---
title: "NEWSQUEST (ESSEX) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/326d7cac-3d8d-5ad1-b9cf-d7147d9d6b97
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/326d7cac-3d8d-5ad1-b9cf-d7147d9d6b97
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03102787
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# NEWSQUEST (ESSEX) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03102787`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/326d7cac-3d8d-5ad1-b9cf-d7147d9d6b97  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/326d7cac-3d8d-5ad1-b9cf-d7147d9d6b97  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **NEWSQUEST MEDIA GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4572517f-df4e-5839-8a75-19ab17b9773d
- **NEWSQUEST MEDIA GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4572517f-df4e-5839-8a75-19ab17b9773d

### 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:** `03102787`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1995-09-15
- **Registered office:** Newsquest Media Group Limited, The Echo Building, 18 Albert Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1BZ, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 99999

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---:|
| Net assets | £1 |
| Shareholder funds | £1 |
| Current assets | £1 |
| Employees | 0 |

_Latest filed period. Full 2-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- CARPENTER, Neil Edward — secretary · British · appointed 2003-06-02
- FAURE WALKER, Henry Kennedy — director · British · appointed 2014-04-01
- HUNTER, Paul Anthony — director · English · appointed 2001-07-02
- GLASS, Josephine Mary — secretary · British · appointed 1995-11-02 · resigned 2000-03-31
- HUNTER, Paul Anthony — secretary · British · appointed 2000-03-31 · resigned 2003-06-02
- JOSEPH, Anne Janette — secretary · British · appointed 1995-10-10 · resigned 1996-01-04
- WESTROP, Simon Alton — secretary · British · appointed 2005-11-24 · resigned 2024-12-31
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1995-09-15 · resigned 1995-10-10
- AIKEN, Iain William — director · British · appointed 1995-11-02 · resigned 2002-04-07
- ARMOUR, Mark Henry — director · British · appointed 1995-10-10 · resigned 1996-01-04
- BROWN, James Thomson — director · British · appointed 1995-11-02 · resigned 2003-07-31
- CHRISTIE, David Gordon — director · British · appointed 1995-11-02 · resigned 1999-09-30
- DAVIDSON, Paul — director · British · appointed 1995-11-12 · resigned 2014-11-11
- JOSEPH, Anne Janette — director · British · appointed 1995-10-10 · resigned 1995-11-02
- MELLON, John Benedict — director · British · appointed 1995-11-02 · resigned 1996-01-04
- PFEIL, John Christopher — director · British · appointed 1995-11-02 · resigned 2001-07-02
- RADBURN, Philip Arthur — director · British · appointed 1995-11-02 · resigned 2006-06-30
- RADCLIFFE, Willoughby Mark St John — director · British · appointed 1995-10-10 · resigned 1995-11-02
- INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1995-09-15 · resigned 1995-10-10

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Newsquest Media Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4572517f-df4e-5839-8a75-19ab17b9773d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-08

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03102787
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03102787
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03102787/filing-history

## 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 **NEWSQUEST (ESSEX) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/326d7cac-3d8d-5ad1-b9cf-d7147d9d6b97 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NEWSQUEST (ESSEX) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/326d7cac-3d8d-5ad1-b9cf-d7147d9d6b97 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/326d7cac-3d8d-5ad1-b9cf-d7147d9d6b97._

_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"._