---
title: "ECONOMIST DIGITAL SERVICES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0ab01414-3ceb-55c8-b853-dcc245415162
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0ab01414-3ceb-55c8-b853-dcc245415162
identifier: oo:GB-COH-09282716
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ECONOMIST DIGITAL SERVICES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-09282716`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0ab01414-3ceb-55c8-b853-dcc245415162  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0ab01414-3ceb-55c8-b853-dcc245415162  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **THE ECONOMIST NEWSPAPER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2abc6a01-4a94-530e-94e2-abac2ba6ada3
- **THE ECONOMIST NEWSPAPER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2abc6a01-4a94-530e-94e2-abac2ba6ada3

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

A **11-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:** `09282716`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2014-10-27
- **Registered office:** The Adelphi, 1 - 11 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6HT, England
- **SIC:** 63990

### Officers

- GRUT, Oscar Kolya Meisen — secretary · appointed 2014-10-27
- GRUT, Oscar Kolya Meisen — director · British,Danish · appointed 2014-10-27
- WOOD, Neil Timothy — director · British · appointed 2026-08-10
- BRUNT, Michael Peter — director · British · appointed 2014-10-28 · resigned 2019-12-13
- GILL, Jora Singh — director · British · appointed 2014-10-28 · resigned 2018-09-07
- NAUGHTON, Shane Paul — director · Irish · appointed 2014-10-27 · resigned 2021-03-31
- ROY, Marcus Kumar — director · British · appointed 2021-04-01 · resigned 2026-08-10
- SHIPPIN, Nicholas Paul — director · British · appointed 2019-12-13 · resigned 2025-06-19
- WORTHINGTON, Michael John — director · Australian · appointed 2014-10-27 · resigned 2017-05-12

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [The Economist Newspaper (Holdings) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2abc6a01-4a94-530e-94e2-abac2ba6ada3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09282716
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09282716

## 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 **ECONOMIST DIGITAL SERVICES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0ab01414-3ceb-55c8-b853-dcc245415162 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ECONOMIST DIGITAL SERVICES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0ab01414-3ceb-55c8-b853-dcc245415162 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0ab01414-3ceb-55c8-b853-dcc245415162._

_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"._