---
title: "UNITED MAGAZINES PUBLISHING SERVICES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/12d5a1a6-e91b-5c86-9d43-7bafae57fa11
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/12d5a1a6-e91b-5c86-9d43-7bafae57fa11
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01693996
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# UNITED MAGAZINES PUBLISHING SERVICES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01693996`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/12d5a1a6-e91b-5c86-9d43-7bafae57fa11  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/12d5a1a6-e91b-5c86-9d43-7bafae57fa11  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Richard Clive Desmond** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cadd8060-3f0f-4fd8-971c-e4f08d889405
- **EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d4e71e2-5f0f-5b93-bbcf-ae5dd3a0d924

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

A **24-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:** `01693996`
- **Status:** liquidation
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1983-01-25
- **Registered office:** C/O Bdo Llp, 5 Temple Square, Temple Street, Liverpool, L2 5RH
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- REACH SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2018-02-28
- FISHER, Darren — director · Australian,British · appointed 2025-03-31
- [REACH DIRECTORS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/85c52f89-7607-4c9b-acba-5d6674b89776) — corporate director · appointed 2018-02-28
- BURNS, John Macgregor — secretary · British · appointed 1996-06-21 · resigned 1997-06-02
- GILL, Maninder Singh — secretary · Singaporean · appointed 2000-11-22 · resigned 2005-08-08
- HOPE, Peter Gerald — secretary · British · appointed 1993-03-01 · resigned 1996-06-20
- PEDEN, Michael Timothy — secretary · British · resigned 1993-03-01
- SANDERSON, Robert — secretary · British · appointed 2005-08-08 · resigned 2018-02-28
- CROSSWALL NOMINEES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1997-06-02 · resigned 2000-11-22
- BORDISS, Andrew Raymond — director · British · appointed 1993-03-30 · resigned 1993-10-31
- CAMERON, Andrew — director · British · resigned 1996-05-07
- DESMOND, Richard Clive — director · British · appointed 2000-11-22 · resigned 2018-02-28
- FOX, Simon Richard — director · British · appointed 2018-02-28 · resigned 2019-08-16
- FULLER, Simon Jeremy Ian — director · British · appointed 2019-03-01 · resigned 2022-12-31
- GRAY, Donald Sinclair — director · British · appointed 1993-03-30 · resigned 1998-12-31
- MOORE, Robert Michael — director · British · appointed 1993-03-30 · resigned 1994-07-07
- MULLEN, James Joseph — director · British · appointed 2019-08-16 · resigned 2025-03-31
- PARKER, Philip John — director · British · appointed 1992-10-16 · resigned 1997-03-31
- SANDERSON, Robert — director · British · appointed 2000-11-22 · resigned 2018-02-28
- SERGEANT, Paul Robert Charles — director · British · appointed 1993-03-30 · resigned 1997-03-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Express Newspapers](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d4e71e2-5f0f-5b93-bbcf-ae5dd3a0d924) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Richard Clive Desmond — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2018-02-28

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01693996
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01693996

## 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 **UNITED MAGAZINES PUBLISHING SERVICES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/12d5a1a6-e91b-5c86-9d43-7bafae57fa11 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

---

_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **UNITED MAGAZINES PUBLISHING SERVICES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/12d5a1a6-e91b-5c86-9d43-7bafae57fa11 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/12d5a1a6-e91b-5c86-9d43-7bafae57fa11._

_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"._