---
title: "WH SMITH HOSPITALS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c091f658-01e9-502a-a360-a485a0cb342d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c091f658-01e9-502a-a360-a485a0cb342d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03981392
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WH SMITH HOSPITALS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03981392`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c091f658-01e9-502a-a360-a485a0cb342d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c091f658-01e9-502a-a360-a485a0cb342d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **WH SMITH HOSPITALS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0eecdbec-1792-54d5-996e-b388671931ff
- **WH SMITH HOSPITALS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0eecdbec-1792-54d5-996e-b388671931ff

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

A **11-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:** `03981392`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2000-04-27
- **Registered office:** Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 6PB, England
- **SIC:** 47190

### Officers

- HOUGHTON, Ian — secretary · British · appointed 2008-03-18
- HOUGHTON, Ian — director · British · appointed 2008-03-18
- IZZARD, Maxwell Leslie James — director · British · appointed 2024-11-19
- DOUGHTY, Stephen James — secretary · British · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2006-06-01
- HUMPHRIES, John Richard — secretary · British · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2008-03-18
- PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2000-04-27 · resigned 2000-09-25
- APPELL, Paul Philip — director · British · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2008-12-01
- BELL, Andrew Peter — director · British · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2008-12-01
- CLARKE, Stephen Martin — director · British,Irish · appointed 2013-09-06 · resigned 2019-10-31
- COWLING, Carl David — director · British · appointed 2019-09-19 · resigned 2025-11-19
- DOUGHTY, Stephen James — director · British · appointed 2008-12-01 · resigned 2009-01-31
- DOUGHTY, Stephen James — director · British · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2008-12-01
- FEARNLEY, Robert Neil — director · British · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2008-12-01
- FEARNLEY, Stephen — director · British · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2008-12-01
- LEVINE, Philip — director · British · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2008-12-01
- MCCORMICK, Neil Richard — director · British · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2003-02-05
- MOORHEAD, Robert James — director · British · appointed 2008-11-28 · resigned 2024-11-19
- STEWART, Alan James — director · British · appointed 2008-03-18 · resigned 2008-11-28
- SWANN, Kate Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2008-03-18 · resigned 2013-06-30
- SWIFT, Roger John — director · British · appointed 2008-12-01 · resigned 2009-01-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Wh Smith Hospitals Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0eecdbec-1792-54d5-996e-b388671931ff) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03981392
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03981392

## 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 **WH SMITH HOSPITALS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c091f658-01e9-502a-a360-a485a0cb342d · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WH SMITH HOSPITALS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c091f658-01e9-502a-a360-a485a0cb342d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c091f658-01e9-502a-a360-a485a0cb342d._

_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"._