---
title: "MARSTON BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cf66926-5bab-50d8-8eca-b95a71287de2
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8cf66926-5bab-50d8-8eca-b95a71287de2
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01186721
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MARSTON BOOK SERVICES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01186721`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cf66926-5bab-50d8-8eca-b95a71287de2  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8cf66926-5bab-50d8-8eca-b95a71287de2  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **UNITED INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d3408ce-11d0-5d8d-b532-3299ed6d7145
- **VIOLIA MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c952997f-9733-528e-9c9c-7e098ac62b0c
- **UNITED INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d3408ce-11d0-5d8d-b532-3299ed6d7145
- **VIOLIA MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c952997f-9733-528e-9c9c-7e098ac62b0c

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **ORCA BOOK SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b5fa4af-d877-56ee-9a80-2e801962c5f5

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

A **18-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:** `01186721`
- **Status:** administration
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1974-10-10
- **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 1998-06-30 · resigned 2014-07-24
- OLIVER, Mark Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 1994-03-09 · resigned 1998-06-30
- CAPCOSEC LIMITED — corporate secretary · resigned 1994-03-09
- AJAMIAN, Vartan Azad — director · American · appointed 2019-03-29 · resigned 2021-10-18
- ASHFORD, Charles — director · British · resigned 1999-06-24
- CHALONER, Mark Richard — director · British · appointed 2019-03-29 · resigned 2021-10-18
- CHAPMAN, Martyn Richard — director · British · appointed 2019-04-09 · resigned 2020-06-30
- CLAYTON, Ross — director · British · appointed 1999-06-24 · resigned 2019-03-29
- COOPER, William Graham — director · British · appointed 2000-11-30 · resigned 2013-12-31
- ELLIS, Wayne Jeffrey — director · British · resigned 1998-06-30
- HOLLORAN, Peter John — director · British · appointed 1999-06-24 · resigned 2019-03-29
- HOULTON, Mark Lee — director · British · resigned 1999-06-24
- JEBB, Micheline Renee — director · British And French · resigned 2000-11-15
- OLIVER, Mark Andrew — director · British · resigned 1998-06-30
- OLIVIERI, Rene — director · American British · appointed 1997-11-07 · resigned 1999-06-24
- STRANGE, John Denis — director · British · appointed 1998-03-10 · resigned 1999-06-24
- WILKINSON, Martin John — director · British · resigned 1999-06-24

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [United Independent Distributors Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d3408ce-11d0-5d8d-b532-3299ed6d7145) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2023-04-28
- [Violia Media Services Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c952997f-9733-528e-9c9c-7e098ac62b0c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2023-04-28

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01186721
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01186721

## 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 **MARSTON BOOK SERVICES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cf66926-5bab-50d8-8eca-b95a71287de2 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MARSTON BOOK SERVICES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cf66926-5bab-50d8-8eca-b95a71287de2 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8cf66926-5bab-50d8-8eca-b95a71287de2._

_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"._