---
title: "UNITED INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d3408ce-11d0-5d8d-b532-3299ed6d7145
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9d3408ce-11d0-5d8d-b532-3299ed6d7145
identifier: oo:GB-COH-11828818
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# UNITED INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-11828818`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d3408ce-11d0-5d8d-b532-3299ed6d7145  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9d3408ce-11d0-5d8d-b532-3299ed6d7145  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **United Independent Distributors Ltd** — source · `psc:_TSIO79f9HoDA9VNWi0klBl8d7k` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3a5345ae-81d2-439f-82da-ad238bb309c5
- **United Independent Distributors Ltd** — source · `psc:yYiNVPLYvjY_AwQyvSZjPDCaBI8` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a68c5b75-2e83-4edf-9091-52c56064a7e4

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Edward Curtis Matthews Iii** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cfc7e7ad-43a3-5402-b520-1956a7e851e8
- **Mr Vartan Azad Ajamian** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3f70569c-40aa-5d96-a47b-f829f4889107
- **Mr Mark Richard Chaloner** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9672188f-5a7e-52c1-83dc-8c4adaf5cd6f
- **UNITED INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d3408ce-11d0-5d8d-b532-3299ed6d7145
- **Mr Mark Richard Chaloner** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7bccc798-7c9e-490d-b163-7224f1eb916d
- **Mr Vartan Azad Ajamian** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/09774a92-44c8-47e1-934d-dbe71dfb71c1
- **Books International Inc** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d26298e9-090e-4153-9e34-d146df678e6b
- **Edward Curtis Matthews Iii** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4535db59-2f1c-4d65-a420-8f9ffda36eb0

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **MARSTON BOOK SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cf66926-5bab-50d8-8eca-b95a71287de2
- **VIOLIA MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c952997f-9733-528e-9c9c-7e098ac62b0c
- **MARSTON BOOK SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cf66926-5bab-50d8-8eca-b95a71287de2
- **VIOLIA MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c952997f-9733-528e-9c9c-7e098ac62b0c

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

A **8-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:** `11828818`
- **Status:** administration
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2019-02-15
- **Registered office:** 5th Floor, Grove House, 248a Marylebone Road, London, NW1 6BB
- **SIC:** 58110, 58190

### 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
- AJAMIAN, Vartan Azad — director · American · appointed 2019-02-15 · resigned 2021-10-18
- BARNES, Julie — director · British · appointed 2020-04-15 · resigned 2020-08-01
- CHALONER, Mark Richard — director · British · appointed 2019-02-15 · resigned 2021-10-18
- GEELAN, Michael Anthony — director · British · appointed 2020-04-15 · resigned 2021-10-18
- PICKERING, David John — director · British · appointed 2020-04-15 · resigned 2021-06-05
- RHODES, Kenneth Patrick — director · British · appointed 2020-04-15 · resigned 2021-06-08

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Edward Curtis Matthews Iii — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2021-10-18
- Books International Inc — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United States — ceased 2021-10-18
- Mr Vartan Azad Ajamian — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · United States — ceased 2020-04-01
- Mr Mark Richard Chaloner — right to appoint and remove directors · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2020-04-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11828818
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11828818

## 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 **UNITED INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d3408ce-11d0-5d8d-b532-3299ed6d7145 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **UNITED INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d3408ce-11d0-5d8d-b532-3299ed6d7145 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9d3408ce-11d0-5d8d-b532-3299ed6d7145._

_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"._