---
title: "INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fc1b3294-8920-5e15-adf0-ed33bd9be86e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fc1b3294-8920-5e15-adf0-ed33bd9be86e
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00136726
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00136726`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fc1b3294-8920-5e15-adf0-ed33bd9be86e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fc1b3294-8920-5e15-adf0-ed33bd9be86e  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION** — GLEIF · `lei:894500UXDG197HZZBD04` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/593e8701-3c1f-5dc8-91a6-a04b625e7dc5

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Stephen Papps** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eb06c527-4fdc-5a3f-9b7a-3d3d1417bedc
- **Mr Paul Stuart Gillies** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/00d9e353-8fed-5a17-bb2a-569356b180b9
- **Mr Stephen Charles Hale Symonds** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f45d95b7-05e3-4f43-9603-82252f668702
- **Mr Paul Stuart Gillies** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2e23c641-f7d2-4250-a5e9-5bb804a06cad
- **Mr Stephen Papps** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fe84a74d-01cb-48c5-8ccc-482bc97d2e91

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **BARBERRY COURT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/58e0d86d-d0ac-5e13-854f-91ae9b6490f4

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

A **5-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:** `00136726`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc
- **Incorporated:** 1914-06-30
- **Registered office:** 1 Kingdom Way, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8FW, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 94910, 96090

### Officers

- MANLEY, Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2017-11-30
- NORTON, Paul Stephen — director · British · appointed 2025-06-01
- SIMPSON, Michael — director · British · appointed 2021-11-08
- SNAITH, Karl William — director · British · appointed 2015-03-11
- SUTTON, Andrew Paul — director · British · appointed 2021-09-01
- SYLVESTER, Steve Winston — director · British · appointed 2025-06-01
- SYMONDS, Stephen Charles Hale — director · British · appointed 2018-09-28
- SMITH, Sydney David — secretary · British · resigned 2008-04-06
- ANDREWS, John Stuart — director · British · appointed 1992-06-12 · resigned 2015-07-29
- BELL, Peter Phillip — director · English · appointed 2007-08-22 · resigned 2011-11-02
- BUTTNER, Philip — director · British · appointed 2015-07-29 · resigned 2017-07-10
- DARBY, Ivor — director · British · appointed 2015-07-29 · resigned 2021-08-31
- DUTTON, John Dennis — director · British · appointed 1999-11-03 · resigned 2016-04-28
- FRANZ, Frederick William — director · Usa · resigned 1992-12-22
- GILLIES, Paul Stuart — director · British · appointed 2011-11-02 · resigned 2018-07-05
- GOOCH, Wilfred — director · British · resigned 1992-03-24
- HARDY, Stephen Albert — director · British · appointed 1996-11-21 · resigned 2015-07-29
- HENSCHEL, Milton George — director · American · appointed 1993-01-06 · resigned 1999-07-30
- MORICE, Stephen John — director · English · appointed 2014-02-26 · resigned 2015-03-11
- PAPPS, Stephen — director · British · appointed 2007-08-22 · resigned 2021-10-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Stephen Charles Hale Symonds — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-07-27
- Mr Stephen Papps — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2021-10-31
- Mr Paul Stuart Gillies — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2018-07-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00136726
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00136726

## 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 **INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fc1b3294-8920-5e15-adf0-ed33bd9be86e · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fc1b3294-8920-5e15-adf0-ed33bd9be86e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fc1b3294-8920-5e15-adf0-ed33bd9be86e._

_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"._