---
title: "NORTHERN & SHELL VENTURES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/077c5db5-ce63-5e05-86d0-082f4d42141a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/077c5db5-ce63-5e05-86d0-082f4d42141a
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08710063
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# NORTHERN & SHELL VENTURES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08710063`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/077c5db5-ce63-5e05-86d0-082f4d42141a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/077c5db5-ce63-5e05-86d0-082f4d42141a  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Northern & Shell Ventures Limited** — source · `psc:IZk2RNPjcVT0Rhq5EsCERcfiXbM` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b02dda70-68fe-4dfd-937f-9f8c822135b9

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Richard Clive Desmond** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/beceb7d4-ceb9-554e-9800-9bacec047a75
- **REACH NETWORK MEDIA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1d1d6fee-7450-5c44-96ea-afc2c0bbb006
- **NORTHERN & SHELL PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf1cf658-ac17-5fa8-8068-622bcc1c9cf5
- **NORTHERN & SHELL PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf1cf658-ac17-5fa8-8068-622bcc1c9cf5
- **REACH NETWORK MEDIA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1d1d6fee-7450-5c44-96ea-afc2c0bbb006
- **Mr Richard Clive Desmond** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6344ad69-9622-48a5-a2a4-bf5dc393f89b

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **OPENRENT LTD** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5d9d7c47-5194-5057-b9d0-cb4ac6983c0a
- **OPENRENT LTD** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5d9d7c47-5194-5057-b9d0-cb4ac6983c0a

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

A **16-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:** `08710063`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2013-09-30
- **Registered office:** The Northern & Shell Building, Number 10 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6EN
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- ELLICE, Martin Stephen — director · British · appointed 2013-09-30
- MARTIN, Richard John — director · British · appointed 2016-07-08
- SANDERSON, Robert — director · British · appointed 2013-09-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Northern & Shell Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf1cf658-ac17-5fa8-8068-622bcc1c9cf5) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2017-05-25
- Mr Richard Clive Desmond — significant influence or control · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06
- [Northern & Shell Network Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1d1d6fee-7450-5c44-96ea-afc2c0bbb006) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2017-05-25

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08710063
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08710063

## 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 **NORTHERN & SHELL VENTURES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/077c5db5-ce63-5e05-86d0-082f4d42141a · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NORTHERN & SHELL VENTURES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/077c5db5-ce63-5e05-86d0-082f4d42141a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/077c5db5-ce63-5e05-86d0-082f4d42141a._

_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"._