---
title: "Royal Mail Plc — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b5f2821c-79db-474d-85f2-36146e651d99
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b5f2821c-79db-474d-85f2-36146e651d99
identifier: gb-coh:8680755
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# Royal Mail Plc

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `gb-coh:8680755`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b5f2821c-79db-474d-85f2-36146e651d99  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b5f2821c-79db-474d-85f2-36146e651d99  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PLC** — companies_house_bulk · `oo:GB-COH-08680755` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0b3010d7-a31c-569a-976d-6c9c065da3a7
- **INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800TCZZU84G8Z2M70` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/be8b808d-08ae-530b-b218-9d5bf43c9a9c

## Ownership & control

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **METROFREIGHT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/99b63a73-c048-5f60-8af3-4b750a9d4a2c
- **IDS FINANCING PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/05d384d0-933a-4aac-a564-9388df2d372d
- **ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d397efc9-88b1-5eb7-9024-cb0167f2059e
- **IDS HOLDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3310dcd0-af49-5e3a-a262-391a5c83937d

### 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.

## 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 **Royal Mail Plc** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b5f2821c-79db-474d-85f2-36146e651d99 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **Royal Mail Plc**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b5f2821c-79db-474d-85f2-36146e651d99 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b5f2821c-79db-474d-85f2-36146e651d99._

_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"._