---
title: "METROPOLITAN FREE NEWSPAPERS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/977565eb-d8bd-562b-8f6f-9df1f83d754b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/977565eb-d8bd-562b-8f6f-9df1f83d754b
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC126368
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# METROPOLITAN FREE NEWSPAPERS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC126368`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/977565eb-d8bd-562b-8f6f-9df1f83d754b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/977565eb-d8bd-562b-8f6f-9df1f83d754b  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SCOTTISH DAILY RECORD AND SUNDAY MAIL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e3253a91-7c96-56de-9acf-4889f9cc972e

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **THE EDINBURGH AND LOTHIANS POST LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/69b33cd1-6202-5044-831b-ad91f8f99477
- **GLASWEGIAN PUBLICATIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f29a1ef3-aad8-518d-a091-27f86ed3069c

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

A **12-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:** `SC126368`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1990-07-19
- **Registered office:** C/O Bdo Llp 2 Atlantic Square, 31 York Street, Glasgow, G2 8NJ
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- REACH SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2002-03-11
- [REACH DIRECTORS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/85c52f89-7607-4c9b-acba-5d6674b89776) — corporate director · appointed 2001-12-20
- DAVIDSON, Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 1990-07-19 · resigned 1990-09-13
- FOLEY, John Gerard — secretary · British · appointed 1998-11-02 · resigned 2002-03-11
- HENRY, Antony Frederick Hugh — secretary · British · appointed 1990-09-28 · resigned 1994-02-03
- MCCALL, Graham Kenneth — secretary · British · appointed 1997-08-15 · resigned 1998-10-30
- MIDDLEMISS, George Richardson — secretary · Scottish · appointed 1994-04-20 · resigned 1997-09-11
- MD SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1990-09-13 · resigned 1990-09-28
- ALLWOOD, Charles John — director · British · appointed 1994-11-18 · resigned 2000-07-20
- BARBER, Stephen David — director · British · appointed 1998-11-11 · resigned 1999-09-30
- BEATTY, Kevin Joseph — director · British · appointed 1994-11-18 · resigned 1996-08-01
- COCKBURN, Andrew Scott — director · British · appointed 1990-07-19 · resigned 1990-09-13
- EWING, Margaret — director · British · appointed 2000-07-20 · resigned 2001-12-20
- FOLEY, John Gerard — director · British · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2001-12-20
- FOX, Simon Richard — director · British · appointed 2014-11-17 · resigned 2019-08-16
- FULLER, Simon Jeremy Ian — director · British · appointed 2019-03-01 · resigned 2022-12-31
- HENRY, Antony Frederick Hugh — director · British · appointed 1990-09-28 · resigned 1994-02-03
- HOLLINSHEAD, Mark Thomas — director · British · appointed 1998-05-11 · resigned 2001-12-20
- HORWOOD, Victor Lindsay — director · British · appointed 1991-04-23 · resigned 1993-01-22
- KANE, William James — director · British · appointed 1996-11-04 · resigned 1998-01-14

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Scottish Daily Record And Sunday Mail Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e3253a91-7c96-56de-9acf-4889f9cc972e) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC126368

## 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 **METROPOLITAN FREE NEWSPAPERS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/977565eb-d8bd-562b-8f6f-9df1f83d754b · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **METROPOLITAN FREE NEWSPAPERS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/977565eb-d8bd-562b-8f6f-9df1f83d754b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/977565eb-d8bd-562b-8f6f-9df1f83d754b._

_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"._