---
title: "DS SMITH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b616aa0d-0d36-53af-940d-b270afb86d2a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b616aa0d-0d36-53af-940d-b270afb86d2a
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08114486
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DS SMITH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08114486`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b616aa0d-0d36-53af-940d-b270afb86d2a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b616aa0d-0d36-53af-940d-b270afb86d2a  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Ds Smith Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27e0ce74-d5b4-4b89-9dc0-f175c312b35c

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

A **5-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:** `08114486`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2012-06-21
- **Registered office:** Level 3 1 Paddington Square, London, W2 1DL, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 82110, 82990

### Officers

- MEADS, Louise Rachel — secretary · appointed 2026-07-01
- FURMSTON, Nicholas James — director · British · appointed 2025-12-16
- JONES, Jeffrey Cantine — director · American · appointed 2016-09-05
- SIMPKINS, Erich — director · American · appointed 2026-02-13
- OLUYINKA, Kafayat Bisola — secretary · appointed 2025-03-21 · resigned 2026-02-13
- STEELE, Anne — secretary · appointed 2012-06-21 · resigned 2018-10-31
- STONE, Zillah Wendy — secretary · appointed 2018-10-31 · resigned 2025-03-21
- WOOD, Katie Rosa — secretary · appointed 2026-02-13 · resigned 2026-07-01
- BRERETON, Christopher Thomas Arthur — director · British · appointed 2012-06-21 · resigned 2014-06-16
- CARTER, Stephen David — director · British · appointed 2016-01-21 · resigned 2016-09-02
- DRYDEN, Stephen William — director · British · appointed 2012-06-21 · resigned 2013-06-28
- GRANT, Clark Alexander — director · British · appointed 2017-02-10 · resigned 2022-04-30
- HARWOOD, Keith William — director · British · appointed 2012-09-24 · resigned 2013-02-07
- HICKS, William Beverley — director · British · appointed 2015-07-21 · resigned 2025-09-30
- JENKINS, Gareth Paul — director · British · appointed 2014-06-16 · resigned 2015-04-01
- JENNINGS, Alexander Paul — director · British · appointed 2021-12-03 · resigned 2023-05-05
- JOWETT, Matthew Paul — director · British · appointed 2012-06-21 · resigned 2016-01-21
- KNOWLES, Sharon — director · British · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2017-02-10
- MARSH, Adrian Ross Thomas — director · British · appointed 2013-09-24 · resigned 2015-07-21
- MATTHEWS, David John — director · British · appointed 2013-06-28 · resigned 2014-01-16

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Ds Smith Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27e0ce74-d5b4-4b89-9dc0-f175c312b35c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08114486
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08114486

## 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 **DS SMITH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b616aa0d-0d36-53af-940d-b270afb86d2a · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DS SMITH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b616aa0d-0d36-53af-940d-b270afb86d2a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b616aa0d-0d36-53af-940d-b270afb86d2a._

_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"._