---
title: "WRITERS NEWS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b889b045-b064-5545-95ff-0bc44e868ba0
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b889b045-b064-5545-95ff-0bc44e868ba0
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC126177
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WRITERS NEWS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC126177`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b889b045-b064-5545-95ff-0bc44e868ba0  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b889b045-b064-5545-95ff-0bc44e868ba0  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **WARNERS GROUP PUBLICATIONS PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c2032150-6714-5be5-9629-7671cb7afb76
- **WARNERS GROUP PUBLICATIONS PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c2032150-6714-5be5-9629-7671cb7afb76

### 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:** `SC126177`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1990-07-12
- **Registered office:** C/O Eq Chartered Accountants, 14 City Quay, Dundee, DD1 3JA, Scotland
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- WARNER, Stephen Aquila — secretary · British · appointed 2002-12-18
- WARNER, Lisa Maria — director · British · appointed 2026-05-18
- WARNER, Stephen Aquila — director · British · appointed 2002-12-18
- COOPER, Philip Richard — secretary · British · appointed 2002-04-12 · resigned 2002-12-18
- MATHESON, Donald — secretary · British · appointed 1995-06-13 · resigned 1998-05-01
- MILNES, Ann — secretary · British · appointed 1999-11-01 · resigned 2002-04-12
- THOMAS, David St John — secretary · British · appointed 1990-08-30 · resigned 1995-06-13
- THOMAS, Sheila Anne — secretary · British · appointed 1998-05-01 · resigned 1999-11-01
- OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1990-07-12 · resigned 1990-08-30
- ARMITAGE, Kathryn — director · British · appointed 2001-10-15 · resigned 2002-12-18
- AUCKLAND, Stephen Andrew — director · British · appointed 1999-11-01 · resigned 2001-10-15
- BOWDLER, Timothy John — director · British · appointed 2002-04-12 · resigned 2002-12-18
- LAVERICK, Susan Christine — director · British · appointed 1999-11-01 · resigned 2002-04-12
- PATERSON, Stuart Randall — director · British · appointed 2002-04-12 · resigned 2002-12-18
- THOMAS, David St John — director · British · appointed 1990-08-30 · resigned 1999-11-01
- THOMAS, Georgette Zachey — director · British · appointed 1995-07-07 · resigned 1996-10-31
- THOMAS, Georgette Zachey — director · British · appointed 1990-08-30 · resigned 1995-06-13
- WARNER, Philip Andrew — director · British · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2026-05-18
- JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1990-07-12 · resigned 1990-08-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Warners Group Publications Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c2032150-6714-5be5-9629-7671cb7afb76) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC126177
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC126177

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WRITERS NEWS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b889b045-b064-5545-95ff-0bc44e868ba0 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b889b045-b064-5545-95ff-0bc44e868ba0._

_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"._