--- title: "NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/162abffd-fbe5-569b-a0b8-e4fe89ba2938 json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/162abffd-fbe5-569b-a0b8-e4fe89ba2938 identifier: oo:GB-COH-00081701 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00081701` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/162abffd-fbe5-569b-a0b8-e4fe89ba2938 **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/162abffd-fbe5-569b-a0b8-e4fe89ba2938 ## Cross-source identity The same real-world entity, resolved across sources: - **NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:5493006JHXT3YB61JY20` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10afde17-df90-555a-8e4c-af8dc09d4d0f - **News Corp Uk & Ireland Limited** — source · `gb-coh:81701` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d8fbcc7-b3e8-4627-9b4c-a29c891c88eb ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **NEWS CORP HOLDINGS UK & IRELAND** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d01c6597-730d-56fa-8179-149db98762f0 - **News Corp Holdings Uk & Ireland** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/51bb2326-9f3b-44ba-8a88-a9eb25de56cd ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **TIMES MEDIA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d11a356-b12e-51d9-9ae0-72ee81ccad04 - **NEWS LIVE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3e011fdd-a723-5c36-ac69-ad6beed25ef4 - **OZONE PROJECT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7aeb769a-f494-58f1-8bd4-100da2062596 - **NEWSPRINTERS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc90d0a5-b7f6-53fc-a386-39fa64e69b67 - **OZONE PROJECT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7aeb769a-f494-58f1-8bd4-100da2062596 - **OZONE PROJECT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7aeb769a-f494-58f1-8bd4-100da2062596 - **NEWSPRINTERS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc90d0a5-b7f6-53fc-a386-39fa64e69b67 - **TIMES MEDIA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d11a356-b12e-51d9-9ae0-72ee81ccad04 - **NEWS LIVE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3e011fdd-a723-5c36-ac69-ad6beed25ef4 - **OCTAVE IP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a100cb77-6d81-4322-8d94-3cc0050fa0e6 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **5-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:** `00081701` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1904-07-28 - **Registered office:** 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF - **SIC:** 58130 ### Officers - BROOKS, Rebekah Mary — director · British · appointed 2015-12-04 - HUMPHREYS, Emma Caroline — director · British · appointed 2022-07-25 - MCBRIDE, Angus Keith — director · British · appointed 2025-09-29 - CHINNERY, Paul Andrew — secretary · appointed 2012-07-26 · resigned 2014-09-12 - ROGERS, Eleanor — secretary · British · resigned 1992-11-25 - STEHRENBERGER, Peter Walter — secretary · Swiss · appointed 1992-11-25 · resigned 2001-10-31 - STONE, Carla — secretary · British · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2012-04-02 - BARRACLOUGH, Stephen Thomas — director · British · resigned 1995-01-03 - BROOKS, Rebekah Mary — director · British · appointed 2009-07-23 · resigned 2011-08-08 - CATTO, Stephen Gordon, Rt Hon Lord — director · British · resigned 1996-09-18 - DAINTITH, Stephen Wayne — director · British · appointed 2005-09-19 · resigned 2008-05-23 - DARCEY, Michael William — director · British · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2015-09-14 - DINSMORE, David William — director · British · appointed 2015-09-14 · resigned 2025-09-29 - DUX, John Douglas — director · Australian · resigned 1995-03-17 - EVANS, John Berwyn — director · American · resigned 1994-01-06 - FISCHER, August Antonius — director · Swiss · resigned 1995-03-15 - FLYNN, Douglas Ronald — director · Australian · appointed 1995-01-03 · resigned 1999-08-31 - GILL, Michael Charles — director · British · appointed 2013-10-25 · resigned 2013-11-12 - HINTON, Leslie Frank — director · British · appointed 1995-08-01 · resigned 2008-01-21 - HOLLOWAY, Lyndley John — director · Singaporean · resigned 1994-01-06 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [News Corp Holdings Uk & Ireland](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/51bb2326-9f3b-44ba-8a88-a9eb25de56cd) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00081701 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00081701 ## 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 **NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/162abffd-fbe5-569b-a0b8-e4fe89ba2938 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/162abffd-fbe5-569b-a0b8-e4fe89ba2938 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/162abffd-fbe5-569b-a0b8-e4fe89ba2938._ _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"._