---
title: "WH SMITH PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/408dc013-54f6-5a39-8f3a-690032d87cc0
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/408dc013-54f6-5a39-8f3a-690032d87cc0
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05202036
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WH SMITH PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05202036`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/408dc013-54f6-5a39-8f3a-690032d87cc0  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/408dc013-54f6-5a39-8f3a-690032d87cc0  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Wh Smith Plc** — source · `gb-coh:5202036` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/12a8eabb-e20e-4233-9c66-d13f6562e720
- **WH SMITH PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:2138001KJNGUJ34G7X91` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3f87359a-817e-573b-947a-d054f6e10859

## Ownership & control

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **WH SMITH GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e12fda42-efcb-5da2-9070-dbed281e2ff4
- **WH SMITH GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e12fda42-efcb-5da2-9070-dbed281e2ff4

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `05202036`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 2004-08-10
- **Registered office:** Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 6PB, England
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- HOUGHTON, Ian — secretary · British · appointed 2006-06-21
- EMENY, Simon — director · British · appointed 2019-02-26
- IZZARD, Maxwell Leslie James — director · British · appointed 2024-12-01
- JOBANPUTRA, Situl Suryakant — director · British · appointed 2024-03-01
- QUINN, Leo Martin — director · British · appointed 2026-04-07
- ROSE, Helen Claire — director · British · appointed 2024-07-01
- SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2004-08-10 · resigned 2006-06-21
- ATWAL, Kalvinder — director · British · appointed 2021-02-01 · resigned 2023-09-12
- BARTON, Robert John Orr — director · British · appointed 2006-06-26 · resigned 2011-06-10
- BAXTER, Suzanne Claire — director · British · appointed 2013-02-04 · resigned 2021-01-20
- BOYD, Walker Gordon — director · British · appointed 2010-02-01 · resigned 2013-08-31
- BURKE, Colette — director · Irish,American · appointed 2023-07-01 · resigned 2026-06-30
- CLARKE, Stephen Martin — director · British,Irish · appointed 2012-06-01 · resigned 2019-10-31
- COURT, Annette Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2022-09-01 · resigned 2026-02-02
- COWLING, Carl David — director · British · appointed 2019-02-26 · resigned 2025-11-19
- DULIEU, Nicola Joy — director · British · appointed 2020-09-09 · resigned 2026-02-02
- DURBIN, Annemarie Verna Florence — director · British,New Zealander · appointed 2012-12-03 · resigned 2022-01-19
- ELLIS, Michael Henry — director · British · appointed 2006-06-26 · resigned 2013-01-23
- HALL, John William Drummond — director · British · appointed 2008-09-01 · resigned 2020-01-22
- HARRIS, Jeffery Francis — director · British · appointed 2011-06-10 · resigned 2012-07-10

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05202036
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05202036

## 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 **WH SMITH PLC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/408dc013-54f6-5a39-8f3a-690032d87cc0 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WH SMITH PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/408dc013-54f6-5a39-8f3a-690032d87cc0 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/408dc013-54f6-5a39-8f3a-690032d87cc0._

_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"._