---
title: "ROAD AIR COURIER EXPRESS LTD. — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/884c4531-e0b2-5f6f-b93c-c2f59d8945dd
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/884c4531-e0b2-5f6f-b93c-c2f59d8945dd
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC186440
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ROAD AIR COURIER EXPRESS LTD.

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC186440`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/884c4531-e0b2-5f6f-b93c-c2f59d8945dd  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/884c4531-e0b2-5f6f-b93c-c2f59d8945dd  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Paul Smith** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f9deb007-127a-4301-af42-1f46fe84f902

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

A **1-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:** `SC186440`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1998-06-05
- **Registered office:** Road Air Courier Express Ltd, 239 Portobello High Street, Edinburgh, EH15 2AN, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 49410

### Officers

- SMITH, John Paul — director · British · appointed 1998-06-05
- DOWNIE, Thomas B — secretary · Other · appointed 2009-02-06 · resigned 2023-03-29
- FROST, Stephen — secretary · British · appointed 1998-06-05 · resigned 2006-05-30
- ORR, Carole — secretary · British · appointed 2006-05-30 · resigned 2009-02-06
- TRAINER, Diane — nominee secretary · British · appointed 1998-06-05 · resigned 1998-06-05
- CALDER, John Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2004-08-17 · resigned 2005-06-03
- HOULDSWORTH, Simon Richard — director · British · appointed 2002-06-10 · resigned 2002-09-19
- MCINTOSH, Susan — nominee director · British · appointed 1998-06-05 · resigned 1998-06-05
- TRAINER, Peter — nominee director · British · appointed 1998-06-05 · resigned 1998-06-05

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr John Paul Smith — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2017-06-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC186440
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC186440

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ROAD AIR COURIER EXPRESS LTD.**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/884c4531-e0b2-5f6f-b93c-c2f59d8945dd · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/884c4531-e0b2-5f6f-b93c-c2f59d8945dd._

_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"._