Thanks for this thread, Ihateboris.
I posted about this on another thread and will copy the post across here here as this grift is well worth a discussion and it's a shame you have had only a handful of replies so far:
Frustratingly enough I have been saying this for years and linking to the rather uninspiring looking office space in question for years.
The space was originally Ardent HQ and Ed charged his own company to rent it. The only year Ardent made a profit was the year he waived the rent.
He rents Bagshot for around £90k a year which means he can cover this with a nice little sum over.
If anyone's further interested in Ed's business activities ( I hope it's the case), this article is worth a read:
www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/mystery-of-edwards-ardent-fan-6314790.html
£2.2m down the pan and a mystery injection of offshore cash potentially allowing him to retain rights to his recorded material.
Yet another shoddy royal git flying under the radar.