---
title: "BOOK TRADE SERVICES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e40bbf27-deb4-574f-86c8-99620eeb290a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e40bbf27-deb4-574f-86c8-99620eeb290a
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02372865
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BOOK TRADE SERVICES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02372865`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e40bbf27-deb4-574f-86c8-99620eeb290a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e40bbf27-deb4-574f-86c8-99620eeb290a  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ANNESS PUBLISHING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aa4bd2d5-dd2f-581e-a307-f5c2c42cf73a
- **ANNESS PUBLISHING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aa4bd2d5-dd2f-581e-a307-f5c2c42cf73a

### 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:** `02372865`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1989-04-17
- **Registered office:** 3 Warners Mill, Silks Way, Braintree, Essex, CM7 3GB, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- LORENZ, Joanna — secretary · appointed 2010-08-31
- ANNESS, Paul Leonard — director · British · appointed 2008-12-22
- LORENZ, Joanna — director · British · appointed 2008-12-22
- PAINTER, Andrew John — secretary · British · resigned 2010-08-31
- BAMFORD, Laura Elizabeth — director · British · resigned 1995-03-30
- HILL, Brian Roy — director · British · resigned 1991-11-01
- PAINTER, Andrew John — director · British · appointed 1994-06-16 · resigned 2010-08-31
- PARKIN, Philip Ernest — director · British · resigned 2008-12-22
- TRIPLOW, Charles George — director · British · resigned 1991-10-31
- WOODWARD, Mark Nicholas — director · British · appointed 1992-02-11 · resigned 1994-02-17

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Anness Publishing Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aa4bd2d5-dd2f-581e-a307-f5c2c42cf73a) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02372865
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02372865

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BOOK TRADE SERVICES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e40bbf27-deb4-574f-86c8-99620eeb290a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e40bbf27-deb4-574f-86c8-99620eeb290a._

_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"._