---
title: "THE ORCHARD, EU LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e793bb6e-8cfc-59ab-b0a3-8bc97b3e15c2
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e793bb6e-8cfc-59ab-b0a3-8bc97b3e15c2
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05103087
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE ORCHARD, EU LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05103087`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e793bb6e-8cfc-59ab-b0a3-8bc97b3e15c2  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e793bb6e-8cfc-59ab-b0a3-8bc97b3e15c2  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Sony Group Corporation** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5f5b0f69-7bbc-457f-91f1-020dbf563834

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **AWAL DIGITAL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/049f777b-ecfa-5556-afb5-a313b5a8ec6b
- **AWAL RECORDINGS LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/838b6044-fbbb-59e8-bbf5-df8c35f59463
- **WILSON PAGE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f814317e-3eae-5843-9b72-0b9f2a120d24
- **KOLLECTIVE NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/389d91e1-6048-55d2-b01d-68461c3d471c
- **KOLLECTIVE NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS RECORDS UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/05837d72-ed28-5b9e-a556-09853355f1bb
- **AWAL RECORDINGS LICENSING LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/beeeefbc-e12e-5361-ab6f-80f793640f00

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

A **1-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:** `05103087`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2004-04-15
- **Registered office:** 2 Canal Reach, London, N1C 4DB, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- [ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c721e915-a046-4aec-9aca-65889e453520) — corporate secretary · appointed 2016-05-02
- DUTT, Ian Mark — director · British · appointed 2025-02-19
- MCCRADY, William Tucker De Bernieres — director · American · appointed 2021-06-08
- NAVIN, Bradley Peter — director · American · appointed 2011-03-02
- SIEK, Denis Frederic — director · American · appointed 2021-05-07
- REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2004-04-15 · resigned 2016-04-12
- FONG, Nathan — director · American · appointed 2009-10-29 · resigned 2011-01-07
- MULLAN, James Anthony — director · British,Irish · appointed 2017-01-04 · resigned 2025-02-19
- NEWCOMBE, Paul Alan — director · British · appointed 2004-04-15 · resigned 2004-04-15
- SCHOLL, Greg — director · British · appointed 2004-04-15 · resigned 2009-10-31
- STEIN, Daniel — director · American · appointed 2011-03-02 · resigned 2015-04-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Sony Group Corporation](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5f5b0f69-7bbc-457f-91f1-020dbf563834) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Japan — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05103087
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05103087

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE ORCHARD, EU LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e793bb6e-8cfc-59ab-b0a3-8bc97b3e15c2 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e793bb6e-8cfc-59ab-b0a3-8bc97b3e15c2._

_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"._