---
title: "DIRECT VALIDATION SERVICES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffa01327-7219-5a8e-b52d-1ff6c1d62e77
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ffa01327-7219-5a8e-b52d-1ff6c1d62e77
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03566382
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DIRECT VALIDATION SERVICES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03566382`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffa01327-7219-5a8e-b52d-1ff6c1d62e77  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ffa01327-7219-5a8e-b52d-1ff6c1d62e77  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **DIRECT GROUP PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93a32a29-9a17-5e17-b72c-d4fee0fd2756
- **Direct Group Property Services Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87d46e9f-e116-4da6-bf4a-17742c77d93f

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

A **20-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:** `03566382`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1998-05-19
- **Registered office:** 5th Floor 20 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0BG, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 82200

### Officers

- CARR, Allison Jane — director · British · appointed 2024-12-31
- COCKBURN, Pauline — secretary · appointed 2012-11-07 · resigned 2013-04-12
- MASON, Colin Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 2010-05-25 · resigned 2012-11-07
- MAUGHAN, Anna — secretary · British · appointed 2008-07-28 · resigned 2009-09-24
- REED, Paul Martin — secretary · British · appointed 2005-09-20 · resigned 2006-10-25
- RIDER, Kim Yvonne — secretary · British · appointed 1998-06-10 · resigned 2003-09-16
- RIDER, Philip David — secretary · British · appointed 2004-07-12 · resigned 2005-09-20
- THOMAS, Caroline Emma Roberts — secretary · British · appointed 2006-10-25 · resigned 2008-07-28
- YAXLEY, Colin James — secretary · British · appointed 2003-09-16 · resigned 2004-07-12
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1998-05-19 · resigned 1998-06-10
- BUCK, Matthew — director · British · appointed 2004-08-01 · resigned 2009-04-30
- BUTTON, Matthew — director · British · appointed 2025-01-07 · resigned 2025-09-10
- CLAYDEN, Paul Francis — director · British · appointed 2012-11-07 · resigned 2013-01-25
- COLES, Derek John — director · British · appointed 2010-05-25 · resigned 2018-10-16
- CREWE, Russell Gary — director · British · appointed 2014-04-08 · resigned 2018-10-16
- DEBIASE, Antonio — director · British · appointed 2018-10-16 · resigned 2024-12-31
- DIXON, Garry Howard — director · British · appointed 2003-05-31 · resigned 2006-10-25
- DONALDSON, Paul Norman Gerald — director · Irish · appointed 2014-09-05 · resigned 2016-12-01
- HANCOX, Simon Michael — director · British · appointed 2009-08-04 · resigned 2010-05-25
- HARRISON, Matthew — director · British · appointed 2006-10-25 · resigned 2008-01-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Direct Group Property Services Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87d46e9f-e116-4da6-bf4a-17742c77d93f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03566382
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03566382

## 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 **DIRECT VALIDATION SERVICES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffa01327-7219-5a8e-b52d-1ff6c1d62e77 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DIRECT VALIDATION SERVICES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffa01327-7219-5a8e-b52d-1ff6c1d62e77 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ffa01327-7219-5a8e-b52d-1ff6c1d62e77._

_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"._