---
title: "AFFINITY (READING) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8870f672-0c58-5b30-bf2f-e18e3a8dccea
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8870f672-0c58-5b30-bf2f-e18e3a8dccea
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04851134
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AFFINITY (READING) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04851134`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8870f672-0c58-5b30-bf2f-e18e3a8dccea  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8870f672-0c58-5b30-bf2f-e18e3a8dccea  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **AFFINITY (READING) HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc776be5-e8f4-5e4c-b6e9-43e055d2ac38
- **AFFINITY (READING) HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc776be5-e8f4-5e4c-b6e9-43e055d2ac38
- **AFFINITY (READING) HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc776be5-e8f4-5e4c-b6e9-43e055d2ac38

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

A **6-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:** `04851134`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2003-07-30
- **Registered office:** 8 White Oak Square, London Road, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7AG
- **SIC:** 81100

### Officers

- [VERCITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a07e396c-2ff6-5c5a-be83-1e962f208bca) — corporate secretary · appointed 2014-01-31
- CHRISTOU, Dasos — director · British · appointed 2025-06-02
- FRANCIS, Troy — director · Jamaican · appointed 2026-01-28
- SHARPLES, Stephen John — director · British · appointed 2023-05-10
- SPRIDGEON, Mark Anthony — director · British · appointed 2020-01-31
- DAVIES, David Huw — secretary · British · appointed 2007-12-31 · resigned 2008-05-29
- HOULTON, Jonathan Charles Bennett — secretary · British · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2006-05-30
- MEREDITH, John William — secretary · British · appointed 2008-05-29 · resigned 2008-09-29
- STYANT, Terry Ann — secretary · British · appointed 2006-05-30 · resigned 2007-12-31
- THOMAS, Robert Edward — secretary · appointed 2010-03-17 · resigned 2014-01-31
- TRAFANKOWSKI, Jonathan Mark — secretary · British · appointed 2008-11-24 · resigned 2009-11-02
- PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2003-07-30 · resigned 2003-11-28
- BEAN, Rosemary Heather — director · British · appointed 2021-03-05 · resigned 2022-07-06
- CARTER, Yvette — director · British · appointed 2025-03-24 · resigned 2025-12-24
- CARTER, Yvette — director · British · appointed 2021-11-29 · resigned 2023-05-10
- COLEMAN, Susanne — director · British · appointed 2014-10-03 · resigned 2020-10-30
- COSTAIN, Beverley Anne — director · British · appointed 2017-02-28 · resigned 2019-01-11
- ESAU, Lloyd — director · British · appointed 2003-12-08 · resigned 2005-10-24
- FAYTAREN, Rommel — director · Filipino · appointed 2023-03-22 · resigned 2025-03-24
- FRANCIS, James Simon — director · British · appointed 2016-09-30 · resigned 2017-11-29

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Affinity (Reading) Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc776be5-e8f4-5e4c-b6e9-43e055d2ac38) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- [Affinity (Reading) Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc776be5-e8f4-5e4c-b6e9-43e055d2ac38) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04851134
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04851134

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AFFINITY (READING) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8870f672-0c58-5b30-bf2f-e18e3a8dccea · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8870f672-0c58-5b30-bf2f-e18e3a8dccea._

_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"._