---
title: "NEWS UK & IRELAND NEWSPAPERS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/16fb03e9-7727-5fe5-8a6d-2290063b28a1
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/16fb03e9-7727-5fe5-8a6d-2290063b28a1
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08306194
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# NEWS UK & IRELAND NEWSPAPERS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08306194`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/16fb03e9-7727-5fe5-8a6d-2290063b28a1  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/16fb03e9-7727-5fe5-8a6d-2290063b28a1  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **News Corp Uk & Ireland Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d8fbcc7-b3e8-4627-9b4c-a29c891c88eb

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

A **6-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:** `08306194`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2012-11-23
- **Registered office:** 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- HUMPHREYS, Emma Caroline — director · British · appointed 2022-07-25
- THORN, Hyeryoung Kim — director · Australian · appointed 2024-07-29
- [JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a1530f03-ae2e-59fe-8f18-aea375d63a70) — corporate secretary · appointed 2012-11-23 · resigned 2013-12-30
- GILL, Michael Charles — director · British · appointed 2013-12-30 · resigned 2024-07-22
- HOWELL-BOWLEY, Karen Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2013-06-24 · resigned 2013-12-30
- LONGCROFT, Christopher Charles Stoddart — director · British · appointed 2013-12-30 · resigned 2022-07-25
- TOWNSEND, Paul Michael — director · British · appointed 2012-11-23 · resigned 2013-06-24

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [News Corp Uk & Ireland Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d8fbcc7-b3e8-4627-9b4c-a29c891c88eb) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08306194

## 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 UK & IRELAND NEWSPAPERS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/16fb03e9-7727-5fe5-8a6d-2290063b28a1 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NEWS UK & IRELAND NEWSPAPERS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/16fb03e9-7727-5fe5-8a6d-2290063b28a1 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/16fb03e9-7727-5fe5-8a6d-2290063b28a1._

_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"._