---
title: "BOOKS CUMBRIA LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dde497c0-cab4-5403-a91e-e9f5af6c228d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dde497c0-cab4-5403-a91e-e9f5af6c228d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03947464
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BOOKS CUMBRIA LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03947464`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dde497c0-cab4-5403-a91e-e9f5af6c228d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dde497c0-cab4-5403-a91e-e9f5af6c228d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Stephen John Matthews** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/38feb403-12b8-5161-8b29-7c71255139a7
- **Mrs Gwenda Ann Matthews** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4e4e2b59-4529-5e31-95c9-66a2c8271ce4
- **Mr Stephen John Matthews** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/823fc53e-7dad-4960-adec-d81437b8676f
- **Mrs Gwenda Ann Matthews** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/af7e9bc4-eab8-4bb2-97a3-16ab380bbce9

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

1. **Mr Stephen John Matthews** — beneficial owner → *BOOKS CUMBRIA LIMITED*
1. **Mrs Gwenda Ann Matthews** — beneficial owner 75% → *BOOKS CUMBRIA LIMITED*
1. **Mr Stephen John Matthews** — beneficial owner 62.5% → *BOOKS CUMBRIA LIMITED*
1. **Mrs Gwenda Ann Matthews** — beneficial owner 62.5% → *BOOKS CUMBRIA LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `03947464`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2000-03-14
- **Registered office:** Spring Close, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 0EG
- **SIC:** 47799

### Officers

- MATTHEWS, Lucy — director · British · appointed 2012-04-06
- MATTHEWS, Stephen John — director · British · appointed 2000-03-14
- MATTHEWS, Gwenda Ann — secretary · British · appointed 2000-03-14 · resigned 2026-01-04
- ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2000-03-14 · resigned 2000-03-14
- MATTHEWS, Gwenda Ann — director · British · appointed 2000-03-14 · resigned 2026-01-04
- AR NOMINEES LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2000-03-14 · resigned 2000-03-14

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Stephen John Matthews — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- Mrs Gwenda Ann Matthews — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2026-01-04

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03947464
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03947464

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BOOKS CUMBRIA LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dde497c0-cab4-5403-a91e-e9f5af6c228d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dde497c0-cab4-5403-a91e-e9f5af6c228d._

_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"._