---
title: "REED SMITH LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6c0947a-1102-54e8-96bf-6fa83e85804f
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b6c0947a-1102-54e8-96bf-6fa83e85804f
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05617511
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# REED SMITH LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05617511`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6c0947a-1102-54e8-96bf-6fa83e85804f  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b6c0947a-1102-54e8-96bf-6fa83e85804f  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **RICHARDS BUTLER LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c6127813-7516-54f9-9027-f9e0415e0dd5
- **RICHARDS BUTLER LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c6127813-7516-54f9-9027-f9e0415e0dd5
- **REED SMITH LLP** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10b59df9-79c1-5576-ad71-e71f7c1116cf

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

A **74-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:** `05617511`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2005-11-09
- **Registered office:** 1 Blossom Yard, Fourth Floor, London, E1 6RS, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- [REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44db8abd-624c-55df-aaa8-0de609d7d22f) — corporate secretary · appointed 2005-11-09
- CUE, Daryl William — director · British · appointed 2024-05-01
- YOUNG, Michael John — director · British · appointed 2025-01-01
- BOUTCHER, David John — director · British · appointed 2014-02-18 · resigned 2024-12-31
- CURRIE, Delphine Anne — director · British · appointed 2023-09-12 · resigned 2026-02-03
- NEWCOMBE, Paul Alan — director · British · appointed 2005-11-09 · resigned 2007-08-10
- PAISLEY, Belinda Louise — director · British · appointed 2014-02-18 · resigned 2023-03-23
- ROFE, Douglas John — director · British · appointed 2010-01-07 · resigned 2014-02-18
- SAVAGE, Suzanne Amanda — director · British · appointed 2023-03-23 · resigned 2024-05-01
- SAXTON, Karen Margaret — director · British · appointed 2008-02-08 · resigned 2010-01-07
- THOMASON, Ernitia Eileen — director · British · appointed 2007-08-10 · resigned 2008-02-08
- WILKINSON, James Frederick — director · British · appointed 2010-01-07 · resigned 2023-09-12

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Richards Butler Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c6127813-7516-54f9-9027-f9e0415e0dd5) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- [Reed Smith Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10b59df9-79c1-5576-ad71-e71f7c1116cf) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05617511
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05617511

## 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 **REED SMITH LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6c0947a-1102-54e8-96bf-6fa83e85804f · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **REED SMITH LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6c0947a-1102-54e8-96bf-6fa83e85804f · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b6c0947a-1102-54e8-96bf-6fa83e85804f._

_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"._