 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4b9c3a6c-8ac9-599a-9e83-d1995f9ffbd5._

_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"._