---
title: "WH SMITH 1955 LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9608857b-eb83-5f49-9939-6bee5cf84796
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9608857b-eb83-5f49-9939-6bee5cf84796
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00549069
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WH SMITH 1955 LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00549069`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9608857b-eb83-5f49-9939-6bee5cf84796  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9608857b-eb83-5f49-9939-6bee5cf84796  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **WH SMITH GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e12fda42-efcb-5da2-9070-dbed281e2ff4
- **Tg Jones Retail Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9cca854d-b2b9-49b8-aa7c-153d1a10ac7c
- **WH SMITH GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e12fda42-efcb-5da2-9070-dbed281e2ff4

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **WEBSTERS GROUP LIMITED(THE)** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2a27e39c-315e-5518-97e1-6b3813529e82

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

A **45-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:** `00549069`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1955-05-12
- **Registered office:** Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 6PB, England
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- HOUGHTON, Ian — secretary · British · appointed 2000-02-18
- HOUGHTON, Ian — director · British · appointed 1996-07-24
- IZZARD, Maxwell Leslie James — director · British · appointed 2024-11-19
- BULL, Susan Helen — secretary · British · resigned 1996-07-24
- WHITE, Colin Anthony — secretary · British · appointed 1996-07-24 · resigned 2000-02-18
- CLARKE, Stephen Martin — director · British,Irish · appointed 2013-09-06 · resigned 2019-10-31
- COWLING, Carl David — director · British · appointed 2019-09-19 · resigned 2025-11-19
- HAMILL, Keith — director · British · appointed 2000-02-18 · resigned 2000-05-31
- HANDOVER, Richard Gordon — director · British · appointed 2001-04-01 · resigned 2003-11-04
- HUGHES, Gerard Maxwell — director · British · appointed 1994-10-01 · resigned 1998-08-01
- MOORHEAD, Robert James — director · British · appointed 2008-11-28 · resigned 2024-11-19
- RULE, Christopher Stanley, Mr. — director · British · resigned 1998-08-01
- STEVENS, Philip Alan — director · British · resigned 1994-09-30
- STEWART, Alan James — director · British · appointed 2005-03-03 · resigned 2008-11-28
- SWANN, Kathryn Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2003-11-04 · resigned 2013-06-30
- THORPE, Richard Chisholm — director · British · resigned 1996-07-24
- WARREN, John Anthony — director · British · appointed 2001-04-01 · resigned 2005-03-03
- WHITE, Colin Anthony — director · British · appointed 1996-07-24 · resigned 2006-08-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Wh Smith Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e12fda42-efcb-5da2-9070-dbed281e2ff4) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2024-06-01
- [Wh Smith Retail Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9cca854d-b2b9-49b8-aa7c-153d1a10ac7c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2024-06-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00549069
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00549069

## 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 1955 LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9608857b-eb83-5f49-9939-6bee5cf84796 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WH SMITH 1955 LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9608857b-eb83-5f49-9939-6bee5cf84796 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9608857b-eb83-5f49-9939-6bee5cf84796._

_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"._